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'''Roblox''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|oʊ|b|l|ɒ|k|s}} {{respell|ROH|bloks}}) is an online [[Video game|game]] [[Computing platform|platform]] and [[game creation system]] developed by [[Roblox Corporation]] that allows users to [[Computer programming|program]] and play games created by themselves or other users. Created by [[David Baszucki]] and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in the [[programming language]] [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. Early in Roblox{{'}}s history, it was relatively small, both as a platform and as a company. Roblox began to grow rapidly in the second half of the 2010s, and this growth was [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry|accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=Levy/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=Sherwood |date=July 12, 2019 |title=How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/11/how-roblox-avoided-the-gaming-graveyard-and-grew-into-a-2-5b-company/ |access-date=August 28, 2020 |website=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref> How to get free robux here: <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMHJGd3wwZk</nowiki>
Roblox is free to play, with in-game purchases available through a [[Virtual economy|virtual currency]] called Robux. As of August 2020, Roblox had over 164 million monthly active users, including more than half of all American children under 16.<ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news |last=Browning |first=Kellen |date=August 16, 2020 |title=You May Not Know This Pandemic Winner, but Your Tween Probably Does |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/technology/roblox-tweens-videogame-coronavirus.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816195005/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/technology/roblox-tweens-videogame-coronavirus.html |archive-date=August 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Verge">{{Cite web |last=Lyles |first=Taylor |date=July 21, 2020 |title=Over half of US kids are playing Roblox, and it's about to host Fortnite-esque virtual parties too |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/21/21333431/roblox-over-half-of-us-kids-playing-virtual-parties-fortnite |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> Although Roblox has received generally positive reviews from critics, it has faced criticism for its [[content moderation]], [[microtransaction]]s, and allegations of exploitative practices toward children.
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