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[–] polle@feddit.org 15 points 3 days ago (4 children)

TIL: 5 year old kids play Minecraft.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago

I guess they need a break from all that GTA griefing

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 days ago

Even younger. The touch screen version is easy enough for a 4 year old or maybe younger, depending on what you constitute "playing".

Now I think about it, I'm certain I've had this conversation, except it was cats not cows.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a whole business, selling skins and other "resource packs" aimed to kids.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 0 points 2 days ago

And then they can enhance that business by turning around getting pedophiles to subscribe and pay for in game credits so that they can interact with a bunch of undersupervised children.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh, yes! And they're really good at it for their age. They're little sponges with everything they see.