For kids of a certain age, let's say six- to 13-years-old, Minecraft the game and Roblox the game are somewhat interchangeable multiplayer block-building games. With Minecraft ‘s diamond pickaxe ...

Either way, Lego and Minecraft demonstrate the vast appeal of block-building games in reality and in games. If the list ended with those two, I wouldn’t be so curious. But it doesn’t.

Home Children Minecraft and Roblox: The digital playground of today’s gen Joni Mitchell said it right in her song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ that ‘ They paved paradise and put up a parking lot’.

They can work up to more advanced circuit modeling, as well. The beauty of games like Roblox and Minecraft, said Albertie, is that students can enter an engaging environment in which they already ...