Learner Dad: Instead of basking in being Fun Dad, I had to look for his tablet

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My son's world collapsed recently because the video game platform, Roblox, went down for a couple of days. Any attempt to log in brought up a 'sorry try again' message. He did, about 4m times, but his favourite virtual world remained off-limits.

Roblox is probably a mystery to anyone who doesn’t have kids. But it mushroomed in popularity during lockdown with the company reporting that 50% of all US kids aged under 16 play games on the platform.