Roblox has been around for a long time. The online game platform first launched in 2006 — just two years after vanilla World of Warcraft hit (the first time) and three years after Second Life, a ...

Nobody is making you give up your old blocky avatar ... let you then design your own look." It's true that you do have a lot of cosmetic options to play around with in Roblox.

Jacob Girdler joined Roblox on a whim more than a decade ago when he was 9 years old. The entrepreneurial teen, who largely works alone, has now designed over 300 games for the platform.