Minecraft...
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jk703
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They did.... Lol! Each had gift cards that they received.... And since it's all on a shared account, the oldest bought it once for the iPod, and the youngest bought it once for the kindle. It's can then be downloaded to each child's device. Buy once on one device but download to both, so I don't really double pay. Hope that makes sense?!
Pocket Minecraft is different than full blown computer Minecraft. I am holding off on that as long as possible. Right now, the word is no, I refuse! Lol!
Shawna
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Yep my kids (ages 12, almost 10 & almost 7) are all obsessed with it here too. They each have an account so they can play on my computer & DD's laptop plus we have the pocket app on my iPad & iPhone, their iPods and DD's Kindle Fire. They drive me crazy because they have taken over all my devices lol!
Tronesia
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I think my 5 year old daughter breathes Minecraft. She plays it on the iPhone, iPad and PC. If she's not playing, she watching others play it on YouTube or Twitch TV. I definitely need to get better at limiting her. It's hard cause that's what we all do in the house (play some type of PC game) and her dad has even created a world that he plays online with friends and streams live for her sometimes.
joelsgirl
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^^That is who my kids watch, and I'm often blown away by how annoying he is. My kids are desperate to be included in one of his videos.
We have a rule that they can't talk about MC to people who don't play it, so that has helped me tolerate it more, but yes, they love to watch the videos AND play at the same time, makes. me. crazy. But I guess it's kind of like watching a movie and scrapping at the same time, so I can't really talk.
I told my kids there will be no phone minecraft until they get their own phones. 
No one uses my phone but me and I just can't get into the game. I understand the lure of world building, I play Civilization but I can never see myself watching videos of others playing Civilization. Not on a regular basis. A time lapse of a specific game goal, maybe once but regular viewing? I just don't get it. but then I watch maybe two things on You Tube a week, if that and they are random links from Facebook. Maybe its a generational thing.
No one uses my phone but me and I just can't get into the game. I understand the lure of world building, I play Civilization but I can never see myself watching videos of others playing Civilization. Not on a regular basis. A time lapse of a specific game goal, maybe once but regular viewing? I just don't get it. but then I watch maybe two things on You Tube a week, if that and they are random links from Facebook. Maybe its a generational thing.I think it is a generational thing. My youngest two interact with technology in different ways than I did or my older three kids did (young adults now). A couple months ago I noticed how my (now) 8 year old daughter interacts with my phone. She doesn't go to Google and search, she hits the voice search button and just tells google what she wants to see. I had to ask her how to do it because I had no idea how to activate my voice search 
Lukasmummy
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Lukas and Mark addicted to it too. The don't play with other people though. The craziest thing for me is that Lukas will get up over an hour earlier than he has to for school so he can watch Youtube videos before school, although at least it solved Mark having to drag him out of bed every morning lol. Doesn't get it from me, I would never willingly give up sleep to watch a stupid video.
lorigaud
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More obsessed kids here in my house… my boys, aged 14 and 12 are crazy over it. Spend much too much time watching vids and playing it…. ugh. My former husband even got himself an account… I just don't get it. I do agree with others though, that it's a better alternative than the shoot em up games that they also play.
jak
Sweet Shoppe SugarBabe
I'm just reading this now as my boys (5 and 7) are playing Minecraft on the xbox upstairs. They get hooked on it on and off. Up until this week they hadn't played it in six months or more. I don't think they're aware there are youtube videos on it - and I won't be telling them anytime soon!! Youtube Lego Star Wars videos though is a whole other story!