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Adult Gamers and Their Ulterior Motives for Gaming
twistedcaboose writes "The Philly Inquirer is running a nice little article about why parents game with their children. Seems that adult gamers are still on the rise." From the article: "In a national survey released in January, 35 percent of 501 parents living with children age 2 to 17 said they played computer or video games, according to the Entertainment Software Association. Of those, 80 percent also played with their children. On average, these fathers and mothers - yes, almost half were women - spent 9.1 hours a month gaming with the children."
duh! its easier to defeat a kid..
I'd be a little more impressed with that TV, missy. That's your college education you're looking at.
and think of a different meaning for the word "adult"?
Pr0n with my parents would just be a bit odd...
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That brief 24 hour window when I can crush my nephew in a new game before he can devote all his free time to memorizing all the combo-moves and strategy guides. It doesn't matter if I never win a game again after that, the memory of that defeat is seared into his soul. Muahahahahahahah
You can bond with your children by sharing the gaming experience. Even when they are too small to operate the keyboard and mouse, they can always wear the headset while playing CS or Battlefield 2. "Tell DethBr1n90r he is a fucking faggot, honey!"
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
I enjoy pwning my newb children on a regular basis. Best that they learn from me rather than out on the streets.
I bet my daughter would kick your ass at Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo. She beats me every time. But I can still beat her at Rapunzel.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
When are we going to have a presidential candidate who will make this promise: "A gamepad in every hand and a T1 line in every home!"
Only until the inevitable "Monopoly Moment" (aka, the Great Scattering) where controllers go flying, the console breaks against the wall, and the unstoppable primal scream of Hulk Smash!! Then who Pwnz who, eh?!? Or so I've heard.
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."
So you're saying the same toys we enjoyed as children, we still enjoy as adults? It seems only natural that we might outgrow...
Hold on one sec, FunPhone call.
Yes Goofy, I like talking to you too.
As I was saying...
"In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user. You've got your own newsgroup, alt.total.loser." -Weird Al
Back in the day, my dad would give me a bunch of magazines and a Vic-20 with a cassette tape drive.
"Here you go son, I got some new games for you."
"But there's only a memory cartridge in the machine!"
"No, the games are in here," he'd say, patting the stack of magazines. "Let me know when you have something typed, in so we can play together."
[pink beam of light]
I never thought of having kids for multiplayer purposes... could be quite useful when your buddies are busy.
Of course, we also found that we were suffering from "video game tummy", until we stumbled upon DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). All of a sudden there was another game, one that involved some exercise, that also keeps all of us interested, but also draws in the other kids. They all want to play. It's one of the few activities (short of watching "Finding Nemo"...again...) that everyone gets into.
Meanwhile, every time a new DDR title is released, thousands of downstairs-apartment-owning tenants cry out in agony...
Any program relying on (nontrivial) preemptive multithreading will be buggy.
Your five year old kid can't read? I think you need to have a wee think about how much gaming he's doing.