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What Kids Really Think About Kids' Games
marcellizot writes "For a hobby that's supposedly childish, real child gamers have quite a hard time of it. When they're not having every avenue of fun scrutinized for nasties and bad influences, they're often being sold game ideas that are boring and old even when the adults of today were young. Pocket Gamer asks, what do kids really make of today's kids games? 'Both Polly and Andrew both agreed that there were more good games for kids than bad overall, but most of the games they showed weren't just for kids at all. This betrays the difference in perception between parents and their children. Most of them aren't looking for the same old killing - instead, they want something that genuinely entertains them.'"
Kids these days need nethack it shows just unfair the world can be..... and why you should not kick the kitty
Zelda teaches you it's perfectly alright to smash people's jars, boxes, pumpkins and pretty much everything else that will break.
I am however not so sure that S&M is really game for "kids".
... oh wait, you meant Sam & Max. Never mind.
I should think not!
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But sometimes they yell at you if you smash too many pumpkins.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.