Games to play with your kids
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My 5 year old is just starting to enjoy games a bit, and strangely it is the stuff that reminds me of the gqames I played when younger.
Games he is really enjoying at the moment are Mario, Boy and his Blob, Zelda (but we have to play that together as he struggles to read some of it), and just about to start Brothers: Tale of Two Sons.
I dug out my old N64 as well, and he loves Mario on that, more so than the newer ones.
And Parappa The Rapper on the psx but struggles with it.
Games he is really enjoying at the moment are Mario, Boy and his Blob, Zelda (but we have to play that together as he struggles to read some of it), and just about to start Brothers: Tale of Two Sons.
I dug out my old N64 as well, and he loves Mario on that, more so than the newer ones.
And Parappa The Rapper on the psx but struggles with it.
Nothing wrong with Halo, they're good games. I come from an era where we weren't quite some namby pamby about what kids were exposed to, but I suppose this was an era before American ultra-conservative media started trying to link real life murders to people shooting 3D aliens on a giant metal ring , floating in space in a distant galaxy.
Also OP, if you fear a lynching, don't mention listening to Marilyn Manson with your son.
Also OP, if you fear a lynching, don't mention listening to Marilyn Manson with your son.
Mastodon2 said:
Nothing wrong with Halo, they're good games. I come from an era where we weren't quite some namby pamby about what kids were exposed to, but I suppose this was an era before American ultra-conservative media started trying to link real life murders to people shooting 3D aliens on a giant metal ring , floating in space in a distant galaxy.
But the graphics are a bit different to when I was growing up....
Also, of course someone who is exposed to violence will have a different mentality to violence than someone who is not.
Not saying they will be some nutter when they get older, but my sons friends who watch certain things and play certain games are definitely play a lot rougher than he does, they are always playing at fighting, guns, hitting etc. That is just human nature.
The graphics are a bit different to when I was a boy too, but the intent is the same.
That said, I was also free to watch any of my parents video collection whenever I wanted, so I grew up on 80s and 90s horror and action films. My favourite film was and probably still is Aliens, which I first saw aged 4. As I say, this was before all the media hand-wringing washed onto parents and left them desperate to make sue that little Tarquin has no concept of violence.
That said, I was also free to watch any of my parents video collection whenever I wanted, so I grew up on 80s and 90s horror and action films. My favourite film was and probably still is Aliens, which I first saw aged 4. As I say, this was before all the media hand-wringing washed onto parents and left them desperate to make sue that little Tarquin has no concept of violence.
gizlaroc said:
My 5 year old is just starting to enjoy games a bit, and strangely it is the stuff that reminds me of the gqames I played when younger.
Games he is really enjoying at the moment are Mario, Boy and his Blob, Zelda (but we have to play that together as he struggles to read some of it), and just about to start Brothers: Tale of Two Sons.
I dug out my old N64 as well, and he loves Mario on that, more so than the newer ones.
And Parappa The Rapper on the psx but struggles with it.
Not sure I'd recommend Brothers so much for a 5 year old, quite a few adult themes in there about death and loss, along with some mild scares. Fine if you understand that going in, but if not it just looks a bit like a simple co-op puzzler.Games he is really enjoying at the moment are Mario, Boy and his Blob, Zelda (but we have to play that together as he struggles to read some of it), and just about to start Brothers: Tale of Two Sons.
I dug out my old N64 as well, and he loves Mario on that, more so than the newer ones.
And Parappa The Rapper on the psx but struggles with it.
Steve Evil said:
Not sure I'd recommend Brothers so much for a 5 year old, quite a few adult themes in there about death and loss, along with some mild scares. Fine if you understand that going in, but if not it just looks a bit like a simple co-op puzzler.
Cheers for the heads up. Maybe we will just put some time into Mario Kart 8.
Release on Friday and I have the day off with him, so think we will go and pick it up together.
Not really gone into town for a game release for years, I remember how much I loved that as a kid.
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