HYDE said:whatever... his unit is still bigger than yours. lol.
oh, and i hope it's not starting at that age these days.
MTV's new show "8 and Pregnant"
HYDE said:whatever... his unit is still bigger than yours. lol.
oh, and i hope it's not starting at that age these days.
oatmeal said:MTV's new show "8 and Pregnant"
HYDE said:I have a son who plays games actively since a year old, and he is at a 5th grade reading level in the 2nd grade. Your post just lost all relevance.
xelios said:Congratulations, he's already almost at the average nationwide reading level of adults in the US!
I grew up playing games from about two and I remember playing Fester's Quest when I was 3. Played before that, don't have the memories though. I was always ahead of my classmates throughout school and I even ended up scoring almost perfectly on my GED...
HYDE said:But I bet you're still a virgin like Oatmeal said.
kevinski said:I don't understand the point in bringing him up on older video games as a means of getting him to appreciate them when you're clearly omitting some really important consoles. I mean, where are the Atari and Sega consoles?
Jeff Chen said:My son is 13 months old and I don't see a light that he would be able to hold a controller correctly by his 24th month.
Jeff Chen said:My son is 13 months old and I don't see a light that he would be able to hold a controller correctly by his 24th month.
Xint said:I tried to get my four-year-old daughter to play my old NES/SNES-games. But man...those kids at kindergarten, they bullied the shit out of her for playing old games. A friend of her came over once and they played Super Mario Bros. She cried when she left. Now nobody wants to play with my daughter anymore. And her two-year-old brother who sometimes play with us? Well, he's pretty much a vegetable after being exposed to videogames at such a tender age.
So to OP, this is clearly not a good idea!
I think a 2 year old would just want to play what daddy plays. They will never be able to tell or even care how old or new something is. Starting them off on something multiplayer and non self scrolling, like Streets of Rage or Contra with the 30 man code would be a great idea and a lot of fun for the both of you once he gets the hang of it.alphaNoid said:Why the hell would you force a child to do anything, let alone play old ass games? Let the kid have his childhood and enjoy what he enjoys, could you imagine if your old man tried to force you to manually lathe and build shit from hand, or whatever his hobby was? You'd hate him.
Let your kid be a kid, and like what he likes. If he wants a Playstation 3 or iPhone first to game on... shit man, get him that.
alphaNoid said:Why the hell would you force a child to do anything,
zazrx said:I would say, you play around your kid so he sees you and maybe get interested. But I think it would be better to just get your kid a new console so he can play what his friends and every other kid is playing, you know, to be up to date. He might see the value and interesting aspect of the old school games and maybe want to try them out when compared to his brand new Call of Duty experiences.
Enco said:Sounds pretty silly to me.
Really unnecessary. Instead you should try and play with him games that involved no screen. Leave the gaming for when he's older. Even if you wanted him to game early on, no need to go all the way back.
you serious? jesusoatmeal said:Games with no screen?
What the fuck does that mean?
scar tissue said:you serious? jesus
card and board games of course. kids these days
:lol that actually made me laughoatmeal said:You think I'm going to let my kid be a boardgame loser?
Guess again!
Enco said::lol that actually made me laugh
I guess you also have the option to play outside with him or just the good 'ol airplane game.
I genuinely have no concept of how a 1 year old child can play games. Seriously. Every 1 year old I've ever met doesn't have the motor skills to hold a controller and play a game properly. They can barely sit still to watch TV. Toys aimed at 1 year olds are those things where you put shapes into holes. How does it work, playing actual games? What sort of thing did they play?HYDE said:I have a son who plays games actively since a year old, and he is at a 5th grade reading level in the 2nd grade. Your post just lost all relevance.
whatevermort said:I genuinely have no concept of how a 1 year old child can play games. Seriously. Every 1 year old I've ever met doesn't have the motor skills to hold a controller and play a game properly. How does it work?
Well, I take it you want your kid to be a NES loser, so...oatmeal said:You think I'm going to let my kid be a boardgame loser?
Guess again!
scar tissue said:Well, I take it you want your kid to be a NES loser, so...
board and card games are timeless. the NES is not.
lethial said:Yah, I'm sure giving the kid your pair of rose tinted glasses will be great. Man alive they're just videogames. Who cares what people play.
Ramma2 said:Sure I out score them 20 to 1 and make them cry when we play Ice Hockey but that is my right and privilege as their father. Yes I smack them silly in Battletoads and break the second pipe in Level 1, but lets not forget the orange drink they spilled in my car. And of course I beat their caveman senseless while building a roaring fire in Caveman Games but dammit I've lost days of sleep for those punks so they deserve it.
DCharlie said:son is 2.5 years old
he loves the ipad
xelios said:This brought back memories. My dad used to make me play some baseball game with him on NES so he could beat me, because he couldn't beat the AI.
oatmeal said:I come from a long line of bad fathers and I wanted to continue this trend by forcing my son (who is due out any day now) to spend all of his youth harnessed to an NES controller. I figure it will teach him discipline as he goes through school seeing all of the other kids talking about games like Call of Duty 12 and Halo 18, while he's stuck playing dad's copy of Balloon Fight.
I read in a magazine somewhere that if you give your child an hour of sunlight per day, he is still able to develop fully. There were some side effects, but nothing to write home about.
So what do you think GAF?
Is this a good idea? Bad idea?
I know, I know, kids will probably make fun of him and he will likely die a virgin, but...I mean...it's whatever I want for him right? He's basically a glorified Barbie.
oatmeal said:Sorry, I forgot to add good to the title.
Oh my godBlueTsunami said:Someone must have read your thread, Oatmeal...
Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation
Yeah? Well, maybe you're not timeless!scar tissue said:board and card games are timeless. the NES is not.
BlueTsunami said:Someone must have read your thread, Oatmeal...
Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation
Spot on.BlueTsunami said:Someone must have read your thread, Oatmeal...
Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation
Hitlersaurus Christ said:When he turns 13 he'll rebel and buy an Ngage
Pazuzu9 said:SMB is timeless. It is as good an introduction to gaming today as it was in 1985. Go for it.