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did you ever..
shateredsoul:
Did you ever try to show off something "cool" you could do in a game (arcade or console) as a kid to your parents? Only to get less of a reaction than you expected? (i.e. instead of a "wow that's great!" you'd get a forced "oh that's nice").
I even have a video of me, as a kid, trying to get my dad to video zelda II instead video taping my cousins and I.
I just started to think of that because of this blog http://www.lifeintheanalogage.com/
Now I do the same with my wife and try to convince her that it's something cool to watch :D, but then I get the same reaction or.. get told to help and clean up =(
Funnel:
Actually this struck a chord with me... when I was little I was playing Mortal Kombat II on Snes and I called my mom to show her a move I made with Liu Kang, but when she came into my room she didn't care and told me to clean the "Pig Sty" of my room. Hehehehe fail. :lol
hypernova:
Yup...did it as a child, and now my kids do the same thing at the most mundane things in games.
wp34:
--- Quote from: hypernova on January 27, 2011, 05:46:27 pm ---Yup...did it as a child, and now my kids do the same thing at the most mundane things in games.
--- End quote ---
+1
My oldest is into turn-based RPG's and I hate to admit I have the hardest time taking an interest. He has introduced me to some good bands and Anime though.
SavannahLion:
I believe my mother secretly liked video games but didn't really catch an obvious interest until games like Grim Fandango and Grand Theft Auto came along. Not sure why she likes those two.
My father on the other hand couldn't understand what the point of, "all that jumping around," was. He was an odd man though. He always wanted me to read and helped me maintain an extensive library of books but discouraged me from writing as it was, "merely a useless hobby that doesn't earn anybody any money." I now know he was absolutely useless with money so this advice was equally as worthless. :-\
However, I do remember one incident when a buddy and I were playing Wonderboy 3 on his SMS. He was convinced the stone heads that spit fire looked like some T.V. personality. I wasn't really convinced so he calls in his mom to take a look. So he and I are sitting there while he's talking to his mom and his mom isn't saying anything. Finally after a minute or two, he shuts his yap. She merely says one thing.
"What's with all the porn on the walls?"
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