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Question to all you dads (arcades and newborns)
Unstupid:
Don't expect to be doing anything arcade/mame related until your youngest child is old enough to enjoy them. See you in 5 or 6 years! ;D
Blanka:
The kid starts to like it around 3 months. Then you can play again. With 6 months he will start to interfere with the buttons (I assume its a he as you are a men ;) )
With little girls it might take little longer.
newmanfamilyvlogs:
--- Quote ---I seemed to find that I played certain video games when my kid was a newborn, but it was completely gaming wrapped around the situation. When I had to stay up at 2 in the morning trying to get my kid to sleep, I sometimes played bejewelled and rocked him in the chair. It was a game with no time limits, no attention needed. It was just something to do to pass the time.
When I found the time where I needed to wind down for ten minutes, I would often play an arcade game. I didn't have the time and energy to invest anything real for video gaming, so it was just a quick game here and there. If I only had a couple minutes, I would play a game of robotron.
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This. There were many late nights pacing with a baby in a shoulder sling playing various little games on my Droid. And the 'couple of minutes' thing is one of the exact reasons I built a cabinet. It took around 4 months for me to find the 10 hours it took to complete Portal 2, but I can squeeze in a few minutes of Robotron almost anytime.
--- Quote ---Don't expect to be doing anything arcade/mame related until your youngest child is old enough to enjoy them. See you in 5 or 6 years!
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My 3yo and 1.5yo are already learning to take turns playing Golden Tee. Kids will take an interest in what you're interested in. Just be sure you've got some milk crates or small chairs for them to stand in to reach the CP (:
gilby4runner:
Once they start sleeping through the night you will get back into it. My oldest is 3 and he is excited about the make build I currently have going. Congrats by the way!
Donkbaca:
It depends; you will find that with children, your free time drops dramatically. It now depends on what you want to do with that free time: watch TV, play games or sleep.
My oldest daughter is 2 and a half and she loves the arcade machine, but it only holds her attention for like 5 minutes at a time.
I guess the answer is, its up to you and how high of a priority gaming is in your life
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