Anyone got mums who are gamers?

[CheeseSandwichCake]

Just curious because I seem to be the only one out of my circle of friends who actually has one. Hell, if it weren't for her I wouldn't be a nerd making this thread.

She only really plays WoW now but she used to be into other games like Diablo 2, KOTOR, the civ games.

Watching your mum beat KOTOR for the sixth time is pretty awesome.

 

[Ace of Spades]

My mom is terrible at most games, but one thing I can't figure out is how she got so good at pokemon pinball. She bought it for my brother and me, and we had fun with it for a while, and when we stopped playing, she picked it up, and managed to hit one point short of a trillion. She now sits very resolutely at the top of the score board for Sapphire.

 

[RedVelvet]

My mom's a casual gamer and a Hogs of War, Crash team racing fan ^^

 

[Bluebacon]

My mum likes playing games, which is a shame because she's rubbish at them, and she always asks me to get her corpse back (Diablo 2) or fix her city (pharoah and ceaser). I tried to get her to play WoW, but it was quite painful to say the least, bless her.

 

[coldwarkid]

My mum plays Wii fit occasionally.

Yeah...

I so wish I hadn't told you that.

 

[ThePocketWeasel]

My mom plays occasionally, it's so hard to watch though cause she forgets the controls as we've had a playstation 1&2 and she;s not used to the buttons being different on the xbox controller xD She did get a bit obsessed with playing COD4 at christmas though.

EDIT: Oh and she loved Sim City 4. Her excuse was it's educational cause it teaches you about finances etc.

 

[Haberley]

Both my parents play some games (Dad more than mum though), but mum's mainly into the more casual side of gaming - shockwave games, viva pinata, XBox Live Arcade games, that sort of thing. She's damn good at them, though.

 

[Prons]

I don't know what a mum is, but my MOM wouldn't know a video game if one came up and bit her on the crumpet.

 

[NeonZombie]

My mam plays Brain training on ds.. thats about it

 

[IamQ]

My mom is decent. She can kick most peoples arse at SSX3 I think, but when playing FPS and Racing games she tends to go down pretty fast.

 

[irrelevantnugget]

She plays games on Neopets. And that's basically it. (phew)

 

[IntoxicatedKnight]

My mother has attempted to play games on a couple of occassions, but the only ones she really enjoys are SingStar and other family titles. She's not that good at anything other than them.

 

[DoctorWhat]

I don't know what a mum is, but my MOM wouldn't know a video game if one came up and bit her on the crumpet.

I hope you're kidding. MUM is the British form of the word MOM.
Neither of my parents play games. My dad used to play SimCity3000. Work kinda became prioritised though.

 

[randommaster]

My mom is terrible at most games, but one thing I can't figure out is how she got so good at pokemon pinball. She bought it for my brother and me, and we had fun with it for a while, and when we stopped playing, she picked it up, and managed to hit one point short of a trillion. She now sits very resolutely at the top of the score board for Sapphire.

My mom got obsessed with pokemon pinball as well, only it was the original title. The scoring system must be different, though, because I've played a single game for six hours straight and got five billion points. Can you save a game, or something with the new ones?

Also, my mom's introduction to video games was Banjo Kazooe for the N64. We were about halfway through and she wanted to play, so we gave her the controller, told her about the basic controls, then promptly got her to jump into a pit of lava. We spent another five minutes laughing at that. While most people would be turned away from games because of this, she started a new file and ended up being the first person in our house to beat the game, and at 2 am no less.

Now she usually sticks to puzzle games, but she is crazy good at them.

 

[BlackJack47]

Mines into Space Invaders and any driving game simulator at the arcades.

 

[Sparrow]

My mum played Guitar Hero once. It was hilarious. More so, because she was much better than me.

I don't know what a mum is, but my MOM wouldn't know a video game if one came up and bit her on the crumpet.

Fell free to stop being a jackass and accept other countries other than your oh so precious US of A anytime soon.

 

[Mirika_the_warrior]

my mother plays pac-man, a lot, and well

 

[Ace of Spades]

My mom is terrible at most games, but one thing I can't figure out is how she got so good at pokemon pinball. She bought it for my brother and me, and we had fun with it for a while, and when we stopped playing, she picked it up, and managed to hit one point short of a trillion. She now sits very resolutely at the top of the score board for Sapphire.

My mom got obsessed with pokemon pinball as well, only it was the original title. The scoring system must be different, though, because I've played a single game for six hours straight and got five billion points. Can you save a game, or something with the new ones?

Also, my mom's introduction to video games was Banjo Kazooe for the N64. We were about halfway through and she wanted to play, so we gave her the controller, told her about the basic controls, then promptly got her to jump into a pit of lava. We spent another five minutes laughing at that. While most people would be turned away from games because of this, she started a new file and ended up being the first person in our house to beat the game, and at 2 am no less.

Now she usually sticks to puzzle games, but she is crazy good at them.

The new one allows you to save your game. It took her quite a while to max out the score.