Anyone got mums who are gamers?

[General Ken8]

my mom isnt a gamer, but my friends mom is level 26 on runescape

 

[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.

Personally, I think that takes some of the fun out of getting a high score, but I have reloaded plenty of games when something went bad, so I'm not the best person to criticize that.

Just wondering, did you complete the pokedex?

I think I was a bit unclear. The new one just lets you save, turn off the game, and come back to it. It doesn't let you keep separate files. In answer to your question, yes, we did complete it.

Never mind, then. You could do that with the original as well.

You're better than me though, because I only got half way there. Have you ever played the original one? I would like to know if it seems easier or harder, and I haven't played any of the sequels.

I played the old one after getting pretty good at the new one, and the old one is definitely harder.

 

[K.I.N.G]

Nope.

 

[nolongerhere]

She used to. When we had a N64, she once told me to sleep in the other room so she could play Ocarina of Time.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

Thank god no.

 

[Blights]

I once had a Guild leader in WoW and she was a gaming Mum, her son played too and was about the same level as me.

I got extra guild points for helping her son alot.

I kind of miss WoW sort of. Ive been pulled back into the shitty real world.

 

[Blights]

my mom isnt a gamer, but my friends mom is level 26 on runescape

I know its kind of rich, but thats just SAD.

WoW I kind of understand, but Runescape? How lame is that?

 

[lordsandro]

My mom have close to no reflexes. Plus reasent game will have too much blood and too less romance for her taste.
Sometimes she just sit next to me and watch me play. It may be touching if it wasn't so creapy. ;D

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

My mam (that's the "I'm from Up North and British" way of saying mum) isn't a big gamer, but she kicks ass at platformers of any description, any console.

She can also play Guitar Hero pretty well, she finished Hard mode about a day after picking up Legends of Rock. To be fair, she started on Hard, but still, that's an achievement for any mam.

 

[Kajin]

my mother is a casual gamer, oh the shame

 

[XJ-0461]

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.

That and the fact that as England is where English originates from, it's the Yank who's writing it wrong ^ ^

Finally there's someone else who sees that.

Anyway, on topic: anytime my parents tried to play games, they've failed abismally.

 

[darthzew]

My mom has a Wii, but that doesn't count. She does play Guitar Hero: Metallica with me though. She plays bass on medium.

 

[Lazy Lemon]

I once made my mum play True Crime: Streets Of LA. She kept trying to use the controller like a steering wheel (this was before the days of Sixaxis and Wii Wheel) and going into uncontrollable fits of laughter every time ended up parked up a lamppost with the pedal still firmly to the metal after mowing down 10 old ladies.

 

[L33tsauce_Marty]

My dad got to level 2 on WoW before...then quit. Oh and he also tried to play World in Conflict and failed miserably.

 

[Ziggy the wolf]

mine is a casual gamer she loves rock band and the lego games as well as some side scrollers shooters

 

[Julianking93]

Both of my parents will tell you they aren't but they are. My mum loves Nintendo games like Zelda, Donkey Kong and Mario and my dad loves FPSs like Call of Duty or Battlefield, my dad is also one of the biggest Dead Rising fans, me and him are excited for 2

 

[coldwarkid]

While I personally do not have a gamer mum, I have played with a number of parents on Left 4 Dead and Halo 3.

Do not bring your children along for Expert campaigns, everyone.

Firstly, your icon is made o'win (eep, Keith Murray, hassa. I met him once. I hugged him and he smelled of summertime), and secondly, my Dad has kicked my ass at Halo 3. Not even just beat me, but completely obliterated my ass.

 

[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.

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

Personally, I think that takes some of the fun out of getting a high score, but I have reloaded plenty of games when something went bad, so I'm not the best person to criticize that.

Just wondering, did you complete the pokedex?

I think I was a bit unclear. The new one just lets you save, turn off the game, and come back to it. It doesn't let you keep separate files. In answer to your question, yes, we did complete it.

Never mind, then. You could do that with the original as well.

You're better than me though, because I only got half way there. Have you ever played the original one? I would like to know if it seems easier or harder, and I haven't played any of the sequels.

I played the old one after getting pretty good at the new one, and the old one is definitely harder.

How so? I know getting to different places was crazy hard, and that the unsymetrical red field was harder than the blue field, but was there anything that stood out to you?

 

[ADDLibrarian]

Yup. My mommy loves playing WOW. I refuse to pay monthly fees for a game, but I get her game cards for holidays to keep her addiction going. I did play with her during a free trial that I got, but that ran out. She also plays DS puzzle games and the Sims. I got her World of Goo recently and I think she'll enjoy it. My dad on the other hand, is not a gamer. Solitaire and spider solitaire is the best he can do. He thinks we're wasting too much time on games.