Anyone got mums who are gamers?

[Christemo]

when my mom was younger, she used to play wolfenstein 3d

 

[Halfbreed13]

My mum plays Wii fit occasionally.

Yeah...

I so wish I hadn't told you that.

I feel your pain, and she wonders why I am forced to facepalm whenever she acts like she knows what she is saying while in a gamestop

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

My mum is awful at videogames but my dad completed the original rayman, it was the best.

 

[Terramax]

My mum has quite literally played Mario Party 8 on the wii for almost every night for about 1.5 years now. Can't understand how she still enjoys playing that game.

She was also into a few other wii games before that. She can be quite good at some of them.

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 ^ ^

 

[necromanzer52]

My ma is actually really good at games like civilization and age of empires.
But terrible at others.

 

[Iampringles]

Neither of my parents touch video games.

 

[Jandau]

While my mother plays no games, I do have a friend who's a dedicated gamer and she had a kid a few months ago, so I guess she qualifies

 

[ohgodalex]

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.

 

[unclebob]

my mum is not but 2 of my m8s mums have 80s on wow i want them 2 fight so i can mock my m8 if there mum loses lol

 

[LordCraigus]

Yeah, my mum is a bit of a gamer, a fairly casual gamer though; prefers puzzle and adventure games (Spyro, Tomb Raider, Zelda, Broken Sword, Resident Evil, Silent Hill to name a few) but she's pretty hopeless at any sort of fighting... I must admit there's definitely been a time when she'd actually completed more games than I had.

One thing I've noticed about her gaming habits is most of the time she just skips through all the unessential dialogue and cutscenes - that used to confuse me but now I realise that game plots and writing really aren't as great as I'd used to believe they were.

 

[Ayumi]

Don't have gaming parents, but I did and I am still playing with mom's and dads, who also play with their kids. For times, it is rewarding to play with a mature player. At least you can have some great talk, not involving games.

 

[Drasur]

yeah all my mom plays is wii fit n all, other than that shes 100% in kitchen or working XD

 

[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?

 

[Kyari]

my mother is insanely good at guitar hero kinda puts me to shame >.<
however she doen't understand wow at all. kinda embrassing her yelling at me i dunno why we are here at 12am its only a game... if looks could kill i'd be dead

 

[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.

 

[Chipmunk]

My mum herself doesnt play any games, but I know 4 women in their 40's who are gamers trough a game called Guild Wars

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

No definitely not. My mother knows how to type in word and use Skype, but that's about it. I do know a girl who games and is a mother. She's about 25 I think, and actually pretty good looking Swedes for the win!

 

[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.