Poll: Your Parents on Gaming.

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Well my late dad would actually not rage all night if you gave him Doom II with the invicibility cheat and the chainsaw.

My mum is totally clueless she calls everything a nintendo.

 

[Chemical Alia]

Nope, my parents were never very happy about playing games. At least not until I started working as a game developer, then they saw that maybe some of those hours playing video games might have paid off towards something valuable.

They didn't like me and my sister playing games all the time, and we had to save up for our own games or get one at Christmas/birthdays every year, but while my mom would hide our Sega controllers in the freezer or physically lock our pc (our first pc had a key lol) if we got in trouble, she didn't seem to mind us playing violent games like Wolfenstein either.

So I guess they didn't really like the hobby, but they respected our sense of responsibility not to be stupid about it. My mom owns a DS now and plays some games, too.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

My Father stills plays video games. There was a lull there, during the divorce from my Mother when I was thirteen, but he's back now. Mostly COD/Black OPs. My Dad really likes war-based FPS games. Then again, he's a big History buff. Anything with war in it, especially WWII will peak his interest. I remember us bonding over Medal Of Honor for the Playstation. Trying to see who could get the most head-shots. *whispers- "It was me." =D We had game systems before that, but he worked A LOT. But our most memorable bonding time was with the Playstation.

My Mother,..not really big on games. Though I remember her playing Frogger a lot at one point, but that was the extent of it.

My sisters, yes. We used to play a lot of Playstation. We gasped and squealed our way through the first Resident Evil.

My Brother, yes. Duckhunt, we played a lot of. He had a lot of other games - but Duckhunt I remember. And a racing game I can't recall the name of. He tricked me into believing that if you turn your body with the controller it helps in the game. I was too trusting. lol

I think my whole immediate family has played a lot of video games in its time. lol We bonded over them.

 

[Rathands]

Every two weeks, when my brother goes to his friends, my Mum gets settled in her chair and watches me play anything (except Eternal Sonata - she HATES that) for the entire weekend, although she doesn't tend to play any recent games herself because they often make her feel ill. I bought her Goof Troop for her birthday this year and she seemed really happy . On the other hand, my Dad seems to really dislike games unless they're racing or Wii Sports. I've seen him sighing and staring out the window when I have anything on the downstairs telly; he doesn't seem to mind Mario Galaxy though.

 

[Nemu]

I went with "I don't have parents..." cos my father is dead. He and I used to game together when I was young, tho. We're talking waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back, when I got my Atari 2600 for having good grades. :B

Granted, it was easy to, cos I went to Catholic school, where failing was....not approved of.


So, my parents were cool with me gaming as a kid and teen, because I still went outside and played sports (so my grades were still good). As I got older, my father stopped gaming, but they weren't the type opf parents who gave me a hard time.

 

[Level 7 Dragon]

My parents have a lot of work those days so they arn't that much in to gaming.

Yet they do have there favorites, My father is classic FPS and RTS and strategy junkey (Doom, Quake, Red alert, Socom, etc.)

My mother likes Beat em ups such as the Golden Axe series.

 

[Panorama]

my dad plays all kinds of new games like me he is currently playing Dirt 3, i'm going to be playing it when i get back from Uni, my mum is a casual gamer she is playing still plants vs zombies.

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

Yes and no?

My dad used to love the Myst series, which is what got me into gaming, but now he thinks it's a waste of time because of how much of an interest it's become for me.

My mom, on the other hand, used to think it was a waste of time, but then she got an iPad and an assortment of 80s/90s RPGs, and now she's quite possibly more of a gamer than I am.

 

[aba1]

My parents used to hate them when I was younger because I would spend all day playing but now that I'm older they just see it as a hobby and are happy it keeps me outta trouble

 

[Wes1180]

My dad used to make maps for duke nukem 3d when I was little, in fact I remember painting the layout to one of them in nursery/reception

And he still plays games, we are currently playing on terraria together

 

[Abbyrose07]

My dad plays video games and my mom thinks I am to old for such things...

 

[AnAngryMoose]

My parents are quite clueless. My mam just doesn't understand and my dad doesn't because he's an ardent Luddite. Occasionally he'll venture to my room inquiring about my games after a couple drinks at the pub. I remember the first time he saw me playing guitar hero and when he tried (on easy mind you) he just stared at the screen trying to figure out what was going on. This was after I explained the object of the game.

The most recent time was Firefight on Halo: Reach. In fairness to him he managed to kill three grunts. I've been tempted to get him into Red Dead Redemption because he adores westerns (he has the entire collection of Clint Eastwood westerns).

 

[Jester00]

my mother likes modern warfare 2 because of the coooool soldiers and stuff

 

[Lionsfan]

My Dad owned an NES and that was how I got my start into gaming, and when we had an N64 both he and my mom would play it a bunch (particularly Banjo-Kazooie) but once the next generation (the PS2 and Gamecube group) came out their interest faded and it's stayed pretty low ever since. Occasionally they'll play Mario Kart or something on the Wii, and my mom played Rock Band/Guitar Hero too

 

[JacOak]

My parents can try to game, and put a damn good effort in, but they just don't get 'game logic' you know? Unless it's a game grounded in reality, like a racing game or a shooter (and those are only the realm of dearest Dad) or something based around physics or logic puzzles, something doesn't 'click' and they fail to cohesively mesh their ideas with the game ideas. Their opinions on gaming are much more interesting - Mum, who's not much of a game player at all and disapproves of the amount of time I spend gaming, actually views it as a valid artistic medium that needs to be explored in more depth, whilst Dad, who plays the aforementioned racers and shooters, thinks they're time-wasters and idle distractions.

 

[ultimateownage]

Yep. My Dad's an avid MMO player. He is playing Rift, WoW and Eve at the moment. He also plays various other games, like a lot of the RTS and RPG PC games, and used to play FPSs back in the '90s.
I don't think my Mum even knows what a videogame is, though.

 

[madeleinehatter]

My mom was a good sport about trying games when I first got into it, but it's not really her thing. She'd rather watch me play and provide commentary when my characters go flying off of buildings or something in AC2.

Alternatively, my dad spends more time on my PS3 than I do, and he relocated it to his office when I went to college.

 

[Mister K]

Boys and girls, hear me, for I will tell you the story from my life expirience.

My Father was one who showed me games. His/our first game was some spaceship arcade, but then he bought a Sony Playstation. Thus my gaming life has started. At first, I've only watched him play all the games exept for fightings, that was my genre, then I started playing together with my Dad. He had his turn in Crash Bandicoot and then I had mine. Good times...
Then we bought a PS2. He played a few games, I've played a few, and then He bought The Final Fantasy X. I didn't watch Him play (I've played something on PS1 and PC), but he sometimes called me to show really beautiful CG trailer, or an epic boss battle. Then, after he finished it, he came to me and said : "That is it. I will never play games anymore." When I asked hin why he told me something that I will never forget: "No one will make a better game than this one."
Then I played it myself and understood why he loved this game so much. Hell, it became my favorite game of all times too.
The saddest part is that he was right: after 9 years, non of the games had touched me as much as FFX.

 

[conmag9]

My mother is not enthusiastic about them, but while she might prefer I spend less time on them, she is normally quite understanding. She's a bit fond of some of the Wii sport/resort games, so there's that.

My father on the other hand is VERY enthusiastic about games. His mind doesn't think like a gamer (although I'm under the impression he would be unstoppable in a tabletop RPG), and his eye-hand coordination isn't set up for them, so normally he plays vicariously through me and my little brother. On occasion, he has demanded that we stop chores in order to play video games. He's awesome like that. The one game he plays himself would be Duke Nukem 3d, and he's really looking forward to Forever.

My only complaint is that he much prefers action, real-time games (particularly the Metroid series), wheras my cup of tea is more turn-based RPGs and the like (my brother's a shooter fan though, so it all balances out in the end).

 

[Smooth Operator]

Well I had a shitty knock off console when I was little and it had many old arcade games, my mom was absolutely hooked, one day when I came home from school she was on top of every score board, it took me weeks to beat her.

But she will never ever admit games are fun, especially not because my dad things they are the devils taint.