Times when... you + parents + gaming = embarassment.

[lacktheknack]

Tomb Raider Legend: The Corporate Work Party.

Mom not only said that Lara was shameless, but launched into a lecture on how impractical it was to hide guns in half a dress. Yeesh. I tried to ignore and keep playing... Mom had something to say about how half a dress doesn't let you take five shotgun blasts to the face, and even if said dress is ripped, you still can't do those acrobatics in one.

THEN she left.

 

[Slayer_2]

Well, my parents don't understand video-games. They say they're a waste of my like (and TV isn't, apparently), and were SHOCKED when I told them that people get paid to develop games.

I tried to teach my mother how to play Mirror's Edge a few days ago... she actually said "You have to worry about using three different keys at once?!?", I had to control the mouse, and even then, it took her several tries to get past each challenge in the tutorial. After half an hour, we managed to pass the tutorial level and she begged off playing any more due to hunger.

A quick edit, I'm planning on going into game development after high school. Surprisingly, my parents were supportive of my decision after they read about MW2's success. Even pointing out that MW2 was most likely one of the most hyped game of all time didn't dampen their enthusiasm.

 

[leady129]

My folks are gaming nazi's so having them walk in on me gaming is awkward regardless of what's on screen.

 

[Slayer_2]

My grandpa (WWII veteran) walked in when I was playing the D-Day level for Call of Duty 2.

Dead silence for a full ten minutes.

Holy crap, poor guy! Was he a soldier who was deployed in Normandy? Call of Duty 2 is fun, but I don't think it's quite as realistic as most war movies. make sure the man never watches Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Spiner909]

Parents walked in on the FF X laughing scene.

Ugh...

All the CGI sequences in that were just so awkward...good game nonetheless.

Parent walked in while I played Nazi Zombies as Dempsey and he called the zombies f'ing meatbags. Didn't go over too well.

 

[nYuknYuknYuk]

My grandpa (WWII veteran) walked in when I was playing the D-Day level for Call of Duty 2.

Dead silence for a full ten minutes.

Damn....

 

[Anatares]

Saw this thread and couldn't resist. I have a very gamer family, so it's less embarassing or awkward gaming moments with my parents, and more awkard embarassing moments with my family and other people.

Once when I was twelve, my parents had the church bishop over for a family lesson or something (They're religilous, but not so much anymore thankfully), and I came upstairs and the bishop greeted me and our conversation went something like this:

"So how have you been doing lately?"
"Doing good. Was just playing Half-Life."
"Half-Life? What's that?"
"Well, there's this science facility that's developing portals and they make a mistake, so some aliens from the planet Xen come and try to kill everyone. Oh, and there's marines that try to kill you, too."
".... So what do you do? Do you try to reason with them?"
"No, you KILL them. What else would you with evil aliens and marines!?"
(A moment of silence. Try to imagine my parent's faces, and the lecture I got the minute he left...)
"... My favourite gun is the MP5."


Another time in sort of the same circumstances, it was just my parents subjecting themselves to the religious nonsense, I ran up the stairs from playing Diablo II to yell "A UNIQUE RING DROPPED!" I already had the Nagelring in my stash, so it had to be the Manald Heal. My dad sent me back downstairs to identify it, and I ran back upstairs yelling "IT'S THE MANALD HEAL! I GOT THE MANALD HEAL!" Then I left XD

I don't know what's sadder about that last one, the fact that this would otherwise be considered normal in my house without company, or the fact that I still remember the names of the unique rings in Diablo II when I haven't touched the game in years >.>;;

 

[Citrus]

My dad wasn't aware that games can be played online and began to seriously think I was going crazy when he heard me "talking to the monitor".

 

[FlarehawkChaos]

I don't have any moments from it being my parents. However, I was playing Final Fantasy XII (Don't kill me) when my grandfather came in and started too watch me play. He then saw Ashe and said that she was hot.

Hahahaha, I wish I had had grandparents that wouldn't have thought that electronics were powered by the devil's magic.

...What.
I'm sorry, just... Wow.
That's some crazy right there.

My Dad thought I was going to become violent when he saw me exploding people's heads in Fallout 3. In slow motion. With Bloody Mess on. 50 times.

New! Instant Serial Murderer, Just Add Bloody Mess.

 

[MirrorSweep]

The custom taunts on SSBB?

Playing with friends over wi-fi with my mother and grandmother in the room.

Friends taunts having f and c bombs.

 

[Tonimata]

Eternal Sonata.
You wouldn't believe the shock my mother felt from having to deal with me playing war games to cheesily graphical RPGs

 

[Yokai]

During my WoW raiding days, my mum would come in and question me. Questions are always the same.

"I don't understand, what's so fun about this thing?"
"Does it get you a job?"
"Does it earn you any money?"
"So you just go into a place and kill monsters? What for?"
"Can't you do something useful for a change?"
"Don't you have anything else to do other than sit here for 8 hours?"
"Do you even know these people?"

This is exactly how my mom is. Except there are rare occasions when she actually wants to learn to play a game. I knew she'd be turned away by anything overly violent, so I set her up with Portal. After half and hour of running into walls, she began physically spinning the mouse around to look behind her. Not embarrassing to anyone except her, I suppose, but I facepalmed quite a bit.

 

[Rhayn]

My Aunt, a quite religious one at that, walked into my guild and I trying to kill Hakkar in WoW.

"Hey, what's that you're watching?"
"Not so much watching but rather interacting with."
"So it's a game?"
"Indeed."
"So what are you doing then?"
"My friends and I are trying to kill this big snake thing here."
"Why?"
"Because he's evil."
"So you think you can distinguish between good and evil?"
"I'd say trying to destroy the entire fucking world is quite evil, not even Satan tried to do that."
"(Shouting) First off, don't swear, and don't mention the evil one!"
"Who's distinguishing between good and evil now?"

She left, mumbling something about how the confirmation process made me less christian. We didn't speak for quite a while after that, until she apologized at my graduation for trying to force me into christian beliefs when I obviously wasn't interested.

My father once walked into my room when I was on Skype discussing arena tactics, too.

"Yeah, I suppose we could try zerging the druid when the HoTs are off, but we need to peel the warrior off Doc first."
"Uh, what? Hey, can you take out the dogs for a walk?"
"(Not heard what he said) Yeah, I mean the druid should die fairly quickly if I manage to blind the priest and lock the druid down with stuns."
"Helloooo, dogs!"
"(Arena mates, having heard my father) But what about the dogs?"
"(Me, still not heard my father) What dogs?"
"(The ones behind you right now."
*I turn around*
"...hi?"
"Dogs, now."
"Yes, father."

My arena mates were still laughing when I got back.

 

[kawaiiamethist]

Anytime I whip out Sing Star at a family gathering - it's just asking for trouble.

 

[kawaiiamethist]

Eternal Sonata.
You wouldn't believe the shock my mother felt from having to deal with me playing war games to cheesily graphical RPGs

I experienced something similiar in reverse. I beat Eternal Sonata and then went onto Lost Odyssey. The shock of going from an overtly cutesy RPG to a gritty RPG had me fearing for the journey ahead.

 

[Mark the Paratrooper]

*DOOR BURSTS OPEN*
ARE YOU WINNING SON?!

.. its the menu screen, Dad....

Ever since my dad started playing Call of Duty 4 (he is 10th prestige rank 55 now) he acts like this.

If I'm on a game, he is interested.I enjoy it though, we can talk games and he plays a lot of what I do......but my mom and that Wii can go to hell.

 

[Kurokami]

The worst I feel about is playing nerdy games while strangers are around, I generally stop all gaming when guests come over and I hide TSRP from anyone I know in real life. =]

Also, I walked in on my dad masturbating once.

Parents walked in on the FF X laughing scene.

Ugh...

ROFL

This has got to be a winner!