Your family's games, even if they'ren't "family games."

[sargebw86]

What games are your family members into?

My grandma is the one who got me into the First-Person Shooter genre with Wolfenstein and Doom. She likes them because they're, as she put it, "psychologically theraputic" (she does have her Master's in Psychology, so I believe her over anyone else). She also likes to play them on the harder difficulties and doesn't like using cheats.

My mom likes solitaire and poker on the computer, but one of these days, I'd like to see her try one of my games, something with a bit more depth but easy to get into.

My bro-in-law likes survival horror and strategy games, like Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Manhunt, and Lord of the Rings on the PC. I got my first Playstation from him.

My sis isn't much of a gamer anymore, but she liked the Super Mario series back in the day. I think she still has the Gameboy Advance SP with the port of Super Mario 3.

 

[Nova Tendril]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R, me and my brother play that a lot. Also any game made by Valve.

 

[randommaster]

Banjo Kazoie for the N64 was the game that got everyone in my family into gaming. My mother ended up playing it more than anyone else.

 

[Abedeus]

My sister and her husband play on a Xbox 360. Army of Two, Gears of War, Lego Indiana Jones. xd

 

[Roamin11]

Oblivion, my brother, and my dad..... My dad has a killer file, all combat skill except H2H and most magic except mysticism, you name it it?s about expert or higher

 

[Fadedfeather]

my brother (11):Grand theft autoish games and fps and action games

my mother (40)op cap games ex: zuma and dinner dash. and the sims

my sister (20): viva pinata and the sims + burnout paradise

my father (43): world of warcraft 24/7

me: everything but i refuse to play any game by pheonix games

 

[Weaver]

My dad was so hooked on Morrowind and Neverwinter Nights.

 

[Stryc9]

My parents bought a Wii last year for the sports and wii fit crap. My brother is a PS2 guy with a wide variety of stuff from God of War to GTA. I tried at one time to get both him and my dad into the C&C games without much success. My dad played Wolfenstein 3D for a while but that's where his FPS career stopped because Doom wasn't so easy just using a mouse and he wouldn't take the time to learn the keyboard controls. Now he mainly plays solitaire or freecell but only when someone walks in on him looking at porn.

 

[furnatic]

My Wife: Rock Band
Me: CoD:World at War

 

[NeutralDrow]

My dad and I usually play Wii Sports together. And when I was little, we'd play the Gold Box CRPGs for Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms.

 

[Abedeus]

My dad was so hooked on Morrowind and Neverwinter Nights.

May I congratulate you?

 

[Iron Mal]

My sister is really into excessively violent games (like Manhunt, Condemned and The Suffering), she's older than me and is a bank manager so I think she can be trusted when she says that it's relaxing and thereputic.

My Dad is pretty good at light gun games and is a God at Guitar Hero (does help that he used to be in a band) while my Mum is a lost cause game-wise (she once asked me to teach her how to play Halo 3...she had trouble getting movement and looking with the analogue sticks right, fair enough though, not everyone is good at games).

My girlfried (if you can count her as family) is a CoD5 devotee and my best friend (who is like a brother to me) often plays CoD4 and Gears 2 with me.

 

[Finbark]

My brother likes Action-RPGs. Mostly SquareEnix. My dad doesn't play video games much, but he has a little. He likes Flight Simulators (He used to be a pilot) and he also likes N64 Star Wars games. My uncle is really into gaming. He has a Wii, PS3, and 360. He likes FPSs, but he doesn't like slow strategic ones, he likes "Run and Gun, like Halo." He also used to be REALLY into Counter Strike. He's told me about LAN parties he'd host with his clan. They'd come from Arizona and St.Cloud, and a bunch of other places around the States. My aunt (said uncle's wife) likes Casino games and Nintendo franchises (Mostly Mario and Zelda).

 

[TaborMallory]

My dad loves flight sims and watching me play Call of Duty.

 

[sargebw86]

None of my family members play video games, except my brother.
He's 30, so he likes old-school games and such, and has a 360.

That's pretty much all I know about his gaming habits.

EDIT:

My mom likes solitaire and poker on the computer, but one of these days, I'd like to see her try one of my games, something with a bit more depth but easy to get into.

Get her to try a Legend of Zelda game? They're usually pretty easy (unless they have a water temple) and are puzzle-focused.

If only I had a (insert Nintendo console here) and (insert Zelda game for that console here), then that'd be great. However, since I have a PS2, closest thing I see on the stack of games that I think would be close enough to Zelda is Ico.

 

[Shrubery]

My dad plays quake wars every day but that's about it for gamers in my family

 

[hopeneverdies]

Me and my dad have Star Wars Battlefront, FPS make him dizzy, I mean he was getting sick playing Metroid Prime 2 against me