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[RedKing]

I'm hoping to turn my kids into gamers. But they're still young enough that they get easily discouraged and frustrated with arcane controls. Tablet games have worked the best so far, because the interfaces are usually intuitive. My 6-year old is starting to get pretty good with Flash-based web games and using a mouse.

[Facekillz058]

I'm hoping to turn my kids into gamers. But they're still young enough that they get easily discouraged and frustrated with arcane controls. Tablet games have worked the best so far, because the interfaces are usually intuitive. My 6-year old is starting to get pretty good with Flash-based web games and using a mouse.

You sound like an awesome father.

[misko27]

I'm hoping to turn my kids into gamers. But they're still young enough that they get easily discouraged and frustrated with arcane controls. Tablet games have worked the best so far, because the interfaces are usually intuitive. My 6-year old is starting to get pretty good with Flash-based web games and using a mouse.

Hey that's how I started.

[miauw62]

Same here.

[RedKing]

Dang kids these days with your touchscreens and mobile gaming thingys....when I was your age, I had an Apple ][ with 40x20 resolution and an 8" screen that would burn phosphor green into your eyeballs! And I was THANKFUL for it! (Seriously, I was...the Apple ][ rocked).

We had TWO games! You could either die of cholera on the Oregon Trail, or get eaten by a bigger fish in Odell Lake! That's all there was in games, death and suffering. But it built character!

[Thecard]

First vidja game I had was some shitty Harry Potter game.
Then, my brother and I found out about C&C.
Man, they should've kept Westwood.

[misko27]

Dang kids these days with your touchscreens and mobile gaming thingys....when I was your age, I had an Apple ][ with 40x20 resolution and an 8" screen that would burn phosphor green into your eyeballs! And I was THANKFUL for it! (Seriously, I was...the Apple ][ rocked).

We had TWO games! You could either die of cholera on the Oregon Trail, or get eaten by a bigger fish in Odell Lake! That's all there was in games, death and suffering. But it built character!

I was on a PC though. And I started early, so 2000, 2001 at most.

[RedKing]

First vidja game I had was some shitty Harry Potter game.
Then, my brother and I found out about C&C.
Man, they should've kept Westwood.

Forget C&C, they also did Dune II, Eye of the Beholder, and DragonStrike -- to this day still the only RPG/dragon flight sim game. Somebody really needs to do a remake.

[Scelly9]

First vidja game I had was some shitty Harry Potter game.
Then, my brother and I found out about C&C.
Man, they should've kept Westwood.

Hehe, I remember getting banned from the computer for a month after I sneaked on and played Lego Star Wars. Ah, how the times have changed.

[Frumple]

get eaten by a bigger fish in Odell Lake!

*nostalgia high five* One of the earlier ones I played that I can still remember, heh.

[RedKing]

get eaten by a bigger fish in Odell Lake!

*nostalgia high five* One of the earlier ones I played that I can still remember, heh.

iknorite? Talk about a early lesson in the brutality of life.

"Oh hey, I'm a fish! Oh look, another fish! Hi, Mr. Fish! How are you tod-"

YOU HAVE BEEN EATEN.

D:

PLAY AGAIN (Y/N)?

[Lightningfalcon]

First vidja game I had was some shitty Harry Potter game.
Then, my brother and I found out about C&C.
Man, they should've kept Westwood.

Forget C&C, they also did Dune II, Eye of the Beholder, and DragonStrike -- to this day still the only RPG/dragon flight sim game. Somebody really needs to do a remake.

But guess what two letter company owns Westwood now, and would be doing the remake? 
C&C were how me and my Dad bonded.  I would sit on the computer, and he would teach me how to crush m enemy with a legion of tanks. 

[anzki4]

First game for me was the original Zelda on my friends NES. I remember being constantly over at his house playing it or watching him play it

We didn't get our first computer - or any other device capable of gaming - until I was on my first year at school; that is year 2000. I remember that the computer came with Midtown Madness 2 and Crimson Skies. Ah... Good times.

EDIT:

C&C were how me and my Dad bonded.  I would sit on the computer, and he would teach me how to crush m enemy with a legion of tanks.

I also had similar experiences with my dad playing Commandos 2, possibly the only game he has ever bought for himself. That game kicked my ass when I was 7. Nowdays I can beat the game without any kills or alarms. (Knocking the enemies out and tying them.) That game always has a special place in my heart as well as my hard drive.

[Sirus]

I grew up watching my dad play on our Super Nintendo. Then I started playing too. The rest is history.

[Thecard]

Heh. 1337.  And while we're talking 'bout vidja games!