He can definitely see the fun in it, and would probably try it out if I offered, but he's not otherwise a gamer in the slightest. He knows about the industry, but only because we sometimes char about it. :lol:
While he doesn't love it, he does like it. My dad was in a car accident a little while after I was born, and when he was recovering he would do nothing but play Legend of Zelda.
After watching me play some COD, he thinks now I'm going to go out and kill people.:| He really hates them, thinks they mess up my mind and are a waste of time.
He has been dead for years,so sadly I will never know his opinion. From what I have been told of him though I do not think it would be his thing,I guess he was a always doing something gogetter type.
Well he doesn't mind but he's a slight gamer, he's fan of the old retro games and the COD Series, I guess he doesn't hate it, but not the biggest gamer neither.
My dad used to view it with apathetic indifference. Now he's addicted to Tiger Woods on the Wii. My mom, on the other hand, used to hate it with a passion when I was younger. She's a bit more open minded about it now.
I'd say my dad is indifferent. He often wonders how I can play games and find it amusing and spend time and money on them. But recently he's been watching me play Resident Evil 5 and seemed excited about it.
He has been dead for years,so sadly I will never know his opinion. From what I have been told of him though I do not think it would be his thing,I guess he was a always doing something gogetter type.mattykovax
My dad professes to hate gaming, but at the same time he loves Guitar Hero, and many moons ago he loved Dr. Mario, Tetris, and Tecmo Bowl. So I think he just hates the games I play.
My father plays strategy games like Age of Empires and Total War. He seems to like Historical games more. I tried to get him to play Starcraft. He wouldn't bite :P
He has been dead for years,so sadly I will never know his opinion. From what I have been told of him though I do not think it would be his thing,I guess he was a always doing something gogetter type.mattykovax
My dad used to think it was pointless until one day we went to his friend's house and he showed my dad Shogun:Total War which he loved... to watch. We bought him a copy and he never played it. After that it went back to normal him ignoring the computer completely until one day he decided to watch my brother play Command and Conquer... (the timeline may seem screwed but we had an old pc). Dad decide he would try it out one weekend and completed both Nod and GDI campaigns :S which we still hadn't done. Then we got him games from the Great Naval Battles series and from the Steel Panthers series and also some American Civil War games such as Gettysburg and he played them for ages, causing myself and my brother to fight with him over the computer. IIRC he also completed Commandos in record time too (after watching me struggle with some of the later levels).
Anyway, nowadays I don't think he plays computer much any more, however when my bro came back from university dad used to sit and watch my brother play games like Heroes of Might and Magic 4 and 5 often. He's more of a backseat gamer but if he applied himself more to playing I think he would own most strategy games lol.
Its all good. I got over years ago. and I was not trying to bring anyone down,I just thought it was a good topic and wanted to show my support by posting in it.
I used to play nes with him when I was little. I haven't seen him touch anything since then. Just as well, since he's old and doesn't understand any sort of technology.
I haven't lived with my parents for a few years now, but my dad would always come in and watch and say something like 'it almost looks real' and then walk out. He really liked watching me play Madden cause 'it looks so real'
I haven't lived with my parents for a few years now, but my dad would always come in and watch and say something like 'it almost looks real' and then walk out. He really liked watching me play Madden cause 'it looks so real'spazzx625
Thats how the guy who is the closest to a father figure I had growing up was. He never tried playing,but he liked watching me play madden.
My dad bought me my atari, my nintendo's, my ps1, and ps2. He is a gamer himself. Casual -- prefers the old school stuff. He has his own Nintendo -- I should get him the Wii.
My dad bought me my atari, my nintendo's, my ps1, and ps2. He is a gamer himself. Casual -- prefers the old school stuff. He has his own Nintendo -- I should get him the Wii. Sajedene
HA! Your post just reminded me... But we got my 5 year old nephew a Wii for Christmas and got both of my parents to try Wii Sports and my dad especially LOVED bowling
doesn't like it, thinks it's a useless hobby.Ace_WondersX
My parents think so as well. However, they think the same of all hobbies; anything that takes time away from work is something to be avoided in their eyes. :roll: I take my work seriously, and that's a very good thing, but I think they take it a bit too seriously. I need to do what I can to maintain my sanity :P
He's pretty cool with it. My brother will sometimes take his XBOX360 over to our parents house and my Dad will always play NHL. He's actually pretty good at it.
My dad strongly approves of gaming. He knows I want to be a game designer, so he encourages me as much as possible. He likes to here about all of the different games I play, and he plays a few casual games on his Wii.
Sadly when it comes to gaming my dad has this sort of elitist attitude that if you haven't played games like Myst, or really old arcade games, or games made by the SCUMM engine, or any game made by Black Isle Studios in particular you can't call yourself a gamer. He pretty much has a "All flash no soul" view on modern games, except for a select few.
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