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Hengis · Sep 13, 2006, 01:18 PM // 13:18

I have been gaming since the days of the Sinclair Spectrum..

I even taught myself Sinclair Basic and wrote a few games myself.

I am 42 now and I doubt that I will ever stop gaming!

Watching the advances in gaming technology over the last 25 or more years has been huge fun.

Anyway, my son who is 12 and I often play Guildwars together. As tough as it is for him to admit, I am still slightly better than he is, but I am sure this won't last for ever LOL

lyra_song · Sep 13, 2006, 02:54 PM // 14:54

Me and my dad used to play Tetris. Tengen's version

Now we occassionally play yahoo pool, his PC cant handle gaphics intensive games.

I think gaming is just like anything... its an activity and it can bring people together.

Like when my friends set up 3 Xboxes and played Halo/ate pizza/smoked weed on a friend's birthday. it was fun, the best players got handicapped with the crappy TV >.>

Malice Black · Sep 13, 2006, 03:00 PM // 15:00

omg i pwned at yahoo pool 3200 odd points i think it was wayyy back when i had AOhell

foo · Sep 13, 2006, 03:53 PM // 15:53

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Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

I'm still trying to get my grandpa to farm in GW for me, it's going pretty good, except he created his own character and is siphoning all my gold for his armor XD

rofl

My sister enjoyed very much playing with the character creation screen. she made a cute little redhead necro chick...

Domino · Sep 13, 2006, 04:01 PM // 16:01

First game I ever played was Gorilla. Back then I used to mess around with QBASIC a lot and make my own games.

All you really need in life is a DOS prompt anyway.

Grubcat · Sep 13, 2006, 04:08 PM // 16:08

I play GW with my son and daughter, who now live in other states- a good way to have fun and keep in touch. It was so nice having another player in the same room, helping me out when I was running into walls and getting lost in pre-searing. Alas, my other son is devoted to Ultima Online. We are slowly drawing my son-in-law into GW, however.

Our family started on a Commodore 64, and would crowd around the screen, passing the joystick back and forth. Does anyone remember a wizard game, walking around the map, squish, squish through the marshes? And Sheep in Space- we all still say we're getting "peckish" when we're hungry.

I've tried to get my husband to play GW, but he prefers Call of Duty. We considered it a necessity to each have our own computer!

Delillo · Sep 13, 2006, 05:21 PM // 17:21

You know you are old if the word "tiltowait" makes you smile

Eviance · Sep 13, 2006, 05:52 PM // 17:52

I am married with 3 kids and one on the way. Normally (when I'm not dieing of a head cold) I am homeschooling my 6yr old and almost 3yr old during the daytime hours.
My husband and I play GW together and my son (the 6yr old) really wants to play, but since he can't read very well I wont let him yet. As soon as he can read a bit better I am very inclined to buy him his own PC and get GW for him.
However at least once a week we sit down with the PS2 or Gamecube and play something as a family for several hours. My son pwns me with Monkey Ball >_<
Our almost 3yr old daughter can go into a gaming store and point out many of the games there and its always exciting for her, and its just cute! Our youngest is 18mths old and already he loves to sit down with a controler at the PS2 and pretend he is playing with Daddy or his older brother. We are a gaming family and none of my children are violent. Our oldest loves KH and KH2 and it inspires him to learn to read better.

I've been told so many times that I shouldn't be gaming and neither should my children. Why not? There is nothing wrong with me or my kids, we are for the most part a well rounded family and we don't play anything that shows nudity or extreme violence. Heck compared to whats in schools and in cartoons this is toned down marginally.

My parents are not gamers but when they come to visit they will sit down and play things like monkey ball or katamari. They've stopped moaning about how my husband and I are always on GW because they know that during the week and our kids waking hours they are getting plenty of love and education.
Although there is nothing better than watching your parents who are sick and doped up on hot toddies playing a race car game XD That was just silly and my brother and I have never laughed so hard!

I am of the opinion that overly violent games are not for anyone under the age of 15.
I also believe that a family who plays together stays together in a lot of ways. Its a good way to get with your children on their level and enjoy some quality time.

Also my 56yr old boss for when I worked for a small company came in one day to my husband playing FF10 with his PS2 hooked up to the TV..... He spent an hour watching and like to never got back to work lol. He said he wanted that game XD

N8DOGG · Sep 13, 2006, 06:23 PM // 18:23

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Originally Posted by Domino

First game I ever played was Gorilla. Back then I used to mess around with QBASIC a lot and make my own games.

All you really need in life is a DOS prompt anyway.

Man I loved that Game

My parents are too old fasion to play games lol.
I do have to fight My girl friend over who gets to play games on the computer.She can't stand GW yet (I'm still working on it)

gabrial heart · Sep 13, 2006, 06:26 PM // 18:26

My boys and I are avid gamers which translates into other aspects of our lives. I'm 36 and have been playing since the vic-20/atari/intelivision days... Anyway, games get a bad rap often since theres a lot of violent behaviors involved in most games and kids are influenced. I think if there is a parent willing and able to interact with thier kids in a enjoyable way, then the kid will easily learn methods of behavior. Honestly though, there are a lot of violent adults just as well, it's never been soley a video game deal.

My g/f and i (who also live together) play gw religiously and together which has done plenty to keep our time together fun (among other activities

). I think any activity commonly shared among people will make for closer relationships, anything at all, including bank robbing and murder, it's pretty much the backbone of the populations intamacies.

First game was pong :P favorite oldies are galaga and pitfall.

lightblade · Sep 13, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27

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Originally Posted by Eviance

... We are a gaming family and none of my children are violent.

Exactly! It's not the game that makes children violent, it's their parent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eviance

.... He said he wanted that game XD

Now it's that easy part. Go buy him that game and he'll give you a raise, promote you, or just a bonus

Eviance · Sep 13, 2006, 07:48 PM // 19:48

Yeah lightblade I am of the opinion that its children who are unsupervised or where their parents dont care to spend time with them that allows things such as violence to grow. I am the type that freaks out at the idea of letting my kids alone outside (especially in the city), but so many parents just let their kids run free without a care in the world!

And as for my boss, I dun work there anymore, I am a full time mommy/teacher and part time gamer XD I couldn't keep from not being pregnant long enough to commit to full time work there and his daughter needed a job so I stepped out.

ElinoraNeSangre · Sep 13, 2006, 08:30 PM // 20:30

I started playing GW as a way to hang out with my brother more. We don't usually get to see that much of each other, and he and his fiance wrangled me in during a family event. I later got my stepson and husband playing. We're all in a guild together, and it's a ton of fun because we're all pretty laid back and just like to have fun.

reetkever · Sep 13, 2006, 08:51 PM // 20:51

I'd like my dad to play gw (or gramps), but I'd hate it at the same time. Like I'm the leader of a guild now, and if my dad joins maybe he'll screw things up. Also, he can see my friends and maybe get in a fight with them, or embarras me in front of my friends :P

Mister Overhill · Sep 13, 2006, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Old gamer here (59) going WAY back. I bought two copies of Prophecies the day it hit the stores, for my youngest daughter's birthday the following day -- one for her, one for me. She's the only kid still at home, and we play GW quite a bit.

My son joined in, as well as another daughter and two grandkids. It's kind of like the days of yore, when the three oldest and I would sit around the table doing pen/paper games.

The wife doesn't game, but then she's on a computer most of the day at work, and wants a break from it in the off hours.

Anduin · Sep 13, 2006, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Dad and I used to play Super Contra on the NES together. Good times. Other than that, he really likes Rogue Squadron on N64.

Horseman Of War · Sep 13, 2006, 11:04 PM // 23:04

This thread is totally awesome. Almost makes me teary eyed.

I remember when my grandparents bought me Final Fantasy for NES back in grade school, and my grandpa thought it was really cool although he never played it- he appreciated the strategy involved. I miss you grandpa- you were always my real hero.

I used to play atari with my dad- we had epic 'combat' battles. He liked "bump n jump" for nintendo too :P

Etta · Sep 13, 2006, 11:25 PM // 23:25

Me and my girlfriend started GW back at X-mas last year and now we both are in the same guild, this was her 1st mmorpg game & 2nd video game she’s ever played (the 1st game was Morrowind). In which there are 3-4 other couples also father and son, and lots of people from different background & ages (14-49), 1 of the officer is the guild leader’s real life partner, and 1 of our member just had a baby boy. So I guess that the game can somehow, bring people together in some wired way, because some time you don’t even talk to the person that live in the same house as you. People seem to spend so much time, y’know apart sometime. It always made me smile to see my girlfriend’s face when she finished her mission and get master reward or bonus, or when our side won the allies battle. The only downside is that she always made me run to a lot of places that are really far! :P and she’s getting better and better at this game more than I do.

Calrisian Nantos · Sep 13, 2006, 11:35 PM // 23:35

This is a good article about a family who plays gw together from across the nation http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...041902617.html

Fenr1r Da Boss · Sep 14, 2006, 12:38 AM // 00:38

WOW! u guys make me feel as young as i am for some weird reason.

especcially people above 25 up. u guys are really hardcore gamers

p.s. im 13