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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited December 2007
I've never been able to get my parents to play video games.
My dad occasionally will play a little madden with me, but that's it.
And my grandparents are all dead.
So I've never had this experience.
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I was actually introduced to gaming by my grandma on my father's side. (not the grandma I was talking about earlier)
She had some kind of... Atari-ish... thing, to this day I'm not quite sure what it was, but it had Pac-man and Frogger on it and I think it had a keyboard, either that or it was a typewriter she simply kept stored next to the console I was like five years old at the time so it's kinda blurry, okay?
I was actually introduced to gaming by my grandma on my father's side. (not the grandma I was talking about earlier)
She had some kind of... Atari-ish... thing, to this day I'm not quite sure what it was, but it had Pac-man and Frogger on it and I think it had a keyboard, either that or it was a typewriter she simply kept stored next to the console I was like five years old at the time so it's kinda blurry, okay?
I got into games at my babysitter's when I was little.
Her son had NES, Genesis, and PS1 when it came out.
Her daughter had Super NES and N64.
I grew up playing Donkey Kong and Megaman X, and later Rogue Squadron and Goldeneye.
Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
edited December 2007
my friend's dad gave me his intellivision and my parents were like "oooh get advanced dungeons and dragons for it we loved that game" so i got it and got the piece to hook the intellivision to the TV and they didn't touch it
I remember when we first got our family NES. Before then, we'd occupy ourselves by riding bikes or throwing large rocks at this busted up '71 Firebird. Then we got the NES. It was all downhill from there.
i was introduced to gaming through my step-grandmother
playing egg drop with the little paddle with the turning wheel on it
later using a joystick
played whenever we went over there, since the adults all wanted to drink and smoke
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RankenphilePassersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, ModeratorMod Emeritus
edited December 2007
just last night we were talking about the time my dad spent five hours working his way up to one million points at missile command on the old atari
he would get so fucking pissed if you interrupted him in the middle of a game of missile command
So, Nintendo's customers are either too young to have any money or will die soon?
Ouch, huh? Yow.
Makes you wonder how they're the only one out of the Big Three who is consistently turning a profit and who actually has measurable assets in the bank above their standing debt.
So, Nintendo's customers are either too young to have any money or will die soon?
Ouch, huh? Yow.
Makes you wonder how they're the only one out of the Big Three who is consistently turning a profit and who actually has measurable assets in the bank above their standing debt.
Ouch, huh? Yow.
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My dad is actually the one who got me started on playing video games. He was a die hard RTS fan, and Warcraft II was the first game I ever played through from beginning to end. Then Dune, and Command and Conquer. I played a lot of his Might and Magic/ Heroes of Might and Magic games too. Now we fight over who gets to play WoW (we share an account), or Twilight Princess. I'm also thinking of getting my mum a DS with brainage because even though she's only in her 50s, I'm pretty sure she's going senile. She plays a lot of those Big Fish Mystery Case Files and Tycoon games, so it shouldn't be too hard to convince her that a DS is a great idea.
I remember loving going to my grandparents (his parents) house because Grandpa would always play Super Mario Bros with me, and it was the only time I ever got to play SNES games.
Maybe it's because I just moved into my first apartment three days ago, but the family togetherness kind of feeling this comic has is really touching. It's very sweet.
I want your grandparents. My grandparents pretty much think computers are a box full of witches. My dad is pretty cool about games though. He taught me how to own at Tetris and other puzzle games, and we would spend evenings cooperatively playing original Civ and SimCity. I think my mom has played solitaire on the computer. Once or twice.
EDIT: Actually, I take that back. My grandparents are pretty badass. They normally go to bed about 7:30 after Wheel of Fortune, but a couple years ago I went there for New Years with my mom and sister and brother-in-law and we had an awesome time staying up til midnight playing fucking dominoes.
They had to stop when the game screen started burning into our new TV screen.
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FramlingFaceHeadGeebs has bad ideas.Registered Userregular
edited December 2007
One time, I found one of my dad's old keyboards from his office. It had a printed label stuck to it with stuff on it like "idkfa" and "iddqd." I was like... really?
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you're = you are
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
Was that game even possible to beat? I would always get to the ending with the cheese moon and jumping foot, but it just wouldn't die even after like an hour of tongue pounding.
It looks like Tycho to me. Actually, no. The baby, with the hair, looks like Gabe. The grandfather's jawline, though, looks like Tycho.
So maybe this is like a Fight Club thing where they're the same person, and that's why they keep beating the fuck out of each other and "trading" the watch. Also why they're both married but live in the same house. This whole comic is actually a ten-year mindfuck.
Regarding the grandmother, dude, almost everybody's WW2-era 20-year-old grandmother was smokin' hot.
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My dad occasionally will play a little madden with me, but that's it.
And my grandparents are all dead.
So I've never had this experience.
he took it pretty hard
Also, my dad wants a Wii now ever since he tried Wii Bowling. Too bad he's way too much of a guy that only buys things if he can find it on sale.
he was pretty good at it, but he was a fighter pilot for many years and I always felt that was an unfair upper hand
a narrow minded butt with blinkered diarrhea
we just need some kraut ass to kick again
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
She had some kind of... Atari-ish... thing, to this day I'm not quite sure what it was, but it had Pac-man and Frogger on it and I think it had a keyboard, either that or it was a typewriter she simply kept stored next to the console I was like five years old at the time so it's kinda blurry, okay?
C64?
you could show me pictures of every console or home computer available at the time and even with a gun to my head I wouldn't be able to tell you
Her son had NES, Genesis, and PS1 when it came out.
Her daughter had Super NES and N64.
I grew up playing Donkey Kong and Megaman X, and later Rogue Squadron and Goldeneye.
You are still like 12.
dicks
young'n.
I remember when we first got our family NES. Before then, we'd occupy ourselves by riding bikes or throwing large rocks at this busted up '71 Firebird. Then we got the NES. It was all downhill from there.
playing egg drop with the little paddle with the turning wheel on it
later using a joystick
played whenever we went over there, since the adults all wanted to drink and smoke
he would get so fucking pissed if you interrupted him in the middle of a game of missile command
it was rad
"Can I go next dad, I wanna play frogger"
"go outside and play, dad's busy!"
My grandmother at 87 is the only one I know who can beat Marble Madness without losing a single life.
When I was 7 my now late grandfather and I spent the entire day playing and eventually beating Contra. No Konami code, all badassery.
Ouch, huh? Yow.
Makes you wonder how they're the only one out of the Big Three who is consistently turning a profit and who actually has measurable assets in the bank above their standing debt.
Ouch, huh? Yow.
Perfect run of Marble Madness in four minutes and thirty seconds.
That is a bona fide fucking feat.
I can't even make it past level three.
my ex's mother played dr mario religiously and was UNSTOPPABLE
snake, rattle and roll
I remember loving going to my grandparents (his parents) house because Grandpa would always play Super Mario Bros with me, and it was the only time I ever got to play SNES games.
Maybe it's because I just moved into my first apartment three days ago, but the family togetherness kind of feeling this comic has is really touching. It's very sweet.
EDIT: Actually, I take that back. My grandparents are pretty badass. They normally go to bed about 7:30 after Wheel of Fortune, but a couple years ago I went there for New Years with my mom and sister and brother-in-law and we had an awesome time staying up til midnight playing fucking dominoes.
HELL yes
It was alarming and frightening for me and I just didn't know what to do.
She had this little chair she'd sit in, in front of the TV.
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
They had to stop when the game screen started burning into our new TV screen.
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
Was that game even possible to beat? I would always get to the ending with the cheese moon and jumping foot, but it just wouldn't die even after like an hour of tongue pounding.
what?
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It looks like Tycho to me. Actually, no. The baby, with the hair, looks like Gabe. The grandfather's jawline, though, looks like Tycho.
So maybe this is like a Fight Club thing where they're the same person, and that's why they keep beating the fuck out of each other and "trading" the watch. Also why they're both married but live in the same house. This whole comic is actually a ten-year mindfuck.
Regarding the grandmother, dude, almost everybody's WW2-era 20-year-old grandmother was smokin' hot.