How many moms here play video games??

Montegut
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:38:59 +0000

Silvermoonlock, oh, yes, I remember the Commodore 64.

As for video games, my husband is a big fan. He has every game system created, hunts thrift stores for old games, and has even written some games and had them released. He still writes articles for video games magazines and works on special projects when they come up.

That said, I will never be able to get my son off of video games, as since Dad is an addict, so is son.

But in the long run, it seems to have paid off. Son has a natural gift for computers and is doing quite well in engineering in college, something his high school math teachers would have never thought.

As for my efforts at video games, my husband had a Frogger game for Atari 2600, where you could set it on easy so the frog could go off screen on the right and come back on the left. It was the only game I could play. And I could actually get to the third level. I did try some games with son when he was younger, but when Nintendo 64 came out, I got left in the dust. I could not think three dimensionally. I did enjoy the graphics, though. I love anything that simulates a beach, riding in a submarine, giant squids, anything to do with water.