Anyone elses young kids literally addicted to this game? Like other 5 year olds?

[D3thcast]

So my boy sees me playing this a long while back and basically stole the keyboard. I had to buy another copy and install Steam on my wifes pc just so I could get my computer back. Jesus. This thing is like crack to him. ITS ALL HE TALKS ABOUT. LITERALLY. MY KID WANTS NOTHING MORE IN LIFE. Heh. Could be worse. Makes for fun multiplayer (only us, he tends to blow stuff up and I dont want him ticking you guys off in creative mode, lol.)

[Zebron]

Why complain on the forums if you don't want your kid to play this game then just tell him no. I don't get why it is always the video games fault for people making bad choices in life. You are in control not the video game. Video games is made for entertainment and to have fun. Compairing video games to illegal drugs is offensive. Nobody is forcing you to play this game and nobody is forcing your kid to play this game. People need to stop finger pointing at video games and turn that finger toward yourself cause you are in control on your choices.

[D3thcast]

Rofl. You just went left field overboard - turn it down a notch. I play games for a living. I hope my kid can too. I hate sports and comparing anything to crack is hilarious. Lol.

[SievertChaser]

Five-year-olds tend to get pretty addicted to, uh, LEGO? Doesn't actually sound terribly unusual.

The second weird video-games-is-crack-but-worse thread in under two days...

[D3thcast]

Lol, yea - I remember back in the day I was the same. Its just funny seeing your son be EXACTLY like you were. Though, just so we were clear I was trying to be a tad sarcastic - and with over 200 games and tens of thousands of hours of playtime - Im definitely not saying video games are bad.

[raymazoida]

Better this than 5 year olds addicted to GTA.... not that I'm against GTA, in fact I love them... anyway, Seems age appropriate to me, but of course any addiction is bad...though perhaps wiht 500+ hours I should look in the mirror ;)

[D3thcast]

mrraybaker lähetti viestin:

Better this than 5 year olds addicted to GTA.... not that I'm against GTA, in fact I love them... anyway, Seems age appropriate to me, but of course any addiction is bad...though perhaps wiht 500+ hours I should look in the mirror ;)

Lol. Yes. Just yes.

[SievertChaser]

Yeah, agreed on that part. COD should be filed under the same folder.

I once showed a screenshot of Space Engineers to a 10-year-old. He was emulating it in Minecraft in under 5 minutes.

Any construction game is age-appropriate, and despite LEGO's pacifist creed I always tried to combine a Shuttle Crawler's chassis with a barrier to produce a nice turretless tank destroyer, so explosions are also expected. And I've got nothing on my father's actual pneumatic cannons and rocket-propelled boats.

[JG500]

This should develop his creativity, maybe even some basic physics knowledge. Playing games where all is possible, but with a need to plan and think is great for children. You should be glad he is not screaming down his microphone while playing cod 24/7 lol

[Gimp Jesus]

o good god, "Compairing video games to illegal drugs is offensive" Really? you should not be playing anything if that offends you, specially not this you can make a giant gold penis just for ♥♥♥♥♥ and gigs.

[D3thcast]

Jammie mann lähetti viestin:

o good god, "Compairing video games to illegal drugs is offensive" Really? you should not be playing anything if that offends you, specially not this you can make a giant gold penis just for ♥♥♥♥♥ and gigs.

Gold. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Gold.

[raymazoida]

Well Lego is supposed to be 5+ ;) At least that what's any boxes I've seen say... my 3 yr old loves his Mega Blocks, got gifted 2 lego men by a nice shop assistant and is mad for them. So I'm sure the moment he set's eyes on this he'll be mad for it.....

In fact these days I keep an eye out for games I'd be happy for my kid to start with - this being one - i took a look at one of the bridge building ones on a free weekend, I was excited about teaching him construction, but was very dissapointed.

For me though it's all about games that encourage creativity (even if it's creative destruction) rather than ones with a plot, or "on rails" etc. Not that I'm an expert, but it just seems more like what young kids are naturally like.

[Plague]

I love that when I get bored, I can always come to the forums for entertainment....

[SievertChaser]

"Come to EVE: Online, read a detailed discourse on ethnolinguistics."

- unknown

[xx]

Eve on line, the game you let your kids play if you want them to be one of the following then they grow up:
1) A completely immoral comdities trader who thinks rigging the market is the only way to win.
2) A socialpathic CEO willing to use every trick in the book (and add a few new chapters as well) to grow their business using thier competitors corpies for compost.
3) A Career criminal who shots first instead of asking for you wallet, as its easier.
4) Someone to thinks it perfectly acceptable to gain someones trust while planning to back stab them for laughts or profit.
5) a contract killer/merc willing to do wholesale slaughter if the mission has the right price tag.
6) A scam artist able to do the best long scams before dispearing with everyones money.
7) Ground down to a corporate drone for one of the above or prending to be one as part of their plan to become one of the above.


I tried 1, 2 and 5 for several years, but decided I actually wanted a life outside the game to much to continue.

[SievertChaser]

Uh, I was only posting a quote in repose to the above.

But, of course, you do have a valid point. If you want to bring up (another) Ender Wiggin (or, worse, Peter Wiggin), EVE is the way to go.