Walsingham Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 You know the argument that parents use videogames as a babysitter? And that's why they get so mahdi if the games violate tehir preconceptions about what is appropriate eg violence etc? It just occurred to me to wonder what things would be like if games had the similar exposure effects but were real people babysitters rather than games? What kind of person would each game be, and what would you come back to find them doing to amuse the kids? Would you come back to Duke Nukem to find your kids being taught how to chew gum, and kicking a large pig around the living room? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Orogun01 Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 What kind of person would GoW would be? Definitely not one I would leave with children. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Krookie Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 I guess that rape-simulation game would be the worst choice
Walsingham Posted April 19, 2010 Author Posted April 19, 2010 I guess that rape-simulation game would be the worst choice Sweet Jesus. I hadn't thought of that. but then I don't think most parents would leave a kid with that kind of game. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Orogun01 Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 I'd like to hire Samus as a babysitter, then I could pull a Jude Law I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
WorstUsernameEver Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 Any Bioware game from Kotor onward : four babysitters and you can choose the order for firing them!
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 I'd trust Commander Shephard with my child. I'd give them something like Portal. Gets them thinking. Fun fact, my seven year old brother once beat a Portal level before I did. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
HoonDing Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 Adventure games are the best games for kids. It teaches them to think and they can enjoy a good story at the same time. There's already enough violent crap on television. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Deraldin Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 Fun fact, my seven year old brother once beat a Portal level before I did. I'm pretty sure that younger siblings have some magical power that allows them to notice things in games that the rest of us just gloss right over. My brother does it all the time.
entrerix Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 Adventure games are the best games for kids. It teaches them to think and they can enjoy a good story at the same time. There's already enough violent crap on television. the harder question is which is the best adventure game for a kid to start on... Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
Oner Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 Adventure games are the best games for kids. It teaches them to think and they can enjoy a good story at the same time. There's already enough violent crap on television. the harder question is which is the best adventure game for a kid to start on... One that can be accused of having logical puzzles. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
Walsingham Posted April 19, 2010 Author Posted April 19, 2010 I'd trust Commander Shephard with my child. I'd give them something like Portal. Gets them thinking. I dunno tho. You'd probably come home to find the back of the microwave off, and the cat stuck through one child's kneecap. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Oner Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 GlaDos the babysitter, is the world truly prepared? Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
213374U Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 (edited) Adventure games are the best games for kids. It teaches them to think and they can enjoy a good story at the same time. There's already enough violent crap on television. the harder question is which is the best adventure game for a kid to start on... Leisure Suit Larry, obviously. Seriously, the guy is a total buffoon, ugly as a sin, but in spite of this he has never been known to have needed to do any actual work, and scores regularly. What more could you ask for? Edited April 19, 2010 by 213374U - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Nemo0071 Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 I'd let pretty much any game designed by Tim Schafer to be my kids' babysitter. At worst, they'd develop a sense of humor. At best..... well, my imagination is not that rich. "Save often!" -The Inquisitor "Floss regularly!" -also The Inquisitor
Walsingham Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 Worst babysitter: minesweeper. Boring AND deadly. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
deganawida Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 (edited) The correct answer is, of course, Bioware's latest game, because everyone knows it's THE BEST BABYSITTER EVAR!!1! Not enough typos, of course, but hopefully you can get the humor. Edited April 20, 2010 by deganawida
Oner Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 "Imagine if a video game were a babysitter." Mass Effect 2 is a video game, and the current The New **** Best Game Evar. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 I don't really get the humor. You're a parent. It's like dead baby jokes - they stop being funny once you have a kid. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Orogun01 Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 (edited) I don't really get the humor. You're a parent. It's like dead baby jokes - they stop being funny once you have a kid. They were once funny?! and i'm not even a father. Edited April 21, 2010 by Orogun01 I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Walsingham Posted April 21, 2010 Author Posted April 21, 2010 Oh come on. What about the one with the goalkeeper? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 (edited) My favorite is the one with the microwave. Edited April 21, 2010 by WILL THE ALMIGHTY "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Orogun01 Posted April 21, 2010 Posted April 21, 2010 You guys know way too many of these "jokes". I think we should stop hanging out for a while I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
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