Make your parents play Portal! - Page 4

Zekiran · 06-28-2012, 04:48 PM

My good friend is turning 50 this year, and plays Deus Ex HR compulsively. Portal, with his 15 year old daughter.

I'm 45, I can't wait to continue my gaming spree with new releases.

Remember that most of the people MAKING the games you young'uns like are MY AGE. They're almost always going to be a full generation older than the kids who get the benefits of growing up with the stuff.

Sol9000 · 06-28-2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Stronglime

You never know how they would react.Im talking about those 50 years old ones,that hate videogames.

Did anyone try it yet?

50? Try 42. And it's not even video games. It's just the new ones. And by new, I mean "Super Mario Bros" for the NES

AI-#15837 · 07-01-2012, 09:39 AM

Some parents teach their small children to play Portal 2 (I know someone like this).
Some parents are more into the game than their children. (I also know someone like this)
MY dad thinks video games rot your brain. And my mom is the exact opposite of a computer geek, and thinks GLaDOS is highly disturbing. It would be amusing to teach her to play…

Zekiran · 07-01-2012, 10:07 AM

GLaDOS IS highly disturbing.

That's part of what makes the game fun!

She fits so well in with the other era-based sci fi robotic badness that people my age enjoyed. Not just HAL9000, I'm talking the gunslinger from Westworld, Proteus from Demon Seed, and the like. She's classic.

AI-#15837 · 07-02-2012, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Zekiran

GLaDOS IS highly disturbing.

That's part of what makes the game fun!

Exactly! Everyone except my parents agree that she's the most awesome thing ever…

Unrelated topic: How old can the last post on a thread be before you get yelled at for bumping it?

nrnoble · 07-03-2012, 08:16 AM

A couple of years ago wasn't there a Christian minister in news that was claiming that GLaDOS was symbolic of satin and that Valve was promoting the coming of the anti-Christ.

Solarmech · 07-03-2012, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by nrnoble

A couple of years ago wasn't there a Christian minister in news that was claiming that GLaDOS was symbolic of satin and that Valve was promoting the coming of the anti-Christ.

Why should we get worried about the arrival bed sheets (and comforatable ones at that)?

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nrnoble · 07-03-2012, 07:18 PM

Yeah, I got a 4 point infraction from a mod for bad spelling...

AI-#15837 · 07-03-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nrnoble

Yeah, I got a 4 point infraction from a mod for bad spelling...

Mods get to correct bad spelling?! I want to be one! I love pointing out how badly some humans spell…

nrnoble · 07-03-2012, 11:11 PM

^^ Was joking of course. Its generally considered bad forum manners to going around correcting other's spelling and grammar, unless its so sloppy that it is hard to understand what the person is saying. For a lot gamers English is a second language, so it its going to be understandable that mistakes will occur.

What I really dislike is when a gamer thinks its cool to write every in "texting" something like

"i no what u r saying, and i 2 i'm looking 4-ward 2 the next game"

Alexander Bell · 07-05-2012, 12:41 PM

Don't forget that minister that was claiming that BARNEY was also the embodiment of Satan (it was something like that)

AI-#15837 · 07-05-2012, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nrnoble

^^ Was joking of course."

Darn it! Well, mods still get to use the neurotoxin emitters, right?

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Originally Posted by nrnoble

What I really dislike is when a gamer thinks its cool to write every in "texting" something like

"i no what u r saying, and i 2 i'm looking 4-ward 2 the next game"

GAAAAAH! I. HATE. TEXT. SPEAK!! Unless you're actually texting, of course…Then it's inevitable.

nrnoble · 07-06-2012, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexander Bell

Don't forget that minister that was claiming that BARNEY was also the embodiment of Satan (it was something like that)

Didn't they have a Barney burning too? Created a huge bonfire and threw stuff barneys on to it. It was on the news and upset a lot of little kids who happen to see the news, watching grown men and women burn something they considered a harmless friend.

Zekiran · 07-06-2012, 09:59 AM

Yes but that's acceptable because Barney the Dinosaur was horrifying. It should teach those children something far more important than "hugging". It should teach them "people are often insane".

Alexander Bell · 07-11-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Zekiran

Yes but that's acceptable because Barney the Dinosaur was horrifying. It should teach those children something far more important than "hugging". It should teach them "people are often insane".

I agree - nothing that kids are being taught today prepares them for the real world. Not in school or on TV, not even most parents. Too sheltered... as I type there is a 44 cal Glock with it's clip sitting next to it on the table next to me, which also has a razor blade on it... judging by some things I've seen, most kids would pick it up and shoot things or themselves with it..

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nrnoble Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 1117 Posts: 7,626	^^ Was joking of course. Its generally considered bad forum manners to going around correcting other's spelling and grammar, unless its so sloppy that it is hard to understand what the person is saying. For a lot gamers English is a second language, so it its going to be understandable that mistakes will occur. What I really dislike is when a gamer thinks its cool to write every in "texting" something like "i no what u r saying, and i 2 i'm looking 4-ward 2 the next game" Last edited by nrnoble: 07-03-2012 at 11:17 PM.

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06-28-2012, 04:48 PM	#46
Zekiran Join Date: Jun 2008 Reputation: 3966 Posts: 20,602	My good friend is turning 50 this year, and plays Deus Ex HR compulsively. Portal, with his 15 year old daughter. I'm 45, I can't wait to continue my gaming spree with new releases. Remember that most of the people MAKING the games you young'uns like are MY AGE. They're almost always going to be a full generation older than the kids who get the benefits of growing up with the stuff.

07-01-2012, 09:39 AM	#48
AI-#15837 Join Date: Jun 2012 Reputation: 83 Posts: 175	Some parents teach their small children to play Portal 2 (I know someone like this). Some parents are more into the game than their children. (I also know someone like this) MY dad thinks video games rot your brain. And my mom is the exact opposite of a computer geek, and thinks GLaDOS is highly disturbing. It would be amusing to teach her to play…

07-01-2012, 10:07 AM	#49
Zekiran Join Date: Jun 2008 Reputation: 3966 Posts: 20,602	GLaDOS IS highly disturbing. That's part of what makes the game fun! She fits so well in with the other era-based sci fi robotic badness that people my age enjoyed. Not just HAL9000, I'm talking the gunslinger from Westworld, Proteus from Demon Seed, and the like. She's classic.

07-03-2012, 08:16 AM	#51
nrnoble Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 1117 Posts: 7,626	A couple of years ago wasn't there a Christian minister in news that was claiming that GLaDOS was symbolic of satin and that Valve was promoting the coming of the anti-Christ.

07-03-2012, 07:18 PM	#53
nrnoble Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 1117 Posts: 7,626	Yeah, I got a 4 point infraction from a mod for bad spelling...

07-05-2012, 12:41 PM	#56
Alexander Bell Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 1272 Posts: 2,352	Don't forget that minister that was claiming that BARNEY was also the embodiment of Satan (it was something like that)

07-06-2012, 09:59 AM	#59
Zekiran Join Date: Jun 2008 Reputation: 3966 Posts: 20,602	Yes but that's acceptable because Barney the Dinosaur was horrifying. It should teach those children something far more important than "hugging". It should teach them "people are often insane".