From: Bokonon_Lives | #001
*** (1) What would you want their VERY FIRST video game to be (1B: how old is your kid going to be when they play a video game for the first time)?
Super Mario Bros; 4 years old.
*** (2) Are there any games that YOU personally were never able to get into (because you were late to the party, etc), but would like to expose to your kids early so they can give it a proper chance?
Legend of Zelda, Metroid
*** (3) Are there any games (especially very popular games) you would rather your kids NEVER play, for whatever reason? (Assuming they have the same tastes as you, you could hide games that are only going to be a huge disappointment to them; or you could stop them from getting too addicted to WoW, Minecraft or Civilization by preventing them from ever playing those games in the first place).
Can't think of any that I don't already dislike and, thus, they wouldn't play anyway.
*** (4) What is YOUR favorite video game, and under what precise circumstances would you like to introduce this game to your kid? i.e., how old will they be, what games will they need to have played beforehand, and if this is a game with any degree of player/story customization, what choices would you encourage them to make (i.e., play a Thief in Morrowind, or date Yuffie in FF7)?
I guess since I'd want to start from the beginning, Metal Gear Solid. They'd have to be at least 12 (so they can understand and appreciate the story), and I'd make them choose the canon, Meryl-lives ending.
*** (5) Describe anything else you'd do with your kid's life of gaming. (Make them play all the Final Fantasies in order? Give them official remakes or fan-made patches of games to play instead of what was first commercially available? Hold off on giving them any of the games you know they'd get hopelessly addicted to until after highschool / college? Torture them with nothing but awful games for years because you're a sick, sadistic bastard?)
Make them start from the NES era, and slowly take them along the timeline of gaming, going in this order: NES, SMS, SNES, Genesis, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube, XBox, XBox 360, Wii, PS3. All with handhelds dispersed in order in-between.
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