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As someone who grew up on games during the GameBoy and N64 era, I have fond memories of gaming and want my son to grow up with gaming in his life. But in my "o
by glenvdb 7y ago
As someone who grew up on games during the GameBoy and N64 era, I have fond memories of gaming and want my son to grow up with gaming in his life.
But in my "old man yells at cloud" state of mind, I don't want him to grow up on gaming of today.
He's not yet old enough to play video games, but when he is I'm inspired to implement something similar to what's outlined here: https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3 https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3
TL:DR Start his gaming journey at the beginning of the gaming industry (i.e. Pong, Pac-Man) in the hope that exposure to what gaming used to be like will "inoculate" him against what gaming is like today.
- Latty 7y agoWhat you are talking about is a subset of games today - there are still tons of great games out there with ethical monetization (more than there ever have been, in fact). Yeah, you have to skip some of the big names and a lot of the mobile space, but that still leaves a lot of great stuff out there. While letting them experience a ton of classics certainly isn't a bad idea, it also isn't the only way to avoid predatory monetization.