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I remember when my parents tried to temper a particularly deep obsession with a specific video game from my youth. My father was very quick to brand it as "not
by Phlarp 12y ago
I remember when my parents tried to temper a particularly deep obsession with a specific video game from my youth. My father was very quick to brand it as "not real life", "anti-social" and "worthless".
Needless to say, attempting to ban the game from my life was unsuccessful, even with scorched earth policies like physically cutting internet cables. Meanwhile, I firmly credit my time on this game as the kindling to my career as a developer. A point which (along with making more at 23 than he did at 45) I take great pleasure in reminding my father of whenever the opportunity arises.
Here's to hoping your kid grows up and finds an annoying and creative way to say "I was right, you were wrong, check out this pile of cash I got"
- kibibu 12y agoBeing a parent is largely about making the decisions that you think are right to the best of your ability. Give your father a break.
- Istof 12y agomaybe your father pushing you away from it actually pushed you into it even more, so you better thank him. or send him half that pile...
- dwd 12y agoIn many years time we'll probably see a Minecraft revival with former child players reinventing it(1): They might even get modding to work. (1) http://www.midnightmu.com/games_home.php http://www.midnightmu.com/games_home.php
- Filligree 12y agoI think that's probably going on right now, with the Sponge project. We'll see how it works out, but I'm hopeful.