I'm the proudest gaming father in the world :)
My son who's 11 months old last night made me the proudest gamign father in the world. My wife had a bad day watching the manchild, so I said I'd watch the squirt while she did whatever she wanted. Of course he has toys and whatnot and I left him play with those. He was really into his little animals so I though... gee I could get some xbox time in while he smashes plastic. So anyway I fired it up and being the responsible dad I decided to take out Medal of Honor and play Simpsons (the one thats like crazi taxi). Anyway the weeman saw this and immediately grabbed the controller. (up until now he's only tired to push one or two buttons, and then one at a time... like in Mechassult...its cool... only robots no humans to blow up....he can press the red button and make the guy shoot and sometimes he can get it to spin in circles for 10 minutes and giggles) Anyway last night he was driving (sort of) into buildings then backing up and then driving into buildings again..... so anyway he managed to get the car to run over Homer... Homer yells DOH! and Scott (the weeman) giggles outloud. He then goes back to running into buildings over and over again....
So you had to be there but I thought it was great! 
Soooooo what I'm saying is this kid will be kicking my ass in halo/halo 2 by the time he's 3
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Oh yeah... anyone have any thoughts on a game that I can play arround a 1 year old without any violence that won''t make me insane?
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Nice, sounds like he can follow in Billy Joel''s footsteps soon!
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Paint, if you had a Cube I would have all sorts of suggestions, as it is I''ll let Riddick field this one
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There are a couple ''games'' that basically no matter what the kid hits something happens. Is good for real young kids. They have hide-n-seek and other educational stuff. I think it is called something like Jumpstart.
The one other suggestion I have for his age would be story books. You can either make them read to him and he just sits there and has the pc tell him a story.
Oh yeah... I have a Xbox, PC, and a Cube.... so cube suggestions as well as PC and Xbox are cool
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There''s this Donkey Kong platformer coming up for the cube (Jungle Beat) that''s controlled with the Bongo Interface. Given how much the lil'' ones dig hitting things, that might be the ticket.
Oh, and Manhunt;)
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It would be ok with me... but I think his mom mya have issues with that
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11 months? Wow. That seems young.
(and i mean that in an impressed your kids so advanced kinda way)
Pick up Mario. It is fun just to run around in.
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Pikmin isn''t particularly violent, and I''m betting he might get a kick out of seeing the colorful little guys running all over the screen. I''d say Super Monkey Ball might intrigue him as well.
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Sounds liek I should rent them and see if he laughs and such and likes them
After all that would require me to carry the cube upstairs and all 
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Sounds like you have a prodigy on your hands Paint.
I know where you''re coming from. My daughter is 11 (years, not months), and she''s a fan of SSX3. She is indeed the mayor of Metro City, soundly throttling all challengers who dare dream that theirs will be the first board tracks to scar the virgin snow under the finish banner.
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
Way to go Painthappens, you have a budding gamer! My little guy loves www.kneebouncers.com which was recommended on this site a few months ago. In fact, when he gets a chance he runs into the office now and mashes the keyboard hoping to see cartoon animals on the screen.
As for actual games, at 17 months my boy likes Voodoo Vince, which has just a bit of cartoony violence but lots of good music and animation.
Now I have to brag too: the first day I played Ninja Gaiden, junior was sitting on my lap and he took the controls and executed a perfect wall jump with downward slash. It was jawdroppingly beautiful to me, because I hadn''t seen it before.[/url]
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Sounds like he''ll be owning you when he grows up paint, in a few months you can put him on a steady diet of FPS.
Rogue
Mage
Shaman
Meanwhile, I''m sitting across from him, picking my jaw from the floor as my cute and innocent son is spraying the screen with blood and heads.. Shelly was not happy. Newp.
He doesn''t get to be a ninja anymore. Not until he''s potty-trained at least.
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Thats impressive, congratulations.
My 10 month old would take one look at the controller and try to take it apart, or the old standby of just putting the whole damn thing in his mouth
Which in and of itself makes me pretty proud.
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Now imagine if he could input the Konami code with just his tongue and teeth.
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Then not only would you be the luckiest father in the world, but his future wife would be the luckiest woman in the world as well.
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Uru has pretty graphics, a lot of running around and jumping and stuff and no violence or sex whatsoever... you can also dress up your avatar... my friends who are parents say it''s a good lap game. If you download the free exapansion, there''s also an elaborate easter egg which will let you drive a very peculiar vehicle around the desert with entertaining consequences
The second expansion is coming out next month, adds swimming among other things, and should generally make the game much bigger and give you more to do.
Working retail I have to know a few of these things.
Xbox
Spounge Bob
Burnout 2 (should enjoy the pretty crashes)
Crazy Taxi
Jet Set Radio Future
Phantasy Star Online
Disney Extreme Skate Adventure (THPS 4 lite)
Shrek 2 (Its actually quite good, from the makers of True Crime. oh and it has a $5 rebate.)
Rayman 3
Voodoo Vince (Very fun)
Worms 3D (!)
Kung Fu Chaos
SSX 3
Sega Soccer Slam (Awesome game with nice visuals for the little one)
PUYO POP FEVER! (A good Sonic Team game)
Godzilla
GameCube
PUYO POP FEVER! (A good Sonic Team game)
Anything Zelda
Anything Mario (Kart, Tennis, Golf, Party, Sunshine)
Wario World (Excellent game from the boys at Treasure)
VIEWTIFUL JOE! (Henshin a go go baby!)
Super Smash Brothers Maybe (Too much violence for some moms)
Animal Crossing (fun stuff)
Super Monkey Ball 1/2
Pikmin 1/2
Wave Race maybe
Anything Pac Man
Harvest Moon
Wario Ware
Bomberman (Jetters and Generations)
Sonic Mega Collection (?)
Billy Hatcher and the Incredible Egg
Tak and the Power of JuJu
Thats what I remember off the top of my head.
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I don''t know... you might not want to risk his deadly wall-jumping wrath.
This definitely doesn''t fall in the ""non-violent"" category but if you have Soul Calibur 2, give him a controller, crank the handicap and damage up to 130% and pick Nightmare for him and he''ll probably be able to beat you!
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Giving blood, keeping faith
All of this talk about kids and gaming...making me look forward to having kids
Of course, I guess there will be the sleepless, tiring, messy, first few months, but I''ll be looking forward to the light and the end of the tunnel!
Tobyus
Still searching for the perfect game...
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Can''t wait to have a lan party for Halo 4 and have a old timers vs the kids 8 vs 8 action.
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I''m fully prepared to use psychological warfare diaper-changing & nipple-sucking taunts on my young''n. Whatever gives me the edge.
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If you truly want to scare them, mention how well you make love to their mom. Thats the last thing a kid wants to think of. Although that may be overkill.
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I talked to his mom last night and she thinks I could probably play Zelda: WInd Waker arround him
Guess I need to hook up the cube again
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My friend, you''re in for a rude shock someday.
Mario Kart owns all around our house. My girls are 8, 6 and 4, and they love that game. Something nice about it that you can play 1 vs. 1 vs. 2, which lets me have the youngest ride on my kart & throw the weapons while her older sisters run their own karts. It also does 1 vs 2, or 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 vs. 1. At a recent princess themed birthday party, the girls all had to pick a princess name. Most girls picked a Disney princess, but my oldest two picked Princess Peach and Princess Daisy. They make me proud.
They are big fans of Mario Party 4, too. At least half of the minigames are too hard for them, but they like messing around with it anyway. I haven''t bought 5 yet.
Another good one for little kids is Piglet''s Big Game. It is a quality game, and there''s no way to die in it. You might have to fight the heffalumps & woozles for the kids, but otherwise they love wandering around & finding cookies.
Animal Crossing was huge, but most thanks go to their Mom for playing tons & paying off their mortgages. Everyone wants the big house, but nobody wants to work for it...
When I play Prince of Persia it really draws a crowd. Sometimes the girls have to hide during the battle sequences, but they really like the jumping around parts and the girl that helps me.
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