I just bought my mother her first PC game

My mom was really addicted to the bubble bursting game Super Pang on snes, she kept the rental copy for so long that it would have cost less to buy than to pay the fine. Also remember she was pretty handy on Alex Kidd in Maracle World, tends to stick to the DS now though and is currently addicted to Space Invaders Extreme.

Deanje said:
My mum used to play SF2 with me on the SNES. I hated it, though, because she was considerably better than me. :(
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My mates mom was pretty good at that as well, they used to like inviting kids from school round to their house to see the looks on their faces when she kicked there arses at Streetfighter and Mariokart.
 
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Meridian said:
As someone who is nearly fifty, I have to ask: why did it make you laugh? Are you saying only children should appreciate a game like F3? I'd argue the opposite: some of the subtlety probably requires a fair experience of life. It's also worth noting that another Bethesda game, Morrowind, had a big following amongst both women and older gamers. Again, it was the complexity and subtlety of the gameplay which attracted such gamers.


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I wonder how many come into gaming at an advanced age though? Most of us older gamers are long time players I'd guess. Bloody annoying that you become an 'oldie' twenty years earlier in 'computing circles' than you do in the wider world. ;)

There was a guy who posted in one of the main rpg groups on Usenet who was in his mid eighties. That's the oldest player I've heard of.
 
flibby said:
Got my mum a HTPC, took me the best part of a month to show her how to use Windows Media Player. At first she was literally stunned that the mouse (optical) controlled an arrow on the screen, then whilst I was watching the TV for her doing stuff it stopped moving and she's like "It's not working!", so I turn around and she's waving it around mid-air like a wand. I'm not sure mine is quite ready for any gaming :P
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This makes me think of my gf more than my mum. I made her install teamviewer because I was sick of going over to her's to fix things for her:p My mum on the other hand is quite nifty on her little macbook.
 
Its_Me said:
Anything to keep our mothers from the amateur pron :p
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It's just as well I wasn't rinking.
There ought to be an emoticon for "you owe me a new keyboard," though i can't help thinking it would look like something splashing over my keyboard and in the context of a conversation about porn, that may not be the best image.
 
My mum has all the co-ordination of a 3-legged wombat, her approach to all forms of computer gaming is about as quizzical as its' possible to get - she just doesnt understand why people do it, yet its a bigger industry than films!

My g/f's mum was a tetris addict for years, she's now Wii happy and will probably play other things as and when she finds them.

Tried to get my dad into FPS shooters and other games a while back, when he had no money and plenty spare time, failed. Now he has plenty money and no spare time.... stupid 1947 Rover :p
 
My mam has a Nintendo DS, and she destroys any game she plays on it.

She loves the puzzle type games such as professor layton which she completed in a couple of days on and off play.

just recently she has started playing games such as sonic rush and the golden compass, she picks games up and trades them at our local computer games store.

Show her a computer and she nearly passes out because of how "new fangled" it is. :p
 
FerociouS said:
Chemical Plant? :)
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That and Mystic Ruins, the music when you were drowning was just :eek:..... :eek:

As for the op, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3? Are you out of your mind? :confused: :(

The first was/is easily the best imo, closely followed by two, but three shouldn't even bear the legendary title.
 
Ha, my mum has to leave the room when I play racing games because she feels sick! I don't think any game apart from maybe an accounting simulator would suit her!
 
Fatpigeon said:
Going by this surely Zoo Tycoon would have been a better option? ;)
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Well I did look at zoo tycoon 2 before anything else, however quickly came to the decision that it is a naff game. I've played the first 2 incarnation of RCT though, so knew the third game was likely decent and it also recieved plenty of positive reviews. That coupled with the fact that RCT3+expansion is much cheaper than ZT2 was a no brainer.
 
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