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I am used to talking gaming with my Dad, the man that started more or less my absolute gaming addiction. Isn't it funny how some parts of a parent are you but a bit different, we liked some same games but diverted over the years though I was pushing him into better games and systems like the last of us set, horizon zero dawn etc but it is never going to be the same.
We have lost a gamer, my dad passed a few weeks ago but I can not help but turn to my phone to talk gaming with him, hey dad you going to get the new dead space it look sick as **** its out in january ive pre ordered it have you? then wondering why I dont get a response message for a little while.
Although I have 90% of dads gaming gear here in storage it has not really caught up yet. My dad was a playful guy I still expect his death to be fake and a joke and will turn up on my door " come on show me your new gaming pc then " because I was working on my 4090 prep pc at the time.
The stories and memories like he had a few extreme game addictions
- tomb raider
- Wolfenstein
- Deadspace
- Sniper elite
and Aliens, when I was a kid I was always would scare the daylights out of him while playing alien trilogy on ps1. At night with headphones on he would play it max volume, I hid behind the sofa and waited until the perfect moment to jump out on him. I always took it a step higher, anyone remember the jumping RC cars? I planted a facehugger replica on the top and made it jump at him and he ran like wtf where did I put my pulse rifle, doing a professional roll over the arm of the sofa.
I have 2 sets of memories of 1) dad 2) trans mother ( dad ) when becoming a woman at a later age I could not say I did not expect the name change to Lara, yet another tribute to the gaming addiction.
Imagine this, your parents are fighting and you walk in half way through the fight and your dad is making out with a cardboard cutout of lara croft he got from choices ( rental store ages ago ) and you try working out how it got there in the argument lol mum hated that lara cut out because it made her feel unloved ( she was unloved as a monster that she is ) but you then expect them to get divorced. The next day you see that cut out pinned to a door with a hole in just the right place and think wtf is going on here ive joked about that for years how the hole was right there of all places and he kept telling me that mum tore it in half and a it was damage from that * sure it was dad sure it was * and to this year he passed kept that story.
Going through all the gaming tech I inherited brings back more memories though wondered how he got a full signature list of lara croft voice / models . Yet it has not sunk in yet, even writing this post thinking I should call later and see what is playing of late it never sinks in although I just had a custom reservoir made for the ashes part of them will sit in a sealed part like a distro plate, to keep him part of my gaming life.
Like me Dad loved metal most likely where I got it from I remeber the day I thought would have a heart attack we fought jokingly over a lost £5 note we found and he thought would be smart and say ok you can have it if you can play judas priests painkiller on this guitar, He did not know I could already play a guitar ( as was not allowed to play any instruments in the house - mum / the beast ) so ok I started playing like a noob then as he was laughing like this 5er is mine and just shredding the solos without missing a beat, gave me a 20 instead lol and could not talk for the rest of the day.
My love of star trek came from him, all the times we have seen star trek actors together most of them across all series some great memories. George Takei was shocked to see his 1st edition of beyond the stars up for signature and he is a awesome guy in person Dad and I spent some time talking to him face to face. Marina sirtis ( Deanna Troi ) Dad copped a feel when the photo was taken of them together it was so funny, We saw all of them that came to the UK same with Babylon 5 he really loved claudia christian who gave him a risky plcture lol.
I am sorry to just rant a bit on here, You would think I could take to my own family and share things with them, think again... apart from dad and my brother the rest are bad in ways you wont think about and vowed to never speak to them again after them clearing out the wallets and money while dad was still on the floor its sick and so are they.
We have lost a gamer, my dad passed a few weeks ago but I can not help but turn to my phone to talk gaming with him, hey dad you going to get the new dead space it look sick as **** its out in january ive pre ordered it have you? then wondering why I dont get a response message for a little while.
Although I have 90% of dads gaming gear here in storage it has not really caught up yet. My dad was a playful guy I still expect his death to be fake and a joke and will turn up on my door " come on show me your new gaming pc then " because I was working on my 4090 prep pc at the time.
The stories and memories like he had a few extreme game addictions
- tomb raider
- Wolfenstein
- Deadspace
- Sniper elite
and Aliens, when I was a kid I was always would scare the daylights out of him while playing alien trilogy on ps1. At night with headphones on he would play it max volume, I hid behind the sofa and waited until the perfect moment to jump out on him. I always took it a step higher, anyone remember the jumping RC cars? I planted a facehugger replica on the top and made it jump at him and he ran like wtf where did I put my pulse rifle, doing a professional roll over the arm of the sofa.
I have 2 sets of memories of 1) dad 2) trans mother ( dad ) when becoming a woman at a later age I could not say I did not expect the name change to Lara, yet another tribute to the gaming addiction.
Imagine this, your parents are fighting and you walk in half way through the fight and your dad is making out with a cardboard cutout of lara croft he got from choices ( rental store ages ago ) and you try working out how it got there in the argument lol mum hated that lara cut out because it made her feel unloved ( she was unloved as a monster that she is ) but you then expect them to get divorced. The next day you see that cut out pinned to a door with a hole in just the right place and think wtf is going on here ive joked about that for years how the hole was right there of all places and he kept telling me that mum tore it in half and a it was damage from that * sure it was dad sure it was * and to this year he passed kept that story.
Going through all the gaming tech I inherited brings back more memories though wondered how he got a full signature list of lara croft voice / models . Yet it has not sunk in yet, even writing this post thinking I should call later and see what is playing of late it never sinks in although I just had a custom reservoir made for the ashes part of them will sit in a sealed part like a distro plate, to keep him part of my gaming life.
Like me Dad loved metal most likely where I got it from I remeber the day I thought would have a heart attack we fought jokingly over a lost £5 note we found and he thought would be smart and say ok you can have it if you can play judas priests painkiller on this guitar, He did not know I could already play a guitar ( as was not allowed to play any instruments in the house - mum / the beast ) so ok I started playing like a noob then as he was laughing like this 5er is mine and just shredding the solos without missing a beat, gave me a 20 instead lol and could not talk for the rest of the day.
My love of star trek came from him, all the times we have seen star trek actors together most of them across all series some great memories. George Takei was shocked to see his 1st edition of beyond the stars up for signature and he is a awesome guy in person Dad and I spent some time talking to him face to face. Marina sirtis ( Deanna Troi ) Dad copped a feel when the photo was taken of them together it was so funny, We saw all of them that came to the UK same with Babylon 5 he really loved claudia christian who gave him a risky plcture lol.
I am sorry to just rant a bit on here, You would think I could take to my own family and share things with them, think again... apart from dad and my brother the rest are bad in ways you wont think about and vowed to never speak to them again after them clearing out the wallets and money while dad was still on the floor its sick and so are they.
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