Comments on: The Next Gaming Generation http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/ Offline Commentary for Online Worlds. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:52:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Kevin Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:16:56 +0000 http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-468 Sounds like that would be a blast Brackish - hopefully your son will take to gaming and you guys can share that hobby. I know I have really enjoyed playing rpgs and mmos over the years with my dad. Sounds like that would be a blast Brackish – hopefully your son will take to gaming and you guys can share that hobby. I know I have really enjoyed playing rpgs and mmos over the years with my dad.

]]> By: brackishwater http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-467 brackishwater Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:28:03 +0000 http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-467 4 years. I have 4 years for that man and tbh I really wonder where we will be in terms of MMOs. The boy is about 2 now and he knows what the keyboard is and the mouse, I wonder if we will have new interface devices by then.... probably not. As to when I got into gaming, not sure of the age but probably around 7. Atari 7800 I got into <a>Xenephobe</a> and that probably got me ready for the PC and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_%28video_game%29" rel="nofollow">Alone in the Dark</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_UFO_Defense" rel="nofollow"> X-Com</a>. From there it was all downhill with Wolfenstein and Quake. Its funny, as a dad and a gamer, I can kind of expose my son to the games I want him to know. *wrings hands together* Muhahahahahaha 4 years. I have 4 years for that man and tbh I really wonder where we will be in terms of MMOs. The boy is about 2 now and he knows what the keyboard is and the mouse, I wonder if we will have new interface devices by then…. probably not.

As to when I got into gaming, not sure of the age but probably around 7. Atari 7800 I got into Xenephobe and that probably got me ready for the PC and Alone in the Dark and X-Com. From there it was all downhill with Wolfenstein and Quake.

Its funny, as a dad and a gamer, I can kind of expose my son to the games I want him to know.
*wrings hands together*
Muhahahahahaha

]]> By: Kevin http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Kevin Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:37:26 +0000 http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-407 Hopefully you'll like The Bard's Tale. It's certainly archaic compared to what we have today, but boy I had hours of fun play that - and actually mapping out the towns and dungeons was probably half my fun. :) Hopefully you’ll like The Bard’s Tale. It’s certainly archaic compared to what we have today, but boy I had hours of fun play that – and actually mapping out the towns and dungeons was probably half my fun. :)

]]> By: Aaron http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Aaron Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:05:38 +0000 http://theserverisdown.com/2007/10/16/the-children-of-today-the-future-of-gaming/#comment-404 I was hooked around age 6 or 7 as well. I played the Atari, watched my older brother and cousin play games like <i>The Bard's Tale</i>, <i>Ultima</i> and <i>Might and Magic</i> on the PC, but it wasn't until my cousin's family got a Nintendo that I became a gaming fanatic. <i>Arkanoid</i> was the first PC game I really played. <i>Descent</i> was another good, early PC game. Like your parents, mine wouldn't allow us to game all day. Our parents made sure we spent time playing outside (exercise) and playing with friends (learning to socialize). I bet that, just like a lot of bad parents of the generation before us let their kids sit in front of the TV all day, a lot of bad parents today let their kids play video games all day. I'm only 27 and I can remember the days before internet, before cellphones, before GPS, before household video games, and plenty of other things, I'm sure. My youngest sister doesn't remember DOS. It seems like technological innovation gets faster and faster, and the internet is speeding it up exponentially. I had to remind someone just the other day that the internet is still brand spanking new. We're only just now getting to the point where common consumers (i.e., not just tech geeks) feel comfortable about shopping online. A lot of Baby Boomers have only started email accounts in the past 5 years. A significant portion of them still don't trust the internet. So if you asked me what the world's going to be like for kids just 10 years down the line, I'd have to answer that I have no clue. Thanks for the link to the original <i>Bard's Tale</i> game, by the way! (in your "Other Interests" link list) I'll have to play it and see if it's bearable now. I've kept a link to another old DOS game, <i>Nuclear War</i>, on my site under "Games I'm Playing". I was hooked around age 6 or 7 as well. I played the Atari, watched my older brother and cousin play games like The Bard’s Tale, Ultima and Might and Magic on the PC, but it wasn’t until my cousin’s family got a Nintendo that I became a gaming fanatic. Arkanoid was the first PC game I really played. Descent was another good, early PC game.

Like your parents, mine wouldn’t allow us to game all day. Our parents made sure we spent time playing outside (exercise) and playing with friends (learning to socialize). I bet that, just like a lot of bad parents of the generation before us let their kids sit in front of the TV all day, a lot of bad parents today let their kids play video games all day.

I’m only 27 and I can remember the days before internet, before cellphones, before GPS, before household video games, and plenty of other things, I’m sure. My youngest sister doesn’t remember DOS. It seems like technological innovation gets faster and faster, and the internet is speeding it up exponentially. I had to remind someone just the other day that the internet is still brand spanking new. We’re only just now getting to the point where common consumers (i.e., not just tech geeks) feel comfortable about shopping online. A lot of Baby Boomers have only started email accounts in the past 5 years. A significant portion of them still don’t trust the internet.

So if you asked me what the world’s going to be like for kids just 10 years down the line, I’d have to answer that I have no clue.

Thanks for the link to the original Bard’s Tale game, by the way! (in your “Other Interests” link list) I’ll have to play it and see if it’s bearable now. I’ve kept a link to another old DOS game, Nuclear War, on my site under “Games I’m Playing”.

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