Brings a tear to my eye...

[Dust and Ashes]

...to see him taking up the remote like a real man.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/shagzilla69/jamesremote.jpg

[MariaRegina]

It won't be long before he asks for the keys to your car.

Be watchful .... be vigiliant ....

They grow up too quickly these days.

[Dust and Ashes]

It's frightening what has happened to time lately. He's only 5 months old but it seems like he's been part of our life forever and I can't imagine life without him.

[EmperorConstantine]

:cry:

They grow up so fast!

[Dust and Ashes]

And, oh my goodness, I can't believe some of the programming. I thought surely Cartoon Network would be kid friendly until I'm watching Scoobie Doo (of all things, my favorite show when I was a preschooler) and they are showing some girls who are misunderstood Wiccans. Eeps

[Philothei]

Have fun with them while they are young. By fan I mean take lots of pics, videos of their first words, songs, B-parties etc. You will treasure them later. And then go out there and have more fun... Enjoy these years with them.

God bless him he looks precious.
Philothei

[Dust and Ashes]

Have fun with them while they are young. By fan I mean take lots of pics, videos of their first words, songs, B-parties etc. You will treasure them later. And then go out there and have more fun... Enjoy these years with them.

God bless him he looks precious.
Philothei

Indeed. First time I've ever been able to justify spending $*00s in electronics (camcorder) as a non-luxury. I need to get busy learning this editing software and burning DVDs so I can start recycling tapes. :D

[gzt]

he needs an empty [root] beer can in the other hand [it is Lent after all].

[EricTheRed]

Next stop! Video Games!

[Dust and Ashes]

Yeah, he's already yammering for a 360. I keep telling my wife that's what he's saying but she doesn't believe me.

[EmperorConstantine]

Yeah, he's already yammering for a 360. I keep telling my wife that's what he's saying but she doesn't believe me.
A 360 is too advanced for him. Get a Super Nintendo instead. :P

[Dust and Ashes]

A 360 is too advanced for him. Get a Super Nintendo instead. :P

But the poor little guy has his heart set on Gears of War and Mass Effect.

[EmperorConstantine]

hmm...

Just make sure that at some point he'll play the first good FPS: Goldeneye for the 64.

[Photios]

hmm...

Just make sure that at some point he'll play the first good FPS: Goldeneye for the 64.

Still my favourite. I learned it by having two friends gang up on me for hours until I consistently beat them.

(Hmmm, I need a sly, derisive snicker smiley for that.)

[EricTheRed]

I Want Mass Effect Now!!!!!


:)

[SeraphimSarov]

A 360 is too advanced for him. Get a Super Nintendo instead. :P
YES! Forget this 3D stuff. Back in my day, we played games in two dimensions and liked it!

[Knowledge3]

I play Playstation 2. :priest:

[Dust and Ashes]

YES! Forget this 3D stuff. Back in my day, we played games in two dimensions and liked it!

We did our dungeon crawling on a table with cases of Mt. Dew and chips.

I enter the room slowly...

Make a saving throw!

Argh...

Now, these guys are gamers!!! (http://gprime.net/video.php/magicmissile)

[EmperorConstantine]

YES! Forget this 3D stuff. Back in my day, we played games in two dimensions and liked it!
That's right!

Kids these days being in second grade and playing 3D games. *rolls eyes*

When I was in second grade, being the kid with an N64 and playing Mario was like being the King of the Hill!

[Orthosdoxa]

You should get him an Atari 2600. :)

[Photios]

Here, and I was 11 when I was given a five year old used 8-bit NES by a friend. I don't much care for all the new games cause they take too long to play. Why would I want to spend 30 hours minimum on a video game? At least with a tabletop and dice, there's real people around to interact with.

[Theophorus]

Here, and I was 11 when I was given a five year old used 8-bit NES by a friend. I don't much care for all the new games cause they take too long to play. Why would I want to spend 30 hours minimum on a video game? At least with a tabletop and dice, there's real people around to interact with.

I lost 6 friends DMing when they all succumbed to the "gorge of eternal peril" after a year of playing. They hardly spoke to me after that.

Certainly everyone should have known what is the capital of Assyria!!! The whole episode eventually led me to a life of Quake and similar debauchery.

[Dust and Ashes]

Here, and I was 11 when I was given a five year old used 8-bit NES by a friend. I don't much care for all the new games cause they take too long to play. Why would I want to spend 30 hours minimum on a video game? At least with a tabletop and dice, there's real people around to interact with.

That's what I love about MMORPGs, the camaraderie of meeting new people, hanging out, fighting monsters together, travelling to dangerous places, etc.

[repentant]

All he need's is the Al Bundy hand in the pants...or diaper..

[Michael the Iconographer]

Brilliant!

[EmperorConstantine]

You should get him an Atari 2600. :)
I have one:)

With forty games.

[SeraphimSarov]

That's what I love about MMORPGs, the camaraderie of meeting new people, hanging out, fighting monsters together, travelling to dangerous places, etc.
Yeah, but then you get the guys who sit in their dorms and never do anything except play Warcraft... I don't even know when some of these guys go to class or do homework!

[Khaleas]

And then they complain to their friends that they never meet any girls or go out, but if you ask them to go out they are too busy playing.
i wonder who would go for mr ultrapale who eats things out of a can and has Food growing under the couch cuz he just 'hasnt' the time to clean.

[Mary of Bethany]

Boys and their toys! :doh:

Mary

[Dust and Ashes]

Nah, the antisocial geek weirdos are a relatively small minority. The vast majority of people I've met over the years on various MMOs are well adjusted adults who choose video games over televised activities such as sports, movies, etc as their means of entertainment.

Kind of like the crowd at a football game. Most of the people there are average Joes but the ones you remember are those painted up, with wigs and waving signs.

Edited to add:

World of Warcraft, while a great game, does tend to have a larger number of immature gamers because it is made to be more accessible than more "hard core" MMORPGs like Everquest and Vanguard.

[SeraphimSarov]

And then they complain to their friends that they never meet any girls or go out, but if you ask them to go out they are too busy playing.
i wonder who would go for mr ultrapale who eats things out of a can and has Food growing under the couch cuz he just 'hasnt' the time to clean.
Hahaha... this has literally happened. I knew a guy who let a sandwich sit out somewhere for a few months, and his roommates wouldn't leave him alone until he apologized for the bugs that it attracted.

[Dust and Ashes]

I have some friends who are like that. Food in dishes sitting on the stove or in the sink or on the TV or in the corner under a chair, for days and days. Piles of clothes all over and fossilized dog doo scattered around. Not game related, just lax housekeeping habits. But I can't talk. When I was single and on my own, my apt looked quite similar as I was usually too stoned to notice my surroundings.

[Breaking Babylon]

That's right!

Kids these days being in second grade and playing 3D games. *rolls eyes*

When I was in second grade, being the kid with an N64 and playing Mario was like being the King of the Hill!
Those were the days. :D

I've still got my console and that game up in the closet, along with a couple other classics everyone should have for it: Zelda OoT and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing.

Makes me wanna fire that old thing up.

[SeraphimSarov]

I was never allowed to have video games when I was a kid. Now that I actually do have an SNES, I very rarely play it in favor of doing something else that won't rot my brain.:P

[Dust and Ashes]

Yeah, I ordered a Nintendo DS and got Brain Age (http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=Y9QLGBWxkmRRzsQEQtvqGqZ63_CjS_9F) for it. I'm really looking forward to playing it as I love puzzle games. I wish they would get more educational software for it. In Japan they use them in classrooms and have a lot of educational softare. I wish there was a Spanish program available for it.

[Photios]

That's what I love about MMORPGs, the camaraderie of meeting new people, hanging out, fighting monsters together, travelling to dangerous places, etc.

Never really cared for MMO's. I prefer tabletop RPG's, and actually having people physically present.

[Dust and Ashes]

Never really cared for MMO's. I prefer tabletop RPG's, and actually having people physically present.

Yeah, that is nice if you can find a group of people to play with. I wish I could hook up with some folks but I don't know anyone who plays anymore.

[Photios]

My group has pretty much fallen apart too. :cry:

[Dust and Ashes]

I know when Black Leaf died, I didn't think I'd ever recover.

[Photios]

That was one deadly GM! No saving throws or anything!

[Khaleas]

We have a few friends like this but the threat of navy discipline at least gets them out of the house all working days. But I'm about to scream each time I hear: don't you know some nice girl to hook me up with.
i usually told them that yes i do but they are all orthodox and it would require them to leave their hole BOTH saturday night AND sunday.

[Dust and Ashes]

Gah, don't they realize how badly a relationship would crimp their game time? :D

[Khaleas]

When i was an exchange student the family i lived with played D&D and first i didnt get it at all but then i started following and was just cracking up as much as they were. Never played though.

I have heard of Lord of the Ring based groups (pre movies) in Finland who were hard core. Aka played for weeks in a row. Gotta love the social system that makes that too possible.

[SeraphimSarov]

Man, I remember back in the day at some Bible church I went to when they said that playing RPGs was evil... they'd have a field day in this thread, mwahahahaha!

[Dust and Ashes]

All you gotta do is jump over to The Gamers Zone (http://www.christianforums.com/f191-the-gamers-zone.html) forum here and that mentality is alive and well.