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    My kid is better at video games than I am.

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    What if there were cheats that were given in only a frequency that the kid can hear? Ah haaaaaa.....

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    Good for him. My daughter sucks at video games still. Her favorite is a Temple Run clone. She doesn't do controller games.
    I suppose my search for a Soul Calibur equal will go longer than I thought.
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    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    I knew there must be some conspiracy behind it!

    They're just good at games, I suppose. I loathe them greatly (well...most of them just because of the content/propaganda...the modern games) but my son plays them. I think he's like one of the top 100 on xbox one something or other. I don't know what it is. Some kind of list. He mainly plays shooting games, I think. And I despise that grand theft auto game. It programs them to be thugs and glorifies the behavior in my personal view.

    But, you know, it's one of the reasons that these youth are able to self teach before they ever walk through the doors of any school. They are technology's only true masters at the moment. The first generation. They have lived their whole lives with it.
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    Oh yeah, hands down, the kids around here pwn the video game space. No contest.

    My little guy loves to kill me dead over and over again.

    One area they don't touch me, though -- Tiger Woods PGA. As in, they don't play, so I win by default.
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    I had already come to grips with the fact that my wife can beat me at video games and I can live with that
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    My kids are way better than me. The only games I'm really good at are the old Spyro games.



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    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    So about 6months ago my kid started playing video games, first on the tablet, then on wife's Nintendo ds and now on the WIIU. I realized last night that he is already better at it than I am. I dunno how to feel about that as I've got a couple decades of experience on him. I'm still better at some stuff that requires fine motor control or Mario kart; but otherwise he is better at stuff like lego star wars or smash bros. I had already come to grips with the fact that my wife can beat me at video games and I can live with that; but now suddenly I'm the worst gamer in the house.
    Lego Star Wars is a blast to play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by georgiaboy View Post

    One area they don't touch me, though -- Tiger Woods PGA. As in, they don't play, so I win by default.

    That's a good game. I liked that one.

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    How old is he specs? My youngest at 2 was showing me how to play games on the iPod and getting frustrated with me. He surprises me at how much he can do now at 3. At 2, he knew the pass code to open the iPod and the iPad and could navigate without effort. Smh. By 3, he mastered using wii u controllers including nunchucks. I love to watch him with games like monument valley which he figures out with ease. He can also find Netflix on any device or computer and runs the smart tv without help using the remote.(no cable so he has to use apps) By just over 3, he could use the built in mouse on the lap top which is pretty cool awareness. I cannot fathom where children raised with this type of technology will go with innovation if they get the opportunity in the future.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Exactly, he let's his wife play video games?!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    Lego Star Wars is a blast to play.
    Omg, at my house the children are into Lego anything video games. I think we have about every one made. All the children here love them. It also inspired them to make some Lego videos in their spare time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    So your wife can beat you at that...

    And so, you play those type of games. I see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    I don't see that as a problem.
    So u have to get off the couch and fetch your own beers. Do u make your own sandwiches too?
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    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    So about 6months ago my kid started playing video games, first on the tablet, then on wife's Nintendo ds and now on the WIIU. I realized last night that he is already better at it than I am. I dunno how to feel about that as I've got a couple decades of experience on him. I'm still better at some stuff that requires fine motor control or Mario kart; but otherwise he is better at stuff like lego star wars or smash bros. I had already come to grips with the fact that my wife can beat me at video games and I can live with that; but now suddenly I'm the worst gamer in the house.



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    I whipped both of my boys at Stratego the other night.

    Looking back, I don't think I've ever beaten my mother at any card or board game except for maybe Monopoly. I think she cheats though. It's in her blood, she comes from a long line of rogues, scoundrels and vagabonds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FunkBuddha View Post
    I whipped both of my boys at Stratego the other night.

    Looking back, I don't think I've ever beaten my mother at any card or board game except for maybe Monopoly. I think she cheats though. It's in her blood, she comes from a long line of rogues, scoundrels and vagabonds.
    I kicked ass at Clue the other night.

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    My 3year old grand daughter can beat my son she won't even play with me cause I don't play well enough for her.

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    My kid beats me all the time at memory games.

    Don't understand the notion of being torn about your kid being better at something than you are though. It's a good thing. Then again, my dad always hated it when my mom beat him at trivia, when asked why he wasn't proud of having such a smart wife, he stated "I don't want anyone to be better than me at anything, ever."

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    Quote Originally Posted by amy31416 View Post
    My kid beats me all the time at memory games.

    Don't understand the notion of being torn about your kid being better at something than you are though. It's a good thing. Then again, my dad always hated it when my mom beat him at trivia, when asked why he wasn't proud of having such a smart wife, he stated "I don't want anyone to be better than me at anything, ever."

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    For future reference, this is how you beat the kid at all one player and some 2 player games:
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    Quote Originally Posted by amy31416 View Post
    My kid beats me all the time at memory games.

    Don't understand the notion of being torn about your kid being better at something than you are though. It's a good thing. Then again, my dad always hated it when my mom beat him at trivia, when asked why he wasn't proud of having such a smart wife, he stated "I don't want anyone to be better than me at anything, ever."

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    Don't have any kids but I know both of my little brothers are better at most games than me. I'm pretty good at those strategy games like Starcraft or Command and Conquer on the computer, but when it comes to Call of Duty or racing games, they're just unreal at them. Though Unreal Tournament I can kick some serious ass in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    When faced with those situations, challenge them to arm wrestling.
    Or wrestling...wrestling works.

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