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Young Kids and Video Games

Posted on 6/28/22 at 12:55 pm
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27580 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 12:55 pm
I was recently walking through Target with my three year old and 1 1/2 year old. I walked past the electronics and saw the Switch display sitting there. I looked at my three year old and thought it would be fun one day to play games with him. It got me thinking on what is an appropriate age to introduce video games to kids. The only video gaming my three year old is the occasional joystick-point-the-airplane-straight-into-the-ground thing while I'm playing Flight Sim. I do almost all of my gaming after they go to bed, so they don't really have any concept of video games.

So my question: What have y'all done at what age?
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
78909 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 1:02 pm to
There are age-appropriate games for all ages.

It's all about limiting their screen time.
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
19288 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 2:30 pm to
For what it’s worth, I tried to get my 6 year old cousin to play Ratchet and she immediately got frustrated since she had never played anything before and she couldn’t even walk or jump. They need something ridiculously simple starting out.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
Member since Oct 2011
38082 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 2:42 pm to
Find an NES and start them on Mario like the real OGs did.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
5381 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 2:50 pm to
there games for all ages but i think sitting down and enjoying gaming with them might be around 5-6
Posted by Bear-O-Dactyl
tRock
Member since Oct 2012
1172 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 3:49 pm to
quote:

Find an NES and start them on Mario like the real OGs did.


I downloaded the old Sunset Riders game on the Playstation store to play with my 5 year old. I could run around shooting stuff while she screwed around and learned how to make things move and shoot.



We have the new Ninja Turtles game now and she has a lot better understanding of the controls and can actually contribute a bit. Going to move on to Mario 3 and then Mario 64 next.
Posted by ShootingsBricks4Life
Member since May 2017
2601 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 5:02 pm to
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Sunset Riders


"Bury me with my money!" Great game!
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27580 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:13 pm to
quote:

It's all about limiting their screen time.


Very true.

Maybe I'm just trying to justify getting a switch
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
15211 posts
Posted on 6/28/22 at 11:04 pm to
quote:

Find an NES and start them on Mario like the real OGs did.




When I was 3 I opened a wood-paneled cabinet under our 200lb tube TV and discovered a birthday gift my dad had stuffed away nearly a decade prior: an NES box set with Mario/Duck Hunt complete with two controllers and light gun.

Even though I just finished Elden Ring on the beast that is the PS5, nothing will ever top the magic of my first journey through the Mushroom Kingdom on that little rectangular game pad. Which I’ve kept with me all these years and still use today with a USB adaptor.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48805 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 12:54 am to
I was 6 before I got my 1st nes. I wanted one at least 2 years before then..i think, years seemed longer back then. May have just been 1
This post was edited on 6/29/22 at 12:55 am
Posted by ForeverEllisHugh
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
15211 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 2:44 am to
I was still playing that NES I found well into 1998. I still remember the SNES Christmas.
Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
7771 posts
Posted on 6/29/22 at 10:05 am to
I started my girls off with simple multiplayer side scrollers beat em ups like Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon and twin stick shooters like Smash TV and Geometry Wars. They were around 3-4 and got the hang of it pretty fast. Now they are 8 and 10 and mostly just play Mincraft, Roblox, and Fortnight b/c thats what their friends play.
Posted by GatorReb
Dallas GA
Member since Feb 2009
9302 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 12:29 pm to
Sunset Riders used to be my JAM.

My kids are 6 (7 in July) And 4. They like playing Mario Cart and Super Smash bros.
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
12734 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 8:44 am to
I played through all 9 Lego Star Wars games with my son when he was 6 or 7. It took a long time to finish but it was fun. That was a game two people could play at the same time.

Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
31741 posts
Posted on 7/5/22 at 9:03 am to
Games for all ages:
Leisure Suit Larry
GTA V
Bully
RDR 2
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