CladInShadows said:
I am expecting twins at the end of the year, and I have every intention of doing this. Not necessarily banning modern games from them, but definitely making retro games readily available and be there with them as they start getting into gaming. Or they could just end up being Fortnite players. Who knows? |
Well I'm certainly not opposed to them playing modern games, I just want them to be familiar with the classic ones. We don't teach video games in school, and that's probably for the best, but we have kids read Charles Dickens because there's stuff to learn about literature in classic literature, even if modern literature is written in ways that appeal more to modern people. It's not all nostalgia, there's really elegant game design in the classics that I want them to appreciate. Then there's the culture that we stand to lose if kids don't understand the history. A lot has happened in just 30 years or so, and I think something of value is lost if it isn't passed on to the next generation. Also, I worry that if I started my kids on modern games, they might find the classics too hard. The classics teach you to appreciate challenge. They also have a way of teaching you the basics of gaming in a way that doesn't hand hold but instead encourages you to just figure it out, which I think will make you a better gamer in the long run.
