My kids enjoy your games...

[Spaceman Spiff]

Just wanted to share a few things that my kids have done recently, and maybe start a fun thread about our kids and the games they play.

1 - My 5-year old daughter loves Bonnie's bookstore. She found it on her own exploring popcap, and when I came by I discovered her about 3 levels in. I sent Phil a photo of her playing BB and he shared his surprise at how many kids around 5th grade play or knows about casual/indie games.

2 - The inspiration for this thread. My wife and I were sitting in our bedroom the other afternoon discussing the mundane aspects of life, when we heard this "noise" coming from the dining room, where I set up a SFF computer for the kids (with a plexiglass cover on the LCD).

It sounded like a cross between Bevis and Butthead's "huh huh huh huh" and a classic villain’s maniacal laughter, only on 2x fast-forward.

Silence. Then it happened again. "huh huh ha ha huh huh ha ha..." Both my daughter and 2-year old son voices. WTF?

John Raptis --- you shouldn't let poor Chuzzles be abused like that. My 2-year old son would click one furiously until it sneezed it's fur off. Over and over. My kids thought it the funniest thing they have ever seen in their lives. And oh, the disappointment when they found out a big Chuzzle won't sneeze. They want to have a word with you, John... :D

[svero]

Hrmmm... I think what's really needed here is a way to get kids their own credit cards :-)

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hrmmm... I think what's really needed here is a way to get kids their own credit cards :-)

Don't give this old man a heart attack.... :eek: My daughter has been wanting her own cell phone since she was 3... hard for me to even relate to that.

Seriously though, my kids really enjoy casual games, and they are well suited to them, making them worth the purchase. I don't let them play my own games (too complex) or others that I censor because of content (Sin Episodes and Fallout 2 I've been playing recently).

[Raptisoft]

This is an awesome post. :)

Spiff, how come I didn't get a pic of the kids playing for my scrapbook!!?!?!?!

Also, they know that the Big Chuzzles don't sneeze, they do something else, right?

[Spaceman Spiff]

Yeah, they know, but the cheek puffing and burp? isn't as much fun to them. I think they want to torture the poor things.....

I have to set strict limits on how much computer time they get in a day, or they'd never stop. Not easy when they know dad makes games for "work".

[Polycount Productions]

That's great to hear (uh not the CC part, but that your kids enjoy the games :)

[Teq]

Thats a great story, we don't have kids yet, but its nice to hear them (and you) supporting the industry :)