Do your parents like adventure games?

[Leplaya]

Now there are times where parents are into video games, however it would depend on which one of course. But does anyone have parents that like adventure games? This is going for outside the box of Telltale's games of course. I know my dad did enjoyed Playing Myst and The Dig once.

[MusicallyInspired]

My dad loves them. Got me into them. That said, years later I tried to get him to play Sam & Max Season One. He played through one or two episodes and didn't really like them at all. Something to do with too much talking, not enough content, too little places to go, not enough puzzles. His specific words were "that isn't adventure." He did like the original Hit The Road.

My dad actually got me into computer gaming in general. He used to play them all the time. Always was buying the newest thing that was a hit. He loved adventures but also early FPS's. We never had consoles in our house for the longest time because there was no need. We had all our games on the 486. This led me to experimenting with the first few emulators out there like Genecyst, ZSNES, and Nesticle in DOS. I geeked out over just the possibility of that stuff. I remember the days when we got our first sound card, our first CD-ROM drive, and our first VGA card and heard games with voices talking to us. What a fantastic experience.

[Alcoremortis]

Nope. Can't even get them to try it. My dad occasionally would play a flight simulation, a pinball simulation, and, initially, Age of Empires, but now the only things he'll touch are Angry Birds and Solitaire.

[Debbie82]

My uncle was into adventure games years ago, including Loom, King's Quest VI and The Secret of Monkey Island. Fascinating! :)

[Irishmile]

Years ago my Mother got into Kings Quest....

[Rather Dashing]

My father really only ever plays racing games and Angry Birds.

My mother?

She's so out of touch and clueless when it comes to games that she bought a Wii.

[Irishmile]

Hey... the Wii is not ALL bad... just mostly.

[Alcoremortis]

My parents would never get a Wii. They spend all the recreation money on golf. REAL golf.

[Irishmile]

Its hard to fit a real golf course in your living room.

[Alcoremortis]

It's okay, we live a short drive away from about five or six. And when those get boring, it's time for a vacation to places with more interesting golf courses.

[Johro]

My mom does exercise stuff on wii and used to play super mario bros. with me when i was a kid. She wont play game games except for the Fit ones. My dad has never touched a controller to my knowledge and hasnt played a PC game since Banff Springs for windows 3.1.

[DrRocketGenius]

My mother?

She's so out of touch and clueless when it comes to games that she bought a Wii.

The Wii isn't bad- it all depends on what games she owns for said Wii.

[DAISHI]

Hell no.

[Sarendor]

Since he got an iPad*, my father rarely touches the computer again. So he might give Puzzle Agent and Monkey Island a serious try one day. But he did show me the nice flash game Samorost 2 (http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2/).

*or a MacDuff, as I call it. Duff sounds like the Hebrew word for page, and I guess you know what prefix Apple used before they began with the iFever. MacDuff is a character from MacBeth, by the way.

[DAISHI]

Another Jew on this messageboard! Baruch ha ba b'shem Adonai!!

[Darkblader]

My friend's sister has an Ipad with Puzzle Agent, but the rest of her family isnt into adventure games. I do know that she tried getting her mom to play Monkey Island(telltale's game) and she couldn't finish it. She wasn't into pirate games.

[tredlow]

My dad played the old Leisure Suit Larry stuff back when it was recent. I guess LSL7 was technically the first adventure game I've ever played. Of course, I had no idea how to free Larry from the burning apartment in the beginning, so the genre never caught my interest anymore until I found the old Humongous Entertainment stuff. Or was it the old LucasArts stuff? Can't really remember how I got into adventure games really.

Now he plays pretty much whatever games I put on my PC, except the adventure games. He played Portal 2, Assassin's Creed games, Fallout games, etc.

[Rawr]

No. They don't even like video games, though I don't believe either have played one. Hell, my mother doesn't even know how to use a computer(I wish I was exaggerating), as they are pointless creations, and everything should be done by hand, apparently.

[doodo!]

On occasion but no. Thank you for starting a good topic. Lately I just can't really relate to anyone. Thank you my friend!

[Davies]

My dad got me into adventure games when he purchased me a LucasArts tripple pack containing Hit the Road, Day of the Tentacle and um, Rebel Assault (not a bad game but an odd third game considering the two adventure titles). Having said that, aside from saying 'I like that game you play with the funny dog and rabbit', he really doesn't "get" gaming and to this day shook his head in a dismissive way and said 'it's a different world' whilst seeing me play L.A. Noire.

[Jon NA]

My parents can't even use the computer!

[Davies]

My parents can't even use the computer!

Ooohhh... you mean to say that I'm not the only one with a 50ft squirrel guarding my computer?!

[doodo!]

My parents can't even use the computer!

Do they talk to the mouse?

Uh, computer? Ah, computer?

Use the damn keyboard!

Right...

[Jon NA]

Ooohhh... you mean to say that I'm not the only one with a 50ft squirrel guarding my computer?!
:D What do you mean? I'm guessing your parents don't like you sitting by the computer ... Well, That's my case as well. They want me to socialise instead of sitting by it ...
Do they talk to the mouse?

Uh, computer? Ah, computer?

Use the damn keyboard!

Right...
XD Seriously, I'm not joking or ... what you call it ... Trolling. Which is a stupid name, I mean, Isn't Troll a huge mythical creature in ... Myths?

[Davies]

:D What do you mean? I'm guessing your parents don't like you sitting by the computer ... Well, That's my case as well. They want me to socialise instead of sitting by it ...

What?! No! Don't be absurd, I'm literally referring to a 50ft squirrel that guards my computer from nine till five. I don't even have any parents, the squirrel ate them ages ago. I guess I'm the only one with this problem, I called an exterminator once but the squirrel ate him too. What am I to do?!

[doodo!]

What?! No! Don't be absurd, I'm literally referring to a 50ft squirrel that guards my computer from nine till five. I don't even have any parents, the squirrel ate them ages ago. I guess I'm the only one with this problem, I called an exterminator once but the squirrel ate him too. What am I to do?!

Kind of gets my inner girl flustered...Kinky stuff...

My sister aint no gamer either.

[Jon NA]

What?! No! Don't be absurd, I'm literally referring to a 50ft squirrel that guards my computer from nine till five. I don't even have any parents, the squirrel ate them ages ago. I guess I'm the only one with this problem, I called an exterminator once but the squirrel ate him too. What am I to do?!

That's tragic ... Well, At least the squirrel is cute and cuddly
My sister aint no gamer either.
OK, Speaking of sisters, My sister is a gamer. I mean, Was, She doesn't have time to get around to it anymore.

But she wasn't an adveture fan ... She used to play a platformer called Super Giana Sisters on our old Commodore128.

The game was basically a straight rip-off of the Super Mario Brothers. All the levels were the same, But the character was a girl! I always asked her "Why don't you play the Original?" and she always replied "I like this one better!"

I guess her only problem with Mario was the fact that the main character was a man!

[Davies]

That's tragic ... Well, At least the squirrel is cute and cuddly

Pfft... that's what my parents said just moments before they were consumed by the over-sized rodent (R.o.U.S).

[Jon NA]

Pfft... that's what my parents said just moments before they were consumed by the over-sized rodent (R.o.U.S).

Ah yes, The Hamstergeddon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB0zKuddoV4) ... I heard the news ... It must have been horrible ... I mean cute and figully duuguuly muugully chuuu!

[tredlow]

Parents are dumb! They're not cool and won't understand us young people! I'm gonna run away and get a tattoo, and then come back and show them, but this time, it's a REAL TATTOO!

[Secret Fawful]

My mom wouldn't play one, but she knows of quite a few of them, and likes the Monkey Island soundtracks. My Dad has a hard enough time working his laptop. Poor guy.

[MusicallyInspired]

It's quite disheartening to see so many people whose parents are as computer-challenged as they are in this day and age. I feel lucky to have been brought up by a technology buff.

[Alcoremortis]

My parents are only slightly behind my brother and I, technologically, but they both consider computer games a waste of time. Then they go play golf. Now that's what I call ironic.

[Davies]

My parents are only slightly behind my brother and I, technologically, but they both consider computer games a waste of time. Then they go play golf. Now that's what I call ironic.

You've just reminded me of the one game that my dad enjoyed playing with myself and that game was PGA European Tour on the PC. We had many a good round with those digital golfers *weepy sigh*. Alcoremortis, our memories combined would probably be the cause of a rift through time and space, due to the sheer overload of irony.

P.S. I tell a lie! I also had many a good gaming session with my Dad whilst playing Point Blank on the Playstation, using the G-Con45 guns.

... you know what? I guess my Father had far more respect for gaming than even he or I had ever previously realised!

[Alcoremortis]

You've just reminded me of the one game that my dad enjoyed playing with myself and that game was PGA European Tour on the PC. We had many a good round with those digital golfers *weepy sigh*. Alcoremortis, our memories combined would properly be the cause of a rift through time and space, due to the sheer overload of irony.

Actually, I think I might even have a copy of one of the PGA Tour games. It was one of the few games that my mother ever bought me in the vain hope that I would become a golf fanatic after playing as digital Tiger Woods.

It didn't work.

[Icedhope]

If my dad were still alive I'd of asked him, and my mom kind of looked at me like. " There are other games besides what's on Pogo?"

Do with that answer what you may.

[Davies]

Actually, I think I might even have a copy of one of the PGA Tour games. It was one of the few games that my mother ever bought me in the vain hope that I would become a golf fanatic after playing as digital Tiger Woods.

It didn't work.

My parents were much the same. In fact, following my parent's gift of a set of colf clubs; I actually went on a one-on-one training course with the professional and famous golfer; Nick Faldo, via the winning of a Weetabix competition. Imagine my parents faces when they realised their sons disdain at this potential gift of a life time.

Heck, even Nick Faldo himself seemed a bit miffed when this un-enthusiastic 11 year old boy turned up for training... although I must say that he was an absolute gentleman. True story by the way, I swear on mine, my parent's and my cat' life to that.

[Merekat]

After watching a documentary I created on video games, my mum has now embraced gaming. So far she only plays those casual 'hidden object' and puzzle games. But I'm sure I can wean her on to adventure games slowly. She has also expressed an interest to the Wii... quite promising.

[Alcoremortis]

My parents were much the same. In fact, following my parent's gift of a set of colf clubs; I actually went on a one-on-one training course with the professional and famous golfer; Nick Faldo, via the winning of a Weetabix competition. Imagine my parents faces when they realised their sons disdain at this potential gift of a life time.

Heck, even Nick Faldo himself seemed a bit miffed when this un-enthusiastic 11 year old boy turned up for training... although I must say that he was an absolute gentleman. True story by the way, I swear on mine, my parent's and my cat' life to that.

Nongolfers Unite! Aside from the PGA video game, my parents just buy me clubs and drag me off to the course all the time. As long as I make sure to bring a book, it's all good.

[corruptbiggins]

My parents can use computers to a respectable degree but I am often used as free tech support! As for gaming, my dad doesn't other than on their Wii, and my mum plays her DS a fair bit as well as their Wii (but mainly fitness type stuff there) and she does like murder mystery type games, like the CSI games but simpler which is mainly due to the fact that she is really into forensics and stuff like that.

[GuruGuru214]

We didn't get our first computer until 2000, when I turned 13. My dad used it for eBay and Napster back in the day (which means that somewhere around here is a hard drive cluttered with Led Zeppelin concert bootlegs). Now he uses a laptop we have around here almost exclusively for eBay, his current costly obsession being baseball and football cards.

So no, I had to discover adventure games through an entirely different route, when a friend introduced me to The Curse of Monkey Island in 1997.

[mathman77]

Yes and no. My mom doesn't play them, but is occasionally a back-seat player, helping out with puzzles without ever touching the controller. She says she doesn't like video games, but I catch her following along and laughing whenever I play Sam & Max.

[The-J23]

My mom used to play Mario with me all of the time but now she doesn't play any. Every once in a while she still plays Mario, but by "Every once in a while" I mean like maybe once in a years time.

My grandmother doesn't play games at all aside from facebook games.

And my grandfather is the type that just wants to blow shit up and doesn't pay attention to stories. Whenever I play a game with a lot of dialog he makes a joke about it being more like a movie and then dismisses it. Though when I was younger we played Pajama Sam together.

So, no, not really.

[skeeter]

I'm fairly lucky as my family likes adventure games. My Dad got me and my brother into them as little kids on the old Commodore 64 (including Star Trek text adventures none of us could finish). Once me moved to Aus and got a new computer, we were off with Sierra Quests, LSL and Monkey Island. When we were stuck on the Secret of Monkey Island for months, it was Dad who worked out how to melt the jail lock. Every year for Xmas, my brother and I got a joint adventure game, and we'd be huddled around the computer installing it Xmas night (except the few times it wouldn't work and we'd have to wait for a computer upgrade). Dad had to time us - an hour each - or we'd spend our time fighting over whose turn it was. Except when one of us solved a hard puzzle and got ahead of the other, then we'd play together... until we started fighting over the mouse.

My brother went onto shooter games and consoles, but still liked to play the new TOMI. I'm trying to convince him to play Sam and Max, and he wants to play BTTF. My Dad still likes to play adventures, but prefers to watch telly. He did play TOMI when it came out though. My Mum spent all these years shaking her head and saying she couldn't understand these games. Last year she saw me playing an interactive hidden object game and before I knew it she's taken over and finished it. At first she only did the hidden object scenes, but now she she can solve puzzles and use inventory etc. Any day now she'll be on adventure games...


Do they talk to the mouse?

Uh, computer? Ah, computer?

Use the damn keyboard!

Right...

Aah, Voyage Home flashbacks...


It's quite disheartening to see so many people whose parents are as computer-challenged as they are in this day and age. I feel lucky to have been brought up by a technology buff.

I feel the same way - we'd had computers since i was very young and I'm glad to have been brought up using them.


My parents can use computers to a respectable degree but I am often used as free tech support!

Same here - my Dad is always asking about a virus he got, or that something doesn't work. Trouble is I'm not trained or anything, and half the time I have to google the problem. I tell him this and tell him to google it himself, but no luck!

[guitarsareboring]

My mom does, but she plays them with a walkthrough handy because she hates being stuck and just wants the story.

[Avistew]

Yeah. A bunch of adventure games I played I only got to play because my mother bought them. My dad doesn't have much time for videogames though, and I don't remember adventure games being his style. He was more of a NES kind of person last I remember. Of course, that's because it was at the time of the NES.

[OzzieMonkey]

Well, in terms of liking them, my Mum thinks they are good games, but doesn't play them, she pretty much goes by my descriptions of them and what she's seen when looking over at my computer screen from time to time. I think she's just relieved I'm not playing violent stuff :p

[Chyron8472]

My parents bought King's Quest 4 in 1988 or 89. Though they did eventually beat the game, they got dead-ended a few times. First, they didn't give the gems back to the right dwarf before giving them to the fisherman (so they didn't have the lantern to help in the cave); they also used up one of cupid's arrows without realizing that both were one-use, unrecoverable, and absolutely necessary to beat the game (which they only realized their mistake when they got to the point where the second arrow is required, VERY late in the game.)

Years later, my mother decided to play my copy of KQ5CD (which I acquired after having played a friend's KQ6 on diskette, so idk when it was) and she gave it up as a bad job when I informed her that she missed the cat-chasing-the-rat puzzle and needed to restore so she could redo it.

Some time last year, my mom showed me that she had bought SOMI:SE for her iPhone, but I don't know if she ever got very far on it.

[bloodkiller630]

ok my dad is a road trucker, spend his time on the roads, my mom is divorced from him looking for a job, till we live in the lower peninsula of michigan my mom isn't working, also non of them play video games

[GuybrushWilco]

My dad got me into adventure games, and gaming in general. We used to play the old Sierra Quest games (especially Space Quest) together, on our old Tandy 1000. Later, I got him into the Lucas Arts games as well. He mostly just sticks to the action RPG's these days though, like Baldur's Gate and The Elder Scrolls.

[TomPravetz]

My folks hate video games. So that sucks.

[Alex IDV]

Dad used to play text adventures, but he doesn't play video games very much nowadays except for Mario Kart with me and my sisters. Mom doesn't play at all anymore, but used to play the A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2 games with me when I was a kid.