Often parents work hard to dissuade their children from playing video games. That said, when Ma or Pa takes up a controller themselves it can lead to some good family fun. New England Gamer disscuses this and a recent Mario Kart rematch between a father and his adult son.

And yet, when it comes to video games things have not always gone so smoothly. I wouldn’t go so far as to say he hated video games, but I would wager that for a time he didn’t quite understand my fascination with them. My Dad is the outdoorsy type. He’s the kind of guy who spots a sunny day and uses it as an opportunity to ride his bike for fifty miles. I am not so much. I like to be at home. A sunny day is nice but then again, cloudy ones don’t leave such a glare on my screen.

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