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By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:36:10 +0000

Two words for you, sir: PUZZLE QUEST

By: geekygirluk

geekygirluk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:23:10 +0000

Having not yet succumbed to the lure of the iphone my girls have to get by on pc based/online/wii games. They had a DS lite until they tried ramming a game in the wrong way, which they mostly played Mario/Sonic/Nintendogs on.

These days they like the CBBC website (not sure if that’s available outside the UK) which has games related to all their favourite TV shows. Their favourites seem to be The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures games which are often logic and puzzles. Have you introduced the classic geeky kids films? Princess Bride/Labyrinth/Ghostbusters etc?

By: thatguyivan

thatguyivan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:48:32 +0000

My brother and I have been playing video games with his daughter since she was 3, at first with a PS1 and now with a Wii (she’s 11 now). She is a real player who enjoys Guitar Hero and Resident Evil like any geek. I definitely will do the same with my own kids.

By: anon76

anon76 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:30:10 +0000

“I bet she watches BSG when I’m not looking.”

You better hope not- one of the subtexts is the need for children to kill off their parents in order to flourish. Not that I expect you to knot that.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:08:44 +0000

perhaps you should get a nintendo DS litei (is it litei?) for her!
it has kiddy games like nintendogs
it has brain games like Layton’s mysteries (which i dont think it is too complicated)
you can go retro and play pokemon
there’s also hand eye co-ordination games like lego batman, and she’ll also learn that when hit with a laser gun you become corresponding lego pieces
ALSO it’s portable, that means she won’t ever be bored

oh also tetris, which is what i mainly use mine for..

By: reefmonster

reefmonster — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:44:23 +0000

Heck, my son is TWO and already has a Dell Laptop and an account on Yahoo Games! He plays Bejeweled, which he calls “Shapes”, and pool, which he calls “Balls”. So at 3 he already plays shapes and balls…can log on to yahoo games…his only allowed site, and play with the best of them…Of course mom or dad have to log him onto the laptop, that is, until he realizes he has an idelic memory and can remember the login and password. Here we go!

By: loonyboi

loonyboi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:44:45 +0000

@Lev fortunately we haven’t hit that stage yet. My daughter demands to watch Wallace & Gromit every night before bed (we keep them all on the Apple TV).

Have you tried a game you can play together? Maybe something Wii-related, or Rock Band? I imagine the musical divide is already in full effect, but there’s got to be something she’ll be interested in with all that DLC.

By: doubleang

doubleang — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:50 +0000

Though I had no idea what it was, I don’t suppose I get maybe a portion of the nerd points for googling gripping hand?

btw, is the series worth picking up?

By: omahalawyer

omahalawyer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:56:34 +0000

My 3 year old daughter likes playing Fling with me, or, as she says, “the Ball game.” I have to solve the puzzle, and then she gets to do the final fling of the furball into the other furball. She thoroughly enjoys the pedantic “Good Job,” “Awesome,” or other trite congratulatory words that flash on-screen upon completion of the puzzle. She sees my iPod Touch as merely a tool to play Fling, and does not at all understand why I would use it for anything else.

Now I need to start sneaking console game time in when her mother isn’t looking. Getting within striking distance of pulling the same trick my brother did when he bought a Nintendo 64 for his son… when his son was 15 months old.