PGL Family Gaming?

[Thornes70]

Recently, I took a pretty big step and allowed my 9 year old to play on Live with another guy's kid who is on my friends list (Lego Star Wars). We set up a time they could get together, and were both supervising while they played, and each had a pretty good time with it. The kid has since asked to set up another Live gaming day, and it got a thought in my head:

Are there any other PGLers with kids who would want to get involved in something like this? We're not talking joint R6V2 or GTA IV here, but age-appropriate games where we can let our kids play from time to time for maybe a half-hour stretch (my son is only allowed to play a grand total of about an hour when he's here).

With the weather getting nicer and activities like baseball, bike riding, etc. There won't be too much time during a weekend for video games, but every once in a while could be a fun thing.

Thoughts?

[ZoomZoom71]

I think that's a fabulous idea, Thornes. There's no doubt my kids will be playing video games when they get older. My almost 4-year old already plays PacMan CE and some of the other arcade games, and loves it.

[Quo]

Does your kid cuss like a sailor?

Yep, cool idea. My 10-year old loves to play (pretty much anything). It'd be cool to have some father/son Halo sometime.

[KEEZY]

Cool idea. It's the second generation of PGL's. Awesome.

[dmiller68]

Since Halo is a "M" rated game so my son doesn't get to play it (in fact most "T" rated games are a no go as well)... But Lego Star Wars or some Wii games maybe a blast. He is 8, my daughter is 10 but she mostly play Webkins on the computer. I'm sure there are several other kid friendly games as well that we have.

[Thornes70]

Yeah, my son isn't allowed to play Halo because it's M. Basically, Lego Star Wars, Racing games (he's not a huge fan of them yet), & Tony Hawk's Project 8 are all I have for him to play on the 360.

He got my old Xbox but it hardly gets any use - he has a few games for that but I can't really think off-hand what they are...

[lovekeiiy]

no GRAW action for the boy? That may be boarding on child neglect there, LOL.

[Tat Splat]

I don't have any kids, but I wanted to say kudos to those of you who don't allow the youngin's to play M rated games.

I substitute teach, and I can't tell you how many times I've heard 3rd graders talking about "pwning noobs" in COD4.

[Peench]

Originally Posted by Tat Splat

I don't have any kids, but I wanted to say kudos to those of you who don't allow the youngin's to play M rated games.

I substitute teach, and I can't tell you how many times I've heard 3rd graders talking about "pwning noobs" in COD4.

3rd grade is about 8-9 years old right? Wow. I've let my 6 (7 in July) year old watch a match or two (when he wakes up in the middle of the night and I'm playing), but he's never played and I won't let him for quite some time. Wow.

[AZRaiderH8r]

Great idea! I know my older son (he's 10) would love to do something like this!

[DeputyDogg1985]

Is this the right time for "My kid will kick your kids butt"?