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Carcharocles58

Moms and Video Games

Sad to say, I'm 25 and living with my mom. Part of its because she's disabled. The other part is because I'm disabled. As a kid, I remember playing Mortal Kombat with my mom. She was a titan. Shooters, however, have never really been a part of her gaming experience. She did one (some Call of Duty spinoff for the game cube) that she wasn't really good at. However, she really want to play World of Warcraft, so I built her an inexpensive gaming computer.

She never bought World of Warcraft. However, she discovered Steam had Max Payne for 10 dollars. Just  Thursday, she bought it. I've never felt so pwned in my life.

As I'm writing this, she has hit her first real challenge: the Valkyr trip. She decimated Jack Lupino and his men, obliterated Vinny, and all this without the use of bullet time. She's only played it for a total of 8 hours or so, and well, she has completely destroyed my one claim to fame: that I am better at shooters than she is. On one hand, I have something to brag about. On another, its almost sad that I can't keep up with her in this game.

After beating Lupino she was left with almost full health and 3 painkillers. His soldiers did more damage than he did. She didn't die once during the fight. However, I was left heavily injured with no painkillers and had died countless times both at his army's hands and his before I beat him the first time. Its amazing.

Sound off: Do you guys have a relative that is better at a game than you? An older relative, like a mom, a dad, or grandparent, that mops the floor with you when they play? 

Published Monday, September 07, 2009 7:32 PM by Carcharocles58

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distancia said:

my parents play simple wii games....like golf stuffs....i guess thats better than me...coz i don't golf...lol

God bless!

September 21, 2009 8:27 AM
 

BenShami said:

Count your blessings that you have a Mom that wants to play computer games... I'm in my 50s and disabled...I play computer games all the time and live at home.... My Mom isn't disabled but she hates computers and is only around them long enough for me to balance her checkbook and order stuff for her online.  She constantly complains that I spend too much time building computers and using them for everything.  It's kind of like living with the nerd and geek police!  She so feared breaking out in Geek disease(a malady I have obviously terminally contracted), I moved to a secluded part of the house near the garage that used to be a large work shop and turned it into my Man Cave.  Geek police are now questioned at the door prior to entry, although I love my Mom dearly, only emergencies will fore stall the completion of new builds or the inevitable defeat of the evil empires that occasionally rampage through my humble Man Cave!  Congrats on having a kewl Mom!!      

October 6, 2009 10:38 AM
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