Natural Selection: Family Bonding
Renegade.
Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12313Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12313Members, Constellation
After just spec-ing a match and not quite feeling like playing a real game, I decided to server browse randomly. I came upon an inconspicuous 2-player server I thought I'd hang out in. I soon realize both players have a ping above 600, and one notes they are playing on the same connection - a LAN perhaps, or roommates I figure. No. It turns out this was a mother and her daughter playing, of all things, Natural Selection. I come to later find out it's an entire family bonding affair with her husband often joining in too. In all my years I've seen friends, roommates, and even brothers, but this is the first I've heard of a whole family making it the nightly activity.
I asked her if she knew NS2 was on the horizon, she said yes and seemed quite excited about it. Then I asked if she was teaching her daughter (she seemed fairly new) and her age, and although I was surprised, I'm willing to over-look an ESRB rating simply to have a family call NS their bonding time. An interesting encounter to say the least; looks like UWE have themselves a new audience out there... the family audience!
I asked her if she knew NS2 was on the horizon, she said yes and seemed quite excited about it. Then I asked if she was teaching her daughter (she seemed fairly new) and her age, and although I was surprised, I'm willing to over-look an ESRB rating simply to have a family call NS their bonding time. An interesting encounter to say the least; looks like UWE have themselves a new audience out there... the family audience!
Comments
--Scythe--
... unless of course they are a family of n00b pwners... then all the power too them ;)
I bet if they had a 4th PC the dog would also play NS :D
--Cory
Guy was an ######, and couldn't spell (or didn't bother to).
As far as the potential rating the game could receive, I don't see a problem. Her mother is playing with her, that's even better! Come on, who else here played Golden Eye on their Nintendo 64 and drove that tank around running guards over? I know I can't be the only one!
And I am, for the most part, normal. :D
As far as the potential rating the game could receive, I don't see a problem. Her mother is playing with her, that's even better! Come on, who else here played Golden Eye on their Nintendo 64 and drove that tank around running guards over? I know I can't be the only one!
And I am, for the most part, normal. :D<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hahaha ya I remember thinking that was really funny as a kid. I made my dad rent the n64 like 4 times just for goldeneye.
As far as the potential rating the game could receive, I don't see a problem. Her mother is playing with her, that's even better! Come on, who else here played Golden Eye on their Nintendo 64 and drove that tank around running guards over? I know I can't be the only one!
And I am, for the most part, normal. :D<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Never had a 64, bud enjoyed wargasm. When you sit in a tank and crush infantry, you have to use the wiper...
The problem comes when young kids play adult games with no adult supervision at all... Come to think of it the problem is not the games or movies but just not having the parents take an active role in raising their kids.