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@superkenon: At least they're open to having the conversation. In my experience, my friends' parents would never bother discussing games...not so much out of ignorance as it was not caring.

And that's pretty cool that you can get both perspectives from your folks. I think I'd categorize my mom the same way. I kicked my dad's ass in Madden 2004 with Michael Vick when I was a kid (I was a shitty child, obviously), and he hasn't played anything -- or really discussed games -- since. Not sure if the two events are related.

I really like your last point though. A lot of parents should try to approach it the same way.

@white She really is.

@mb You should check -- https://www.ravelry.com/

@mechahendrix I think I'd agree. It's hard to visualize it when you're not that age, but I couldn't so much as imagine my mom having the twitch skills to play something like, say, Bulletstorm when she can barely hit the D-Pad without having to look down, look up, and then re-adjust her glasses. Have you tried making any efforts to get your dad into accessible games (and I don't necessary mean *shudder* casual stuff)?

@gorillamopena: If there is a God...

@mechahendrix: Ah ok, sounds like a pretty traditional structure. And...hey, you get to travel? That's cool, right?

@superkenon: Do you have any discussions with your parents about games or anything? Like, shooting the shit with your dad about Skyrim mods, or something along those lines? I think it's cool that they understood how games could further your creativity...a lot of people raised in the Atari generation don't really read game-focused publications, so any news they get about games is usually from sources that don't discuss that kind of thing.

@giantlizardking: See, I'm not sure how to do that. I'm not saying I want to force or or anything, and her active engagement is new to me, but now that her foot is in the door I want her to be able to do more things pertaining to games. She barely knows how to use her smartphone and can kinda navigate the PS3 XMB, but short of me sitting down with her and doing repeat tutorials regarding individual games (or even finding specific game personalities) I don't know if she'll continue to delve further.

The barrier to entry seems like the biggest issue, and the ubiquity -- as it were -- may actually work against this process at some point.

Yoooo duders/duderettes/everyone,

Somehow, I recently gained the ability to get my mom interested in all things Giant Bomb, video games, and some YouTubers. I work in the industry and my mom has always been supportive of that, but outside of playing LittleBigPlanet once or twice we never shared a connection with games or game culture.

After showing her the Bombcast and a few Al Chestbreach videos though, I can't get her to watch too much else anymore. This has made me pretty happy, obviously, but it's been a long time in the making.

So the question I pose to you, friends, is this:

Have you had any difficult getting your immediate family or those close to you to be interested in games and game culture? Have you even tried, or do you even want to?

It'd be good to see some new IP. People shouldn't hate things.

WASD20 is pretty solid. You could also create some kind of amalgamation from the video game name generator.

I just started a channel, Digital Wasteland, and the name is a combination of stuff that came from there.

@mechahendrix: So...do you get deployed or anything? Does anyone in that branch ever get deployed somewhere, maybe for UN tours? Legitimately curious.

The guys have already said how they need content. Once they hire more people, I don't think the crossover will be as heavy, save for keeping Danny around.