I miss my video games!!!!!!!!

[DrFaroohk]

Ok, I understand. If you're homesick and you miss mama and your family, I understand. I'll drive thirty miles through the snow and c old in the middle of the night to come get you.

And I understand if you're just plain sick. If you're sick and want mama I will come get you. I will drive in the cold and dark and come rescue you from your grandparents house.


But if you just want to come home because they told you "no" about something and because you really really miss your Xbox? You want me to drive thirty miles through the dark and cold in the middle of the night because you miss your xbox?

Fuck you.

[Savannah]

*snerk* I thought this was going to be about how your game system died.

If I say "kids are way too dependent on their video games," does that make me old? Seriously though, getting called to pick someone up in the middle of the night because of a video game?! Sheesh...

[jackfaire]

*snerk* I thought this was going to be about how your game system died.

If I say "kids are way too dependent on their video games," does that make me old? Seriously though, getting called to pick someone up in the middle of the night because of a video game?! Sheesh...

Nope doesn't make you old I am a gamer and yes some people are way too dependent on their bloody video games.

[DrFaroohk]

Well it wasn't quite the middle of the night, but it was late evening.

And we do this a lot. Quite often I get a call on Saturday because he wants to come home. Usually I just tell him that all the video games are broken. If he still really really wants to come home I'll go get him, but most of the time he changes his mind once the games are out of the equation.

Honestly, its getting pretty bad with his dependancy on it, but at the risk of sounding like a shitty parent, well, if we take his games away, that just punishes us.

[jackfaire]

Well it wasn't quite the middle of the night, but it was late evening.

And we do this a lot. Quite often I get a call on Saturday because he wants to come home. Usually I just tell him that all the video games are broken. If he still really really wants to come home I'll go get him, but most of the time he changes his mind once the games are out of the equation.

Honestly, its getting pretty bad with his dependancy on it, but at the risk of sounding like a shitty parent, well, if we take his games away, that just punishes us.

Rather than taking them away try enforcing limits maybe? Like he can play for certain periods of time then he has to go do something else. Maybe even schedule family activities that can be done after his gaming time.

[Wingates_Hellsing]

IMO if you have fun doing something, go right ahead. It's like imposing limits on an avid reader because they complain when they're without a book (which, I'm known to do on occasion.)

Nothing should 'consume' you're life, but unless it is, what's the beef?

And why would such an avid gamer not take the xbox with them? if it's logistics, that's what hand-helds are for...

[jackfaire]

Nothing should 'consume' you're life, but unless it is, what's the beef?

I think the beef here is that it sounds like it is consuming the kid's life. I mean complaining that you miss your video games or books yeah but calling to ask to come home because of it is a bit much.

[Wingates_Hellsing]

I think the beef here is that it sounds like it is consuming the kid's life. I mean complaining that you miss your video games or books yeah but calling to ask to come home because of it is a bit much.

True. I guess I missed that part... sorry everyone

[Kheldarson]

And it's not just that, it's my understanding that he's visiting grandparents. Now I'll admit that when we go to visit grandparents on either side of the family, I'll bring books or a video game system. But that's because eventually I'll have to entertain myself cuz the adults are talking. But I was still expected to visit for a couple of hours and learn how to socialize. I think that's kind of the point here too.

[Fryk]

I guess I was lucky. I would visit my grandmother on my dad's side every summer for 5 years in a row to help her out around the house and just hang out. She was definitely the "A" grandparent (my dad's dad died when I was 3) She was so cool, she'd take me out once a week, and we'd eat McDonald's and go to the store to buy a Transformer! And, after her soap went off at 2 or 3, she'd sit there and watch the weekday cartoons with me, usually Voltron, Transformers and a few others I don't remember. Never really had to worry about boredom when I was with her.

[Skunkle]

I'm not a gamer, at all, but I feel a bit sad when I see kids out and about who're glued to their handheld game systems. They're at the zoo...glued to their DS. At the park...glued to their DS. At a restaurant...glued to their DS. *sigh*

I saw the thread title and wondered if anyone else would think this and post it:
I miss video games. I miss my mom. I miss video games. I-I-I miss my mom.
I miss video games. I miss my mom. I miss video games. I-I-I miss my mom.