Comments on: Reflections on the Barracuda: Doing what you don’t necessarily love http://epistemicgames.org/eg/reflections-on-the-barracuda-doing-what-you-dont-necessarily-love/ building the future of education Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Williamson Shaffer http://epistemicgames.org/eg/reflections-on-the-barracuda-doing-what-you-dont-necessarily-love/comment-page-1/#comment-5008 David Williamson Shaffer Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:33:35 +0000 http://epistemicgames.org/eg/reflections-on-the-barracuda-doing-what-you-dont-necessarily-love/#comment-5008 That’s a great story! Thanks for sharing it. I’m not sure how many parents do or do not want to play games with their kids. It seems to me, though, that whether or not we like it, we should do it anyway–just as I sit through Synchro meets and you through Karate. Of course, if it is something you like, so much the better…. Who wouldn’t want a good reason, as a parent, to do something you want to do anyway? That’s a great story! Thanks for sharing it. I’m not sure how many parents do or do not want to play games with their kids. It seems to me, though, that whether or not we like it, we should do it anyway–just as I sit through Synchro meets and you through Karate.

Of course, if it is something you like, so much the better…. Who wouldn’t want a good reason, as a parent, to do something you want to do anyway?

]]> By: D. A. Robinson http://epistemicgames.org/eg/reflections-on-the-barracuda-doing-what-you-dont-necessarily-love/comment-page-1/#comment-5010 D. A. Robinson Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:49:01 +0000 http://epistemicgames.org/eg/reflections-on-the-barracuda-doing-what-you-dont-necessarily-love/#comment-5010 First of all, let me say that I feel for you. I sat through five years of watching my son be the slowest kid in karate class, and I must say that, for me, it was one of the most grueling parts of being a parent. Now, on to the point. I’m beginning to wonder if the whole adult attitude of, “I don’t like playing games with my children!” isn’t a learned behavior based on what we think we are suppose to do when we “grow up.” I’m 43 years old and I have three children spanning between the ages of two and nineteen. While that doesn’t exactly make me the average parent, it does make me about the right age to have computer game playing children. I don’t play computer games as much as I would like to, not because I have somehow grown out of playing games, but rather I simply don’t have as much time to play them as I would like. And believe me, I would like a lot! I would like nothing more than to spend hours a day on EVE or W.O.W. I’ve been playing computer games since my old TI99-4a (kids, look it up) and my love of games didn’t go away when I got old, so my question is, why aren’t the old Donkey Kong, Ms.Pac-Man and Dragon’s Lair players playing games with their kids? What excuse do they have? Incidentally, I played Pokemon Red while my son played Pokemon Yellow. We would challenge each other constantly in Pokemon Stadium and my Nidoqueen (I named her Latifah) can still kick his Pikachu’s butt. (OPEN CHALLENGE!) First of all, let me say that I feel for you. I sat through five years of watching my son be the slowest kid in karate class, and I must say that, for me, it was one of the most grueling parts of being a parent. Now, on to the point. I’m beginning to wonder if the whole adult attitude of, “I don’t like playing games with my children!” isn’t a learned behavior based on what we think we are suppose to do when we “grow up.” I’m 43 years old and I have three children spanning between the ages of two and nineteen. While that doesn’t exactly make me the average parent, it does make me about the right age to have computer game playing children. I don’t play computer games as much as I would like to, not because I have somehow grown out of playing games, but rather I simply don’t have as much time to play them as I would like. And believe me, I would like a lot! I would like nothing more than to spend hours a day on EVE or W.O.W. I’ve been playing computer games since my old TI99-4a (kids, look it up) and my love of games didn’t go away when I got old, so my question is, why aren’t the old Donkey Kong, Ms.Pac-Man and Dragon’s Lair players playing games with their kids? What excuse do they have? Incidentally, I played Pokemon Red while my son played Pokemon Yellow. We would challenge each other constantly in Pokemon Stadium and my Nidoqueen (I named her Latifah) can still kick his Pikachu’s butt. (OPEN CHALLENGE!)

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