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Dumb things your folks say about games

And what to say in your defence

Words: Justin Towell, GamesRadar UK
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oreomonkey  - 4 months 3 days ago 
Just be glad your Dad doesn't ask you how to sign in EVERYTIME he's on the XBOX, even though we've had it for 2 years.
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aberkromby  - 4 months 3 days ago 
oreomonkey, i know how ya feel. my dad still doesnt know how to change the source on the damn tv. dads can be pretty terrible at problem solving sometimes.
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aerovette92  - 4 months 3 days ago 
Bet u didnt know that all game systems are made by microsoft. ask my dad lol
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secretsearcher  - 4 months 3 days ago 
My parents don't understand the concept of a "save spot".

Dad: You should get back to work soon.
Me: Ok dad, I'll be up at 8:00.

(at 8:00)
Dad: Hey! Time to turn it off and get back to work!

Dad: Can't you just leave it on and come back Me: I will as soon as I find a save spot.later?
Me: No, Dad. Then I won't remember what I was doing.
Dad: But you said you'd come up at eight!!!
Me: I know, but I have to find a save spot.
REPEAT
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secretsearcher  - 4 months 3 days ago 
wow that comment up there got messed up. Oh well.

And one more thing. My dad always walks in during the most crucial moment of a cutscene.

Dad: Hey, can I talk to you?
Me: In a minute, I have to watch this.
Dad: Oh, but it'll just take a second.
Me: I'm trying to listen dad, just hold on.
Dad: Seriously, it's really quick!
(Cutscene ends. I didn't hear a word of it)
Me: >:o
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Mr.Mario  - 4 months 3 days ago 
WiiStation 360...lol
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Airhead  - 4 months 3 days ago 
How about:

Parent: I never sat around playing games when I was a kid.
Me: No, you either STOOD around or had me at 17.
Parent: 0.o...
Me: *smiles*
Parent: *walks off to watch tv"
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Fendaren  - 4 months 3 days ago 
As a gamer in my thirties, I'm actively trying to raise kids who game, so I've never had to say any of these things. Thankfully, my parents growing up had been gamers to a degree as well. They played on the NES or the Genesis, etc, as much as my siblings and I did, so I never had to deal with those types of things myself. I did have friends who had parents like those that made comments liek the ones in the article, I always felt sorry for them.
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FlamelordZ  - 4 months 2 days ago 
I was playing my new game, just finished the first puzzle, then this happened:
Dad: Can i have a go?
Me: (starts new game for dad) there you go.
Dad: (jumps down a hole, dies) that wasnt there before...
Me: just try again
Dad: (falls down same hole)... (eventually gets past hole...to the puzzle which he has just watched me complete)
Me: i just did that, dont you remember?
Dad:(falls down another hole) im doing it my way

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY!!!
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Supermanoh  - 4 months 2 days ago 
Ha! i scoff at a you unfortunate wretches. My mother actually played God of War, (both of them) and lvoed them. I constantly rub it in her face that i get to play retro games at a friends house, courtesy of XBLA, and she doesn't. now, i have to debate the buying of a 360 or PS3 with her. Because she was so stupid as to buy a Wii without consulting me.
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ninjadevbear  - 4 months 2 days ago 
I swear my mum once called my Xbox a playboy... I nearly shat myself
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PlatypusFan  - 4 months 2 days ago 
lol at the peggle that would suck if it actually happened
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reyalejandro13  - 4 months 2 days ago 
I'm glad my mom understands about video games. The only one of these that she's said is the socializing one, and after I referenced something I did in real life, she understood. My dad has played all the MGS games, except for the PSP/PS3 ones. So he's cool.
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Yeager1122  - 4 months 1 day ago 
This just happened to me
Me:Playing gta 4 lost and damned and johhny and gang are cursing up a storm
Mom:Wth are you playing
Me:Nothing
Mom:Mom did he just say what i think he did
Me:We just watched a movie where there was way more cursing then this
Mom:Go to your room
Parents make no sense they have a predjudice against videogames
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corey910  - 4 months 1 day ago 
videogames help ur finger reflexes and parents cant understand that!? like lets say ur a computer programmer and u type the letters 1 by 1 [ i dont so dont ask ] and they take forever to type in a sentance videogames r healthy!

me:playing fallout3and i just killed a person with a head shot and his head flew off and there was alot of blood
mom:what was that
me:oh i blew a guys head off
mom:y r u playing games that have this kind of blood?!
me:ive watched a ton of shows that have more blood!
mom: *turns off xbox360 and leaves*
me * thinking WTF?!* y the heck did u do that?!
mom:......go to ur room!
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justified_candy  - 4 months 1 day ago 
LOL This article rules, although I have something to share with you all, the other day I was playing GTA 4 and one of the pedestrians said something when I bumped into him and I fired a warning shot over his head (had he pulled out a gun, I would've killed him, of course) and my dad saw the whole thing and asked, "why did you miss?" I just laughed so hard inside.
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Pheonom55  - 4 months 1 day ago 
Adults don't like violence
my mum love Call of Duty WaW :P
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LordAlzorn  - 4 months 1 day ago 
You forgot the, oh so anoying, X-cube or Gamebox.
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CLEIP  - 4 months 1 day ago 
Is anybodys parents really like this?
my parents don`t bother talking shit about games, they are as positiive to them as myself.
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ciderdrinker  - 4 months 3 hours ago 
My mun actually introduced me to gaming with Sonic on the Mega Drive. She still sometimes reminds me that she had to beat Dr. Robotnick for me. The last game she played was one of the Tekkens on PS1 and she was holding the contrller the wrong war round...
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