My three-year-old son Blake is becoming an expert in video game play.
Last Night, he saw me play Back to the Future on the XBOX360.
Blake wanted to start playing the game immediately. He's never seen me play this game before. Never mind that he's never played a video game as complex as this one before. He wanted to play and let me know it.
Being the good daddy that I am, I give him the XBOX controller and let him play. I didn't tell him what buttons to push or what moves to make. I let him watch the story in the game and he just hit whatever buttons and levers he could find.
The only thing that could derail this plan is dinner time. After the two minute alarm went off, we all sat down for dinner.
We will play that game again someday.
PAC-MAN CONNECT AND PLAY
Blake has become an expert on Dig Dug, Super Pac Man, Pac and Pal, and Mappy (Mouseky has he calls it) on this little device.
One day, I come home and Blake sees me right away. Instead of him saying 'hi daddy, I love you (or i missed you)', he says "I want to play video games."
I take my shoes off and put my back pack away before I plug the games into the TV.
He's most improved in Super Pac-Man has he has gotten to the bonus Donut level and as far as the Burger level.
Blake is going to get better at this before too long.
I felt bad for Blake that I would let him play as I was on the best roll of my life on this game. I got to near 180,000 into level 18. Basically I was playing the banana level again at 160 points a Banana.
I'm doing way better as a parent by not playing as much as he does.
Blake doesn't know it yet, but he's getting a special video game present on Christmas.
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