After following the news and recent events with the last few articles I thought something a bit more topical is in order. So as it is coming up to Father’s Day, this Sunday, in the UK, I started to wonder about different Gamer’s Dads and whether they play games or not. If they do is it important that they share this pass time with you guys or would you rather they not? For me, having encountered both types of Dad, not wanting to play games or only playing a little and an almost full on gamer.
Personally, my father has never really been a gamer, he has played games but that would be more like a one off thing than anything else. That did changed slightly a couple of years back, when I was looking to get rid of my Playstation 2 and he took it on. The only thing is that he played if a few times, that I saw, but now the poor console just gathers dust under the TV.
But on the other side of my Dad, there is my best friend’s Dad. He is, what I would call, a medium Gamer; he has a Playstation 3 and tends to get the big name releases. Also he only plays games every week at least three or four times and often not for very long; an hour or two, but is that short amount of time important? No, I still think that he is a gamer.
The only thing is what exactly is the fun in having your Dad share a passion such as gaming, would you? I mean, unless it is something that you have been doing for an amount of time, I believe, you wouldn’t appreciate it in the same way. Just picking it up after an amount of time (dependent on how old your parents are that is) instead of most gamers who have spend a lot of their life enjoying the hobby, so much so that it becomes more of a passion. But, of course, there is the factor that having your Dad enjoying games especially if he has been doing it for most of his life too, that sharing in this is just the same as any other hobby.
Is it not the fact that having a hobby that you share with a friend the same kind of thing as having it with your Dad? In my opinion it is, mainly due to the fact that it all comes down to just someone to play games with. No matter who it is, it is still someone. This is especially true nowadays as most games have some kind of multiplayer component in them.
Do you want to have your Dad playing a game with you? Or having a bigger Achievement/ trophy collection than you? If that is the case on either count why don’t you tell us your concerns or feelings on the comments section below.
