Originally Posted by Arukk

I think its great that you play video games with your son. The guy who wrote this book...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...lance&n=283155

Makes the case (which i believe) that video games are making our kids smarter. Teaching them problem solving skills, critical thinking and team work.

-Arukk

Originally Posted by Rayne

I dunno why, but I envision the following scene in the Smedley home:

Mrs. Smed: "John, come play some scrabble with me"
Smed: "sorry dear, i'm in a raid"
Mrs. Smed: "but John, its Thursday night and you promised me, NO raiding on Thursday night"
Smed: "I know dear, but that was before a guild member called to inform me that uber_rare_named_spawn_001 was up, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity"
Mrs. Smed: "well, you said NO raiding, NO exceptions"
Smed: "but honey, this is a special circumstance"
Mrs. Smed: "you gave me your word John, and i'm expecting you to honor it, i'll be in the den setting up the board"

Mrs. Smed leaves the room, only Smed and Smed Jr. remain:

Smed: "sorry son, but your mothers right, I gave her my word"
Smed Jr.: "but dad! we might never get this chance again!"

Smed whispers something into Smed Jr's ear, and Smed Jr. bolts from the room nearly in tears:

Smed Jr. arrives seconds later in the den, eyes welled up with tears:

Smed Jr.: "Please mom?"

Mrs. Smed, unable to bear the thought of her child in such a state, succumbs to his pleas:

Smed Jr. arrives back in the game room moments later, smiling:

Smed snickers: "see son, works every time...... Scrabble.... pfft... "

Originally Posted by Trevyn

Ya, the babes dont like it when ya talk about Video games...or help me god, id be the new Hefner

Nothing like talking about a corpse run on a bus, or poping a guy in the head with a sniper rifle on bf2....you get weird looks and such....

Smed....tell us how you get away with this anti-womanus act and still get all the babes to your game!!

Originally Posted by renfail

My question to both Smed and Brad would be :

Do your wives enjoy playing the games you enjoy WITH you; are they in the same career field, or something completely different; or do they have no interest in computer games at all?

Originally Posted by trevana

Smed will have his 2nd post =p