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Your Mom And Gaming
Tomorrow is Mother's Day in the US, and Newsweek's N'Gai Croal rightly estimates that many gamers owe a lot to their mothers. Because they indulged what they likely initially saw as a strange choice of hobby, we have a thriving gaming industry to enjoy today. The Level Up site offers an interview with a woman on the Newsweek staff who learned to tolerate those 'console things', and another piece where N'Gai interviews his own mom about his games-related past. "N'Gai: Growing up, you allowed us kids to have a computer, but we weren't allowed to have a videogame machine. What was your thinking behind that? Yvonne Croal: Well, in my estimation at that time, videogames were just another silly game. We certainly didn't want you to be spending 24/7 playing these games that we considered not productive in any way." If you're still looking for a gift for your own mom, Pop Cap is giving away a free copy of Bejeweled to anyone that signs up for their newsletter. Worked on my mom. Happy Mother's Day.

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I did this!

For Mothers Day (UK so in March or something) I got my Mum the Pop Cap packages as she likes simple puzzle type games.

Bejewelled is by far her favourite

It is probably the most used/enjoyed present I've given someone for ages.

Ok, edit doesn't work in this forum, so I can't correct the link.

-in what way does it not work? /*mod test*/

There you go, knock yourself out.

that is mighty expensive. didn't someone carelessly let it fall to the floor some time back?

My Mum likes puzzly games, but she unfortunately has the same addictive personality as I do, and has only recently recovered from a serious Freecell addiction. I'm relunctant to introduce her to anything remotely related to online gaming in case she discovers the online poker sites and fritters away my inheritance.

FatherJack wrote:My Mum likes puzzly games, but she unfortunately has the same addictive personality as I do, and has only recently recovered from a serious Freecell addiction. I'm relunctant to introduce her to anything remotely related to online gaming in case she discovers the online poker sites and fritters away my inheritance.

*cough*EVE*cough*

ProfHawking wrote:that is mighty expensive. didn't someone carelessly let it fall to the floor some time back?

No, absolutely not!*

*yes it was me, xfire me if you see me, and I'll send it to you