Getting 90 year old to play games other than Solitaire?

[whispous]

Is there a gateway game that could possibly be used to transition into playing actual games?

 

Granddad has a lot of games at their disposal, owns a Gameboy and a eMachines "never obsolete" PC. The whole ass PC only getting used is the PC for that one game.

 

I don't care that he wants to play that game, but I'm always being asked to watch it when it does the card cascade thing, and basically, I'm not. It's going to prevent gaming together from being a core memory (goodness knows he needs some strong memories right now) Like it will be for myself. At the time I got into games, it was me and my sibling playing with my daughter, but we played games that we all enjoyed. Like I recently found a cracked copy of game we used to play on my Apple MAcintosh, SimCity. At that time, there were a lot of games that we could play together without it being forced. Because of how things are different, and what NPC oldies play (Yes, I feel my granddad is an NPC- but I'm not the only son), there isn't a crossover. Also, I'm not going to force any games, He'll play what they want. It sucks, I keep being asked to watch, but I'm not going to watch Solitaire, for more than 10 minutes, and he cannot play a real game for more than 5 minutes.

 

What do we do? Keep the status quo?

[Poinkachu]

20 minutes ago, whispous said:

Is there a gateway game that could possibly be used to transition into playing actual games?

 

Granddad has a lot of games at their disposal, owns a Gameboy and a eMachines "never obsolete" PC. The whole ass PC only getting used is the PC for that one game.

 

I don't care that he wants to play that game, but I'm always being asked to watch it when it does the card cascade thing, and basically, I'm not. It's going to prevent gaming together from being a core memory (goodness knows he needs some strong memories right now) Like it will be for myself. At the time I got into games, it was me and my sibling playing with my daughter, but we played games that we all enjoyed. Like I recently found a cracked copy of game we used to play on my Apple MAcintosh, SimCity. At that time, there were a lot of games that we could play together without it being forced. Because of how things are different, and what NPC oldies play (Yes, I feel my granddad is an NPC- but I'm not the only son), there isn't a crossover. Also, I'm not going to force any games, He'll play what they want. It sucks, I keep being asked to watch, but I'm not going to watch Solitaire, for more than 10 minutes, and he cannot play a real game for more than 5 minutes.

 

What do we do? Keep the status quo?

 

Oddly similar

 

I'm sure most of what people said in that other thread applicable too.

[Blasty Blosty]

33 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

Oddly similar

Both even called the other person an NPC, looks like a copy and paste 

 

Literally is a copy and paste, just changed the details

 

Odd

[TatamiMatt]

4 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

 

Oddly similar

 

1 minute ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Both even called the other person an NPC feels like a copy and paste haha

Honestly, near identical

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

 

Oddly similar

 

I'm sure most of what people say in that other thread applicable too.

Possibly account compromised and bot posting?

 

Can;t imagine why someone with over 1k posts would go thru the trouble...

[Blasty Blosty]

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Possibly account compromised and bot posting?

 

Can;t imagine why someone with over 1k posts would go thru the trouble...

Maybe, does seem weird

[Poinkachu]

Just now, Dedayog said:

Possibly account compromised and bot posting?

 

Can;t imagine why someone with over 1k posts would go thru the trouble...

Idk buddy, I just reported it just in case, with "Just in case" as reason

 

If it IS a legit question, like I've said, pretty sure most of what those people said in that other thread is applicable here as well.

Not that I know what this OP or that other OP means by "Real Game", regardless of what kinda games OP actually meant, one thing is sure : it's going to be harder to make a 90y old learn new game than a 9y old, especially if it's about some type of fast paced game.

[whispous]

I admire the analytical nature of the minds on this forum.

 

Looking for a technical answer to why my post appeared this way, I guess I've misjudged the audience when trying to make a joke!

[LogicalDrm]

4 minutes ago, whispous said:

Looking for a technical answer to why my post appeared this way, I guess I've misjudged the audience when trying to make a joke!

Please use your status updated for those or Off Topic. Locked.