I always imagined the Robin Williams and daughter playing through The Legend of Zelda together or those photos of kids playing the NES/GameBoy with their parents. I started my step daughter with Mario, Smash Bros, and misc things here and there. I showed her SNES, Wii, PS, Xbox, PC, and etc. I took her to the arcade, but she didn’t really appreciate it. She had more inconveniences and she wanted to do something other than what I wanted to show her. I told her about stuff, but her interests are Animal Crossing, Roblox, Craftopia, and MineCraft.
I feel like I helped push her love of games because I wasn’t bad mouthing them. I don’t feel like she will follow in my foot steps and play the exact same games. The market for kids is real and the kids will view/play anything.
My big impact on her has been the love of games. She loves them. She would play for 7-8 hours if she could. There’s been a lot of problems cause her bio dad also plays and that’s what she does all day over there. She is at the point where she’ll just zone us out, so we limit her exposure.
I think it kinda sucks because all I see is an obsession. I’m not seeing a boss or a quest being the highlight of her experience. It’s just more and more to choose from. She wanted a $40 Subnautiqua game and now it’s not even being played. She wanted Dragon Quest Builders, but she doesn’t want to play it. It’s awesome, but somehow I only get the feeling like I enabled her. The stuff I find fascinating she skips over for the MineCraft YouTube channel. I’m having to restrict games more than I encourage her to play. I’d rather her get an education and a good job than play all day long.