<story><title>Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It Would Be</title><url>https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/playing-minecraft-with-my-son.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hluska</author><text>This article reminds me of playing Minecraft with my stepdaughter. When we got her a PS4, I have to admit that I had a bit of a fuddy duddy moment. Games weren&amp;#x27;t like they were when I was young, blah blah blah, NES, blah blah blah, the damned princess is in a different castle. And, when I firstlooked at Minecraft, I couldn&amp;#x27;t for the life of me, figure out what I was supposed to do.&lt;p&gt;Then, my stepdaughter took over and taught me the game. I was amazed by what an incredible teacher she was! And, I was more amazed by how much I learned about her playing Minecraft with her. That&amp;#x27;s still one of my peak experiences in step-parenting and I hope  that&amp;#x27;s a memory that I will hold onto until the end of my days.&lt;p&gt;One particular moment still makes me laugh. As I mentioned, she was an incredible teacher with an ability to teach through stories and an incredible amount of patience with me. So, I said, &amp;quot;You know, you should become a teacher.&amp;quot; She gave me a look that can best (and only) be described as her stinkeye and said, &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t want to be a teacher. I want to be normal.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Playing Video Games with My Son Isn’t What I Thought It Would Be</title><url>https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/playing-minecraft-with-my-son.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bwang29</author><text>I definitely feel games like Sims and Simcity changed my perception of resource safety as a child. I played Sims&amp;#x2F;Simcity2000~3000&amp;#x2F;Civs for hundreds of hours as a kid, and I loved the &amp;quot;realistic&amp;quot; feels and setups of these games. When I started to play I always had later stage trouble when I&amp;#x27;m overspending on building fancy roads and bridges in SimCity or buying expensive items up front. I slowly learned the way of setting up a less impressive base first, and swapping out parts and do re-designs and expansions as more resources became available.&lt;p&gt;I later found out all games have a specific pattern you follow to win, many of these patterns are available in online communities&amp;#x2F;guides&amp;#x2F;cheat sections where I&amp;#x27;d spend tons of time to read, try and experiment. Those were probably the peak happiness and best time I&amp;#x27;ve enjoyed as a little nerdy kid. I never thought too much a big deal of these experiences but nonetheless I believe definitely contributed to a base reality of how resource management work, and how I manage my personal projects, finance, and career choices as I grew up.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d be super curious to see research &amp;#x2F; longitudinal study coming up from the past 2-3 decades of gaming on kids, and see if conservative gaming styles leads to conservative financial decisions etc etc.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not a father yet but I thought it would be a really cool idea to understand my kid through game play like this, but I also don&amp;#x27;t want the kids to be limited by my personal value though these interactions - sort of like the &amp;quot;observer and supporter&amp;quot; role the author played.&lt;p&gt;Sidenote: I&amp;#x27;m still playing the latest Civ6 and still enjoy a lot from the dynamics in the economy managements with A.I..</text></comment>