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Good PC Game for 6 Yr old?
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16-03-2009 12:41pm#1
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I was going to say World of Goo too.
Or, has anyone here played Armadillo Run? Combines buildy goodness with a loast space Armadillo adventure. Ok, that last part isn't a selling point...
The idea is to use physics and props to get the armadillo ball thing into the exit zone.
The following video shows some pretty mental stuff you can do, but the game is generally much less crazy.
Check out the demo at least, and if you like it, it's pretty cheap at 15 euro.0 -
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but maybe this is the old fogey talking
you would be correct
tell me how old do you think a child should be before you let them watch TV or read books? Viewing video games as not equal to other forms of media that children are exposed to is a generational thing. We are the last generation to have our youth largely wasted on passive media. I'd prefer my child to learn while actively playing games, then by passively staring at a screen.
As a recommendation, i'm surprised nobody has mentioned Portal yet. Get it and then get some of the community made maps for it also. Some of them are absolute noodlers and will really test your childs problem solving abilities.
On top of that, for an RTS, I'd recommend "Sins of a Solar Empire"
I'd also recommend this indie game which is simple and fantastic:
Darwinia and its sequel Multiwinia, you should be able to get them off Steam.
The Lego games (i.e. batman, star wars and indiana jones) are good, but they are really just side scroller platformers with little to do with building lego. Worth a run through if you want a good, humorous, coop game to play with your child. Although they are a lot better if you've actually watched the movies, as they are largely parodies of them.0 -
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Flamed Diving wrote: »Not being smart, but a frisbee/football/tennis racquet, etc and the outdoors. He will be sitting at a desk in front of a PC for most of his adult life so he may as well enjoy freedom while he has it!
why do people keep replying with things like this
You are falsely assuming that the OP only lets his child play computer games, when I'd imagine these games are more of an alternative to letting them vegetate in front of a tv when they can't be outside. If someone came in and asked "what outdoor sports are good for a 6 yr old?" would you assume that every waking minute of the childs life is going to be spent making them do outdoor sports?
It is equally as ludicrous to assume that a child can't do both video games and outdoor sports. Engaging the body is all well and good, but the mind needs to be engaged in a challenging manner also. In the technologically advanced world we live in, I'd view not teaching a child how to use a computer or run programs and games on it akin to not teaching them a language or how to write. In fact I'd say computer literacy has overtaken the need to be able to manually write with your hands.
Also, for the OP, another in browser game I'd highly recommend if he likes strategy is Tower Defense games (just google it) They range from fun and interesting to insanely difficult so see if your child will like them.0 -
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why do people keep replying with things like this You are falsely assuming that the OP only lets his child play computer games, when I'd imagine these games are more of an alternative to letting them vegetate in front of a tv when they can't be outside. If someone came in and asked "what outdoor sports are good for a 6 yr old?" would you assume that every waking minute of the childs life is going to be spent making them do outdoor sports?
It is equally as ludicrous to assume that a child can't do both video games and outdoor sports. Engaging the body is all well and good, but the mind needs to be engaged in a challenging manner also. In the technologically advanced world we live in, I'd view not teaching a child how to use a computer or run programs and games on it akin to not teaching them a language or how to write. In fact I'd say computer literacy has overtaken the need to be able to manually write with your hands.
Also, for the OP, another in browser game I'd highly recommend if he likes strategy is Tower Defense games (just google it) They range from fun and interesting to insanely difficult so see if your child will like them.
Look at the games the kid has finished. It takes more than 20mins a day to do this, for an adult.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH4SS2oG_uc
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