Can you recommend a game for a small kid

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Hi again. You can get stuck in corners at times but I think that would be
the case in any racing game. As for cart racing, there is one for the xbox
called "Crash Nitro Kart" which is a fun game but might be hard to control
for young ones. Lots of sharp turns and jumps in that one.


"tc" <tc@sfbook.com> wrote in message
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> atarileaf wrote:
> > Hello. Its hard to find a game that a child that young could really
> > "control" but assuming he is having fun interacting with game and he
likes
> > racing games I would recommend Midtown madness 3. Its an older game and
can
> > be purchased fairly cheap.
> >
> > It has a feature simply called "cruise" which will allow you to just
drive
> > around realistic cities of Washington and Paris. You can crash into
> > everything in site and keep going and going. My 5 year old daughter
loves
> > it.
>
> Sounds like the thing. Is it possible to get stuck? He hasn't quite
> (well, not at all) grasped the "backing up" concept yet and he get
> annoyed when I have to help him get out of corners...
>
> Hm, is there something really simple in a racing game? I'm thinking
> about something really simple like mario carting or lego racers, but for
> the xbox.
>
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> TC

 

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"tc" <tc@sfbook.com> wrote in message
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> My son, who's 20 months, really like to "play" Burnout 3, but of cause he
> can't really control it...
>
> Can anybody recommend something a bit simpler? Preferebly something with
> cars, that can be controlled with the wheel I got him (which he will not
> let med use :-/ )


Any of the Silent Hill games

 

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"theOne" <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> You learned games at 2 aswell then?
> sorry, I didn't really read your post, or the thread for that matter....

It happens, I do it all the time. have a cookie 🙂

 

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theOne <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote:

> Wow, there is a blog somewhere calling your name. Complete strangers
> that actually want to listen.....to everything you have to say!
> Woowww.....only on the internet huh?

No one's making you read it.

The guy asked for advice, I'm giving it. Unlike others who are just
posting a title or two, I believe in supporting my positions.

 

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theOne <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote:

[big snip of quoted stuff]

> sorry, I didn't really read your post, or the thread for that matter....

For someone who hates this thread, you've certainly posted a lot to it.
By my count, you've contributed the most posts here - all of which have
been nothing but negative criticism.

Do you often spend your time doing things you hate? At least the others
here are trying to help in some fashion.

 

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Doug Jacobs wrote:
> theOne <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote:
>
> [big snip of quoted stuff]
>
>
>>sorry, I didn't really read your post, or the thread for that matter....
>
>
> For someone who hates this thread, you've certainly posted a lot to it.
> By my count, you've contributed the most posts here - all of which have
> been nothing but negative criticism.
>
> Do you often spend your time doing things you hate? At least the others
> here are trying to help in some fashion.


who said hate? I am enjoying myself

 

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Doug Jacobs wrote:
> theOne <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote:
>
> [big snip of quoted stuff]
>
>
>>sorry, I didn't really read your post, or the thread for that matter....
>
>
> For someone who hates this thread, you've certainly posted a lot to it.
> By my count, you've contributed the most posts here - all of which have
> been nothing but negative criticism.
>
> Do you often spend your time doing things you hate? At least the others
> here are trying to help in some fashion.


btw, you contribution to distressed parents in an xbox group will not go
unoticed; I apologize if I have robbed you of your thunder. I heard
barbara walters will be doing an expose on this really soon!

 

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Doug Jacobs wrote:

> The guy asked for advice, I'm giving it. Unlike others who are just
> posting a title or two, I believe in supporting my positions.

And you are actually making sense (a usenet first?)...

We talked it through and decidede to put the controllers and the wheels
on the shelve for a bit. Not because of any fear of effect on his
"undeveloped brain", but simply because we where seeing a tendency for
him to get angry whenever we turned it off. It didn't matter if he
wasn't playing the game any more (he would usually wander of after 10
minuts).

Also factoring in what you mentioned, we decided that it probably would
only bring more and more aggrivation as he would get more and more
frustrated with his inability to master it.

Thanks, anyway to all who answered...

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Mattinglyfan wrote:
> "massivegrooves" <massivegrooves@massivegrooves.net> wrote in message
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>
>>
>>Beck wrote:
>>
>>>"tc" <tc@sfbook.com> wrote in message
>>>news:4252a536$0$73744$edfadb0f@dread14.news.tele.dk...
>>>
>>>
>>>>My son, who's 20 months, really like to "play" Burnout 3, but of cause he
>>>>can't really control it...
>>>>
>>>>Can anybody recommend something a bit simpler? Preferebly something with
>>>>cars, that can be controlled with the wheel I got him (which he will not
>>>>let med use :-/ )
>>>
>>>
>>>20 months is a bit too young for someone to sit in front of videogames.
>>>As Fizzlestix says, very young children are not developed properly enough
>>>and can suffer seizures from that sort of thing. They can even get
>>>seizures from having a high temperature so imagine what a videogame with
>>>flashing lights can do.
>>>The kid at that age should be learning about more important stuff like
>>>numbers, colours, learning how to talk and string words together.
>>
>>
>>I agree, there is no need for the kid to be sitting there playing a video
>>game at that age. Just getting into starting a bad habit doing that. I
>>have a friend who let thier first child play games from a VERY early age
>>and he is a definite video game addict at 4yrs old. Not a good thing...
>>
>>There are some educational games, and an educational based game system out
>>there. Try that instead.
>>
>
>
> I bought my kids a vtech. Its educational, cheap and allows them to get
> their video game fix. They still have a gamecube with mario kart and donkey
> konga as well as a GB SP but they prefer the vtech.
>
> http://www.vtech.com/
>


Ahhh, that is the one I was trying to think of. It is very good for what
it is and does!!

 

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Doug Jacobs wrote:

> being awed at the pretty colors on the screen. 😉 A friend of mine gave
> his kid an old keyboard (with all the loose stuff pulled off) so he could
> type like daddy whe he was working at home.

There was two keyboards on my desk for a long time. Then he kidnapped
his and now he has his own desk on his room with keyboard and animal
farm... kids...

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