New Dad Gaming

Topics Discussed:Baby's Sleeping Through the Night Just 17 More Years You Want Another Baby? You Want Twins? Siblings The Death of the Gaming Binge 100%-ing Games Morality in Games Justifying the Cost of Games Pre-Ordering Games Discussed:Fallout 4 Batman: Origins Skyrim Mass Effect Spec Ops: The Line Star Wars: Battlefront Just Cause 3

Topics Discussed:Baby Flips Old Games Holding Up Side Missions and Narrative In Game Saviour vs. Heel Fathers Represented in Games Game Glitches Silent Time Games Discussed:Fallout 4 Rocket League System Shock: 2 Dues Ex Batman: Origins

Topics Discussed:Kids Halloween Candy Not enough Candy Kids Costumes Living through your kids costumes PC Gaming Issues Steam Collections Playstation Plus Swimming Lessons Paw Patrol Bubble Guppies Games that end Hacking in Games Coding in Games Moonbear Games Discussed:Rocket League Witcher 2 P.T. X-Com Bioshock: Infinite Skyrim

Topics Discussed:- Console vs. PC- Surviving the first months- First Child vs. Second Child- Child Activities- Do Babies Sleep?- Gaming Budgets with a Baby- Waiting with a risk of spoiling?- Social and Sharing Within Games- Cyber Bullying Within Games- How to Deal With Bullies- Solo vs. Multiplayer- Finishing Games With Kids- Playing Multiplayer With Kids- Our Kids in the Current Gaming World Games Discussed:- Metro- Rocket League- Boundless- No Man's Sky- Street Fighter 5- Battlefront- Battleborn- Fallout 4- Divinity: Original Sin- Nathan Drake- Last of Us- Counterstrike

Topics Discussed:- Honest Homage- The burden of a new game- Precious gaming time as a dad- Ridiculous looking babies- Teething- Gaming with your partner- The Flash- Taking turns at games- Childish games Games Mentioned:- Dying Light- Metro- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime- Lost Orbit- Rocket League- Diablo 3- Tetris- Doctor Mario / Mario 3- Last of Us- Halo 3- Goldeneye 007- Guitar Hero- WarioWare- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime- Katamari- Little Big Planet- Guacamele- Locorobo

Topics Discussed:- Family gatherings- Travelling with kids- Hosting with Kids- Game Subscription Services / Playstation Plus- Steam Sales- Games that anger- The grandiose games of today- Driving with babies- No sleep in the near future- Solid foods- Energizing baby moves- Gaming Backlog - Steam Sales / Too cheap games- Humble Bundle- Console vs. PC- Time Sensitive Games- Gaming Budgets with a family- The fate of the Delorean Games Discussed:- Metro- Super Meat Boy- Starwars Battlefront- Dragon Age: Inquisition- Batman: Origins- Bioshock: Infinite- Rocket League - Darksiders- Fallout 3- Skyrim- Battlefront

Topics Discussed:- Referring to age in weeks and months- Too tired for math- Old gaming habits dying hard- 100% Gaming Completion- Optimizing game time- Finishing Buffet- Games that are too large?- Working with a baby. Deadlines- Game records between friends- Old games sessions vs. new- Social games- Playing games in the same room- Dealing with child anger playing games Games Discussed:- Batman: Origins- Grand Theft Auto 5- Rocket League- Dying Light- Battleborn- Overwatch- Fallout 4- NHL 16- Tony Hawk Pro Skater- Skate- Goldeneye 007- Minecraft- Battletoads

Topics Discussed- Stealth game frustration- Golden Chocobos- Game Substance- Games for Kids and Parents- Censoring games for your kids- Nudity vs. Violence- Well meaning grandmas- Teachers who game- Growing up with gaming violence- Parental Control- Kids sleeping through the night (or not)- No all nighters- Multiple kids- Respect for single parents Games Mentioned- Metro- Dying Light- Dishonoured- Thief- Metal Gear Solid 5- Final Fantasy 7- Tear Away- Duke Nukem 3D / Duke Nukem- Leisure Suit Larry- Binding of Isaac- Cuphead- Hearthstone- Batman: Origins

Game Time Paralysis - What do I play?Leaving games unfinishedGame CompletionMoney for Games vs. Money for Family Games Mentioned: HearthstoneMetal Gear Solid FiveBatman: Arkham OriginsDying Light

- First week of school- Gaming vs. Responsibilities - If you could go back, would you try to make money making video games? Would you let your child?- Golden age of gaming: our generation or our children's?- Being a Gamer Father- Gaming in the School Curriculum- Gaming as a Release- What movies has Trevor not watched Games Mentioned: - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime- Hearthstone- Metal Gear Solid Five- Minecraft- DOTA and League of Legends

Short Games vs. The Long PlayIs it possible to spend the time to become engrossed in a massive gaming world with your little ones, or can you be satisfied with quick gaming hits such as mobile apps?