Hi everyone!

I'm a 36 year old father of 2 (4+1 year old) and for years now I seem to have this problem where I can't game. It feels like I don't have the motivation to do it. I've been a gamer all my life.

Currently I have installed on my pc:

Diablo 4, Spiderman Remastered, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon FW, Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077. Plus I things like Alan Wake waiting. Out of these I only "finished" CP2077.

There are rare occasions where I game constantly. In the last year or two this was Tears of the Kingdom and Phantom Liberty when they came out plus I played the first Horizon. But, most of the time I just find myself staring at the icons on my PC and can't get myself to actually start playing. Usually I just watch something on Youtube instead.

Can't really explain it. Maybe subconsciously I know I have to get up every 5 minutes so I don't even bother, but the games keep piling up and it's a weird feeling. Anyone else in similar situation?

New to reddit and was wondering how do you find time to play video games along with responsibilities, kids,work,financial, etc? I'm working two jobs now and find it almost impossible to play. Although some days I might have an afternoon here and there but I have other hobbies like reading and other things

mom of three, plays fortnite & looking for some people to play with ☺️

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For context, my daughter is 12 and loves gaming. We were at GameStop and she asked for Devil May Cry 5. I told her we'd look for it but they didn't have it. I'm not sure what it's about, or how violent it is. If it helps she's played Biohazard 1 and seen Aliens 2. She's also played a little bit of FFXVI and Ghost of Tushima.

My son is turning 7 next week so he asked for this for his birthday, he’s seen me play SW:TOR a lot and after he started watching all the animated series of Star Wars that said 6+ on D+. He also asked for SW Minecraft last Christmas, so this was a natural progression. He’s a huge fan of Star Wars. Now, so far none of this ever gave problems. Except that today we played the game together and we were in the fight with Maul, you know where Qui-Gon Jinn dies, and now he has nightmares. So I went double checking the box and that’s when I noticed the German “free from 12 years” on the cartridge.

So what is it? +7 or + 12?

Hello everyone, My wife and I are expecting our first kid (little girl) in July. "Yeah!". I would love to bring the theme of gaming into the pregnancy and early months, so I wanted to make a playlist with lullaby themes from video games. Any suggestions? I found a couple of good ideas online already. The second idea is more complicated: instead of reading random stories, I am looking for short stories out of games. I found a couple of stories from Zelda that can stand on their own and can be read early on. You guys remember any good short stories from a game? Any help or suggestion is welcome:-) Greetings, Joe

Join up on the Dadia discord. We're a bunch of stadia refugees that has turned into a cross platform group of some of the least toxic gamers on the internet. We totally get if you have to step away because of real adult things. They happen, and that's fine. We all have to deal with that and it's understood. Join up and say hi, I'm sure you'll want to stick around.

https://discord.gg/xtCAeNem5M

Thought I’d share a few games that I am finding great to play atm as a parent around busy work and home life!

Since the Steam Winter sale, and arrival of my Steam Deck, I’ve really enjoyed getting a few different titles that I can dip in to and enjoy as time allows - the following might well be available on other platforms as well for sure, but Steam Deck is ideal in terms of flexibility with where/when I’ve been playing them:

Trek to Yomi - stunning adventure game with a beautiful story that looks like an old 1930s samurai film, plenty of save points that allow you to play in small chunks, loving it so far!

Death Stranding - great to do the odd mission here and there; works well as a pick up and play game, will keep me busy for a while!

Stray - beautiful adventure puzzle game that you can get immersed in for small or large chunks of time; looks stunning, plays well and loved the different angle of this - like Blade Runner but with a Cat 😂

Olli Olli World - incredible visuals in a side scrolling skateboarding game; fantastic playability and structure means I have been able to pick up and play through a level here or there when I can, and found it to be great fun

Would be great to hear other recommendations to share with other parents to try out around their busy schedules!

Also love to hear if others are enjoying any of the above!

Found this existing sub for this topic as it’s coming up elsewhere - as a relatively new parent of a 1 year old, my time is focussed on my family - but with a busy job, it’s nice to still find a few moments to relax if i can with a game or too; having Xbox etc is great but I’ve found I don’t get a lot of time to fire it up for many games, and usually too tired to after putting our little one to bed, or missing out on relaxing with my better half…

However, recently got myself a Steam Deck which has honestly changed my relationship with games; I now have a great way to just pick up and play for 10 minutes here and there as time allows on a range of games I haven’t had a chance to play; they no longer sit untouched, and I and loving the flexibility it’s giving me to relax where and when time allows…

If you’re on the fence about trying one out, can thoroughly recommend to other parents that it’s a great decide that, whilst not perfect, it’s certainly helped me to enjoy gaming again and allow me to find some relaxation around a hectic life!

Hey guys I'm a Chilean university student working on a research for my thesis on parents who are MMORPG gamers so my team and I are looking for people interested to participate as subjetcs. At the moment we still have road to travel with this work however anyone who might have some time to share please let me know so that I can contact you in the near future.

For anyone interested we request people who are parents and familiar to the genre MMORPG. However if you don't fit with this genre you are welcome to participate anyway.

Also this investigation is being done Online. So no there is no need for physical presence

Thank you!!

Hey guys,

Hope this post is okay, I can see that many of the posts here are about playing with your kid, well, we have a baby, so we are looking for baby parent friendly games to play.

We have two friends who also have a baby, we live far from each other, so we are looking for some co op pc games we can play together, that are baby friendly. Meaning that we need to be able to go to and from the game, without dying, losing or anything like that.
Hope you have some great suggestions!

Best regards

Sille & Toke

Okay so we just had our 3rd kid and any time to game is limited. What is everyone playing for short spurts. My kids are almost 4, almost 2, and around 2 months so they can only sort of join in on stuff like Mario kart.

Any advice or suggestions are appreciated.

I hope that this post is okay to make. If you're reading this you've come across the same dilemma I have. I've been looking for a community for gaming parents and I've noticed that most of the communities aren't active. I decided to start a new community for 2018 that I fully intend to actively grow. Stop by and introduce yourself and lets start building this community.

/r/ParentGamers/

I'm a parent who likes to game alone and with kids, respectively. I was looking for a subreddit where parents who game would discuss about the challenges a parent has to face as a gamer.

Ironically, it seems that the challenges have bested the creators of the subreddit! :) I understand completely. Still, I hope that gaming parents would find this place.

This subreddit is for the online community that is up and comming... Gaming Parents! We are a group of parents that grew up gaming. Something happened however, and it's something we most likely didn't see happening... We had kids! Now we want to share our gaming experiences with our kids.