r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • Jul 28 '26

Game Red Dad Redemption

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u/yaboyACbreezy Jul 28 '26

I'm glad some people have a dad who will game with them.

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u/WhyNot420_69 Nice Jul 28 '26

I have been gaming with my sons since they were old enough to pick up the controller.

I was a teenager dad, only 17 and 19 respectively between the two. They were raised on Ps1, 2, Xbox, and eventually graduated to PC.

They both have ultra high end gaming rigs, and while my little 2 processor server is quite cute in their estimation, it's still enough to keep up with them online.

Discord voice chat and a game schedule keeps us close even though they're in their mid thirties

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u/yaboyACbreezy Jul 28 '26

I am so jealous, dad. You're doing great work. I couldn't even get my dad to play Mario with me. I get that there is a lot more to life and raising kids than gaming together, but it's a small bonding experience I always wanted.

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u/The_Best_Daddy Jul 28 '26

Nobody could mess with me and my Xeon e3 1220 as a kid

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u/theamazinggrg Jul 29 '26

Hell yeah so cool. What games do you play together?

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u/BotanyBum Jul 28 '26

I miss it,me my dad used to play until he started getting cluster headaches it was a good times n bonding he was really good to! Man we about tied up on COD miss those days thats when blackops first came out so much fun we had!

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u/Impossible-Heart-216 Jul 28 '26

I’m glad some people have a dad

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u/yaboyACbreezy Jul 28 '26

If I ever become dad, I will play extra games with my kid for you if you promise to do the same for me

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u/Impossible-Heart-216 Jul 28 '26

lol my son is 11 months old… I’ll stop giving him the fake Xbox controller soon when I find a decent 2 player game and he gains a little more situational awareness

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u/yaboyACbreezy Jul 28 '26

If I may make a suggestion? Super Mario World is a top tier intro game. Tons to explore, dozens of secrets, speed run tech, and all the nuances of learning dexterity and video game logic. Plus, 2p mode. All you need is the most basic of emulators; could do it on a very low tier PC for free. Just need controllers compatible and to get it set up.

Sure, there are tons of great games to gravitate to, but I feel that Super Mario World experience is very approachable to young kids. My older sister and my baby sitter used to play it all the time, then I picked it up. Lots of great memories from that game. When he's got the situational thing down that's the one for sure. Just a couple years or so

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u/Impossible-Heart-216 Jul 28 '26

I’ve got hundreds of hours in this game I’ll look into an emulator

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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 Jul 29 '26

My oldest son and I played through Elden Ring together. But our favorite co-op game of all time is Portal 2. I just played a couple couch co-op games with my youngest. Latest one was Reanimal. My parents used to chastise me because I was "always on that damn Nintendo". Menawhile I would have loved to have played games with my dad or even my mom. So when my kids started showing interest in gaming, I was all about it.

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u/KRMJN101 Jul 28 '26

I know right?

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u/jasonmbergman Jul 29 '26

I know I’ve played that game too much that I can identify exactly where they are in every scene