I have three girls ages 14 and younger. The youngest is addicted to Penguin Club. The other two have generally less interest in games. Now I realize that kids can and should do their own thing, but given my own love of games (something left over from my own childhood), it is nice to occasionally sit down and play with them within a context that we all can appreciate.
Playing some recent kids' games for review and being able to join in with my kids while doing so got me thinking about what makes for the kind of game that both children and adults can enjoy. Balancing the interests and difficulty level required to keep the attention of both age groups can be a tall order to fill. So, I began thinking about some of the games that my kids and I have bonded together over in order to figure out the criteria necessary to creating a good co-operative experience among gamers of different generations.
To read more:
Parent-Child Bonding: Video Games that Bridge the Generation Gap
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