Tonya and PQBON's WebLog

Gaming with Katie...

Last night I did something new with Katie that some would consider child abuse (I say some thing new because some people would consider golf balls abuse or they way I swinger her around and toss her onto the couch and her bed abuse). I played HalfLife2 with her.

After failing to complete HL2 twice (I was on the last level each time when I lost my save files for various reasons). I put together a new gaming system for the primary purpose of completing HalfLife2 (I will complete this one! I never finished the first one. I didn't have enough ammo to kill the last giant spider thing.).

Katie came in while I was playing and was watching (there was train on the screen when she came in, it caught her attention). She was very upset when I left the area of the train, but she wanted to sit in my lap. So I put her in my lap and played HL2. She helped me shoot the bad guys, or rather she helped my not shoot the bad guys as when the game got exciting she like to help hit the keys. It is really hard to play a game when you have a toddler hitting the space bar (jump) and F9 (minimize game) among others. However, I had fun and so did she. She was very excited afterwards.

I wasn't much older then her when I started playing video games and I was about her age when I was exposed to GI Joes and such so I'm not really worried about playing a little HL2 with her. I hope she always enjoys video games. I do plan on putting limits on her gaming but only so that she doesn't sit inside all the time playing games instead of reading or playing outside.