The Best Video Game About Parenting Ever
Posted on 13. Mar, 2008 by Brian Reid in General
My post today over at On Balance is on its way to being the least-commented item I’ve ever written for washingtonpost.com. That suggests that people aren’t taking the time to play with the video game I wrote about: Gravitation. It does an incredible job distilling work-life balance and its trade-offs down to their very essence, and if you have a couple of minutes to download it and play it, it’s well worth your time. (As usual, it was Daddy Types who first flagged this to me.)
Dave
13. Mar, 2008
Ok.. I played and commented.. a good game.. I commented that it should have another character to ridicule your character for spending time with the kid and not gathering stars.
Backpacking Dad
14. Mar, 2008
This is reminding me of a game Kottke recommended a while ago:
http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/index.html
As he described it “A tiny game that takes 5 minutes or an entire lifetime to play.” http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/01/14916.html
Backpacking Dad
14. Mar, 2008
He also said it should be played once before reading the creator’s statement.
Rebel Dad
14. Mar, 2008
Passages is by the same guy … interesting stuff, no?
Anonymous
14. Mar, 2008
lack of comments is because the game sucks
redman
16. Mar, 2008
stay at home dads: get a job
WorkingDad
18. Mar, 2008
I definitely want to play this game, if I can find the time… I am also technologically challenged and I am still trying to figure out the download.