Every now and then, it’s a good idea to step outside our hardcore gamer world and try on the pants of the common people. After some serious belting down, I mean, good god, what do those people eat, we can stomp around and see the video game industry from their eyes. Which brings me to what they consider proper games for the family. Me, I’m waiting on Saints Row the Third, because I’m sure it can teach kids valuable life lessons, and an autotuned pimp is hilarious. Some people have different opinions. Here’s a list of family-safe video games from the kind of people who use words like “family-safe.” ABC News 10 has the story.
Usually, when they say “family” games, they mean some pointless excursion into inoffensive inanity with all the challenge of wet tissue paper with “You Win!” scrawled on it in black marker. Mario Kart, Skylanders, and I hear that Sonic Generations is something worth looking into. What do you folks think?