i think the only unfortunate thing about this story is the lack of experiencing life on old pcs. the kiddo has definitely mastered video games and learned a whole bunch doing it but it's too bad he didn't have that same experience on a computer. one thing a computer gives you is a tool, which really taught me all about hacking things in so many ways. hand eye coordination and reflex gained from playing video games is awesome but problem solving skills are way more useful in the long run. the old school adventure games taught patience and problem solving like few games do these days.
Hi, I wrote the article! We played a bunch of PC stuff along the way, including a good chunk of the Lucasarts catalog. We skipped the text adventure genre entirely when he was little, but we're making up for that now that he loves reading for fun.
