Cat HicksI'm teaching my mom to play video games (first time ever) and she is STRESSED
The deep game design questions coming at me right now. "In video games, is it typical that you can use a resource and then when you go back to it will it be there again?"
We've tackled why different consoles have their own controllers, "you're supposed to use your thumbs the whole time?", what completionism is
I am getting a lot of why questions lmao 😩 doing my best here like "sometimes people enjoy playing in this kind of way..."
I made the mistake of telling her jumping is often a hard part for people "in video games" (every question is like "in video games are you supposed to...") and now she's like HERE'S A JUMP every time
Questioning my choice to make a highly exploratory artsy little game (Journey) my mom's first video game but I think it's right 🙈🙈
We've graduated from "where do I go" to "oh I'm going to follow these" 🥳🥳
The huge gasp and SHOOT coming out of this woman's mouth every time she tries to jump and turn at the same time are killing me 😂 same tho Mom
Grant@grimalkina This reminds me of a few years ago when i watched someone introduce their non-gamer partner to the tutorial section in Breath of the Wild, without coaching her on what to do. It was really interesting to see how someone without the “gamer instinct” approached such an open ended game.
@grimalkina Also, it sounds like your mom could have a very lucrative career as a streamer.
Shannon Quinn 
@GrantRVD @grimalkina My IG reel has been recommending this one channel that’s a dad and his 7? 8?ish year old daughter playing video games together, where they’re always the first time for his daughter. They’re absolutely wonderful and are becoming a model for how I hope to introduce my kid when it’s time.
Could definitely see Cat’s mom also hitting a streaming sweet spot with this!
@grimalkina @magsol The algorithm has you dead to rights, man