Never played a video game?
Heres where you could start.
I’ve been working through all that comes with my 80-year-old mum being in palliative, end-of-life, care.
It’s an emotionally unpredictable time, that much I expected.
But also, it’s been a time of reconnection and reflection with her.
Over the last few weeks, we revisited happy memories and renewed beliefs that offer her comfort.
More than one of these memories has been her encouragement of my discovery of video games as a child.
So grateful for my old 80-year-old mum.
We’ve been reminiscing about discovering Gauntlet at the Littlehampton peer.
She provided 10p’s and cheered me on.
Much of my love of video games stems from her attuned love and care.
We’ve been reminiscing about discovering Gauntlet at the Littlehampton peer.
She provided 10p’s and cheered me on.
Much of my love of video games stems from her attuned love and care.
Here are some choice picks.
Pocket Card Jockey builds on this with the logical next step of card sequencing: horse racing!
But this is then extended with strategy and light role-play elements to offer a fully-fledged video game experience.
Here though, it’s as much about the feel of the snowboarding as it is exacting reactions.
The barrier to starting is super low, with just one button to jump and that’s all.
It starts simply but evolves into a proper head-scratching puzzle game.
Babble Royale
Platform:PC
Developer: Frank Lantz
This combines battle royale combat with Scrabble.
You pick a starting position and then place tiles to make connected words and gain territory.
If you’re able to connect your word-web to another player’s, that’s them defeated.
The familiarity of Scrabble makes the game approachable even for those who haven’t played online before.
What’s great is that anyone great at Scrabble can do well here.
Seeing a grandparent or older player get their first victory is a sight to behold.
It’s a simple challenge with a clear call to action.
