Video Game Experiment with My Daughter Gone Awry...

[Mogaar]

Or: It's Probably Best To Just Stay In Bed When Lacking in Sleep

Last night at two AM, in a fit of what I can only call severe sleep-deprivation, I decided to conduct an experiment with my one-month-old daughter. I wanted to determine if she could possibly be better at Battlefield 2 than her father. The experiment ended early, but I've recorded as much as I could:

1:45 AM - Feed formula to daughter, (who for this post shall be called Sara as that is her name) as my bony chest can offer no sustenance.

1:55 AM - Sara still wriggling around, clearly awake with no intention of falling to sleep.

1:57 AM - Inchoate idea forms to have Sara play Battlefield 2.

2:02 AM - Start up Battlefield 2 on computer.

2:10 AM - Actually enter game due to the interminable loading time.

2:11 AM - Set Sara up with the Infantry kit (as she is a beginner).

2:12 AM - Gently place Sara's left hand over keyboard, and right hand on mouse.

2:13 AM - Sara looks at keyboard, then at mouse. Looks at screen from which loud noises are emanating. Much banging of keyboard commences (not due so much to skill as involuntary limb movement). Mouse is flipped onto the floor.

2:15 AM - Sara looks at screen again, then stares at her useless, milk-bar lacking father. Starts to cry, which quickly escalates into a plaintive, dolphin-like wail, awakening wife (Heather). Transcript follows:

Heather: "What are you doing?"
Matthew: "Uhhhh..."
H: "Why is Sara crying? And why is the mouse on the floor?"
M: "I was just, er..."
H: "Give her to me. Why don't you try to get some sleep, sniper-boy?"
M: "Yeah, that would probably be best..."

2:17 AM - Heather and Sara leave room. The following statement from mother is overheard: "Sara, I know your father is a little strange, but we love him anyway, don't we?"

Test results inconclusive (although to be fair, in the next round that I played I inadvertantly dropped a grenade at my feet, resulting in the deaths of three of my squadmates, which got me removed from the server for excessive team-killing). I think it's safe to say that Sara is at least as good at Battlefield 2 as her inept dad...

Bonus images of Sara and her sleepy father:
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8526/sarasleeping1mo.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1817/picture0181sn.jpg

[Shem]

i can honestly say, that if one day i became a father, i'd like to be a father of your kind :lol:

[Task]

8 D Great stuff, Mogaar.

The very first item of mine that my neice was fascinated with? My purple GC controller. 8 )
What item is my son always reaching for when we're on the couch? My PS2 controller.

Those images are too big though, I've converted them to links. The [img] tag can only be used for really small images.

[Mogaar]

Thanks guys :) . Yeah, I figured the pics might have been too big... At any rate, I'm not banking on my daughter being into videogames. If she's into literature and music I'd be just as happy. Right now she seems to have an appreciation for Gorillaz. By appreciation I mean she doesn't start crying when I put it on...

[Rouni Kenshin#1]

that was er..... intresting.


and highly amussing :o

[Hellfire_WZ]

Starting 'em early, eh? :wink:

[Drakkenmensch]

Awwwwwwww!!! She's adorable!!!

I can almost see the "Wipeout pilot in training!" sign ;)

[Mogaar]

Thanks; she obviously gets her looks from her mother. As far as a Wipeout pilot in training, I'm afraid that when she gets old enough to play, she'd hurl the PSP across the room in frustration. I don't want to impose the pressure of Phantom League on her :) ...

[aesop]

So you're a Def Jux fan, Mogaar?

[Mogaar]

Yeah, I'm a huge Def Jux fan (jukie?)... I take it the aesop came from aesop rock? The cool thing about that label is that much more often than not, whatever album they release is going to be good...

Have you heard the Fast Cars e.p.?

[aesop]

Yeah it did, and yeah I've heard it. Managed to get that EP without importing for a change. I haven't bought anything off DefJux yet that I haven't liked. Except maybe the Murs album - the begining of the end, or something. Just didn't take to it.

It was Mr. Lif that made me take notice of the label, but I probably like Aesop more now. Recently got a hold of Appleseed and Music for Earthworms, which is pretty rare, in Scotland anyway.

[Mogaar]

Yeah, both those albums are really rare here too. I just managed to get Float, but I haven't seen the first two albums anywhere... Yeah, I wasn't feeling Murs either. His next one (Murs 3:16) is a little better.