Old People Play Video Games

The Old People's Guide to Video Games

If you're like me, then you're not alone.

You mastered Asteroids. You killed Galaga. Donkey Kong? He/she was your bitch.

So you -- or your kid -- got an Xbox, or a PS3, and you floundered. You realized that you'd missed 20 years of gaming, and that you weren't the flash any more. You discovered that you were missing some fundamental skill that your kid, or your grandkid, seemed to have picked up while you were watching your socks grow.

You figured you'd never catch up.

But you were wrong... sort of.

You'll never have the nerve-stabbing reflexes that Junior shows off as he/she commandeers your TV. But you can take back the night.

I'm here to puzzle out those weird three-dimensional whacked-out "what the hell were they thinking" games that kid plays. I can't help you understand them -- heck, I can't even help you play them -- but I can help you make sense of them.

Join me now, as we enter the XBOX/PS3 zone...