"You are in a maze of twisty little passages all alike..."

[delphipsmith]

Help!! I got a request from a friend regarding computer games for his kids (age 12 and 8) and am drawing a total blank, as everything Mr Psmith does is MMORPG or at least requires online access and it's been years since I played anything like this myself (xyzzy, anyone

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[inamac]

No idea. But your subject line has made me all nostalgic!

[delphipsmith]

There is a dwarf here with a little axe.
The dwarf throws the little axe!
You die!

[ladyoneill]

I don't know if they still make them (I still have a super nintendo from the early 1990s!) but I always enjoyed the Legend of Zelda games. Questing but not bloody or sexy.

[delphipsmith]

Ah, Zelda. Great idea :)

[queerlyobscure]

Oooh, umm. By WoW-style do they mean they want an RPG or just that kind of world? Torchlight did immediately spring to mind, which *is* an RPG but has a different (simpler, really) play-style to WoW

[ennyousai]

I'm going to second Skyrim. I actually read an article a while back about someone who was playing Skyrim with his young daughter, and found that building a mage character was excellent way to make it more kid-friendly and less gory.

Sometimes clothes disappear, though. My female helper was wandering around in her undies for a while for no apparent reason. Then her robes randomly reappeared. I don't know why...

[queerlyobscure]

Or, put on a robe, then remove it and only remember to put on chest armour and run around with no pants on for ages without realising because you're in first-person view.

Or that might just be me :3

[ennyousai]

Nope, totally done that as well.

"Huh, I've got my horned helmet of awesomeness on, but am wearing nothing but a bra..."

[pokeystar]

Found a link:

http://www.factmonster.com/science/computers/best-video-games.html

Also? Kingdom Hearts maybe?

[delphipsmith]

Never heard of Kingdom Hearts but I googled it and hey, it's a partnership with Disney so no doubt wholesome goodness. Thanks!

[shyfoxling]

A hollow voice says, "Fool."

[delphipsmith]

*snerk* "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."