First Technology
There are tons of games out there that people can play online. Some games are group games that you play with a large group, sometimes strangers, sometimes friends that use the internet to connect all the player together. Many games are designed that way and you can’t play them alone without internet.
Second Family
My son and his cousin Elijah are huge fans of each other but live in different states. They do talk occasionally, but what they really want to do is hang out and play together. They are both nine years old so, Star Wars, Lego, Nerf guns and computer games are the rage. But, the most of those activities have a proximity requirement.
Technology and Family
Much to my sister-in-laws chagrin, the last time I visited my nephew, I introduced him to Command and Conquer. It is one of those games that you can play online with others or just at home alone. On Sunday, I got a call from that nephew asking if I could hook up the game so he could play my son in Utah. I was so excited that I couldn’t contain myself. I got up at 6AM the next morning and made sure all the firewalls were open, the NAT was working and that I could get his machine in Cali to connect to ours in Utah.
It was a success, now I know that there are those that will condemn computer games and I recognize the issues that can arise if we are not careful in regulating the addictive nature of online game play. So please, no haters. But, I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to foster a distant cousin relationship allowing them to play together 600 miles apart.
All I can say, is where was this technology when I was a kid. Aluminum cans and string only stretch so far.
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