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Top 5 PS3 games that'll convince your dad to play

GamesThirst Writes: So you've been trying to convince your dad that gaming is fun with no luck? You've probably been doing all the wrong things, and instead of drawing your father closer to the entertainment medium, your efforts drive him even further away.

We're here to help. See, men like manly things, so what the hec are you doing pitching LittleBigPlanet to a grown stud? Here's a worthwhile list. Now go for the win.

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ZombieAutopsy - 41 days 5 hours ago

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that title is wrong on so many levels.

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The Meerkat - 41 days 5 hours ago

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LOL
I'm glad i'm a 360 owner.

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anh_duong - 41 days 3 hours ago

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yeah austrian dads will have a field day on that one

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The Meerkat - 41 days 2 hours ago

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I got a disagree. It must have been someone from Alabama.

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skv007 - 40 days 20 hours ago

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lmfao zombie.
you made me re-read the title again n again to figure out wat was 'off' -.-

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crazy25000 - 40 days 18 hours ago

1.5 - ive read the title over and over several times and i still dont get it lol

someone explain the joke :p

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ZombieAutopsy - 40 days 18 hours ago

1.6 - @crazy

the original title to the article was "Top 5 PS3 games that'll convince your dad to play WITH YOU"

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Darkstorn - 40 days 18 hours ago

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Okay, well my dad is more of an intellectual than a redneck chest-thumper. The only games I've ever got him interested in were Oddworld: Munch's Oddyssey, Biochosk on PS3, and Metal Gear Solid 4. Lately he's been impressed with Brutal Legend, though.

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crazy25000 - 40 days 18 hours ago

1.8 - @zombie

OH....wow, this just makes gaming journalism sound nasty lol

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Darkstorn - 40 days 18 hours ago

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@1.3-
He's referring to the Austrian man who imprisoned his own daughter in a cellar for over a decade and fathered multiple children with her. I'm sure the same thing happens in the South, but he mentioned a specific example.

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mal_tez92 - 40 days 17 hours ago

1.10 - For what they said about Uncharted 2

The same applies to Uncharted 1. I know U2 has a lot more action, but U1 still feels very much like a movie.

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Maddens Raiders - 40 days 16 hours ago

1.11 - Incredible as it may sound -

my father has openly challenged me to Soul Calibur 4 matches.... and he's pretty damn good.

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Darkstorn - 40 days 15 hours ago

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Haha. My dad just watches Astaroth's axe go through Talim and then asks me why she's still alive...so much for realism :D

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sikbeta - 40 days 1 hour ago

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Only need ONE: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, after that he will start playing all the quality games by his own

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callahan09 - 41 days 4 hours ago

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The only games my father has played in the past 25 years are:

NES
Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Tetris,

Fast forward 20 years:
Wii
Wii Sports, Boom Blox

PS3
Flower.

And that's it. He has very, very strictly defined and limited interests when it comes to videogames.

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40cal - 40 days 18 hours ago

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My father in law geeked on GT5 prologue for 5 hours one night, logitech wheel and all.

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badz149 - 40 days 16 hours ago

3.2 - nice to have a fellow elderly gamer in the house!

my father don't play games at all! he's more an outdoor type of guy and when at home, he prefers to sleep! but he sometimes watches me playing FIFA with my brothers as he likes football, and also watching when I play racing games because he like cars! recently, he sat there for quite awhile watching me playing Uncharted 2! he seems amazed! :)

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Feral Gamer - 41 days 4 hours ago

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"See, men like manly things, so what the hec are you doing pitching LittleBigPlanet to a grown stud?"

I don't think anyone would call their father a "grown stud". Ick.

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komp - 41 days 3 hours ago

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Ummmmm...... I am a dad and I need to know how to convince the Kid to play......

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CadDad - 40 days 18 hours ago

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I'm also the dad, and I try to figure out a way to keep my kids off my PS3.

-CadDad

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FwanK - 40 days 18 hours ago

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an Xbox 360 ;)

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mdt hunter - 40 days 17 hours ago

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my dad convinced me that gaming is fun

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Feral Gamer - 40 days 20 hours ago

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Women call hot guys studs.... It's not something you think of a 50yo

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Chubear - 40 days 18 hours ago

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lol, do you understand a majority of gamers ARE parents or atleast of age to have deposible income? XD

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Darkstorn - 40 days 18 hours ago

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That's true. I never try to impress my dad by talking about gameplay. He's much more impressed with game stories, since the shooting segments in games just gel together for him.

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Fishy Fingers - 40 days 18 hours ago

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The only games I ever got my old man to play when I was younger were racing games, namely, GT. Oh and Street Fighter, but his furious button bashing pissed me off so much we never played again.

To be fair, he finds modern games to confusing and the pads just look alien. Just not his generation. Still, always paid for mine (when I was growing up), cheers dad :)

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djfullshred - 40 days 18 hours ago

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lol, my dad is 70 years old. No way he is going to start playing video games. The last time I handed him a controller, he just looked at me with that, "What, are you crazy?" kind of look. He wonders why I as a grown man play these things, haha.

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kingme71 - 40 days 18 hours ago

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I'm a dad and no one has to convince me to play :). I'm just glad my kids are young enough they can't play unless I turn it on for them :)

I would nix MGS4 from that list. You aren't going to win anyone over that is new to gaming with the story. It would be way too confusing and their eyes would probably glaze over during the cutscenes.

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Darkstorn - 40 days 18 hours ago

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I disagree. MGS4 is a very mature game, and as such it has impressed even my old-school grandfather to take an interest in it.

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Jamescagney - 40 days 18 hours ago

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I'd rather not have my Dad play, he'd be crap. A father like me on the other hand would be great.

*Breakdances*

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koehler83 - 40 days 18 hours ago

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My dad is big into Motorstorm: Pacific Rift

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kinetic100 - 40 days 17 hours ago

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my dad loves his games, he is very good at hide and seek. We are still trying to find him after 30 years

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GamerSciz - 40 days 17 hours ago

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What about the top 5 games to get my friends hot sister to play "with me"??? That would be a useful list...

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jleack - 40 days 17 hours ago

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My dad loves UC2.

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Kattleox - 40 days 17 hours ago

18 - I dont have this problem.

My Dad spent 350 hours in Oblivion, 100 hours on Dragon Quest VIII, 250 hours in Dark Cloud 2, 100 hours in Rogue Galaxy, and who knows how many on the Kings Quest series and Civilization.

He convinced ME to play, not the other way around. :P

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blackmamba707 - 40 days 16 hours ago

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my dad is afraid of joypads, I'll never convince him it doesn't bite

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NecrumSlavery - 40 days 16 hours ago

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My bought himself and I nearly every console until last gen. Dad got me hooked on Oddworld and Crash Bandicoot.
He's 50 and a badass

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McLuvn - 40 days 14 hours ago

21 - Father of 3

speaking. ps3 owner, would spend all week with the right game.
12 and 4 year old boys are a chip off the old block.
Drives their mom crazy.

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pokeystaples - 40 days 13 hours ago

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My pop is playing killzone 2 and UC2 lately. :)

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Sir Ken_Kutaragi - 40 days 18 hours ago

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"Top 5 xBox 360 games that'll convince your dad to play when he gets out of Prison" ;-D

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corywebb93 - 40 days 18 hours ago

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Remember ps3 owners sit on daddys lap and kiss him in the cheek after and ask him to buy you a xbox 360 to experience a real mans console

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skatezero246 - 40 days 18 hours ago

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lol thats funny considering I paid for my Ps3 myself ... did you buy your 360 or did you ask your dad to buy it for you?

btw I rather save my money then waste it on something that fails as often as a quarter landing on tails --> incase you don't get it (50% failure rate) A.K.A RROD

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cyborg6971 - 40 days 15 hours ago

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But I'm already a dad what is the point of this article. The average age of a gamer is 35 which I am 6 months from. Why not 5 games that make kiddies wet their pants on the 360. Because the 360 is what dad's buy their kids so they can play the ps3. A true manly console.

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xxPIETROxx - 40 days 18 hours ago

3 - nice list

im lookijg forward to seeing what will be on the xbox list. halo 1, halo 2, halo 3, halo odst, halo wars??

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