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Dec 01, 08 08:17PMRiver Dragon

Yeah we've all heard about it, how parents and games dont mix. Here's my story that will certainly stab at your heart as it did mine.

After 10 hours of Jak3 over the course of two days, i finally made it to the level where you have to ride around on the hoverboard and go through each of the blue rings, so that you can climb up the tower in the middle of the lake. I've hated this part forever because it is so annoying. So i finally made it through the tests, FINALLY after much frustration.
My dad came down and asked what i was playing. He seemed interested because it had guns lol, but wouldnt ask if he could play because of his pride i guess?
So i went upstairs to eat, and while i was up there, my dad was downstairs. finally he came up and after a while i went back down. Only to find that Jak was now standing in the arena with only his first weapon... i thought wtf? and checked my progress. My jaw dropped -literally! My ten hours of gameplay had turned into 3 minutes...

i think my heart stopped and my eyes got a bit teary after thinking about the stupid hoverboard test and all the time i took me.

Okay so here's your chance to add what ur parents have done before, after or during your gameplay. In the meantime im gonna go put a pillow over my dads head lol.

Thread Recap (last 10 posts from newest to oldest)

Oct 31, 09 10:36AMAgwe

Whenever I'm playing a game, and I get frustrated and just moan or something, my ,parents always either just moan back to mock me, or yell, "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT TURN IT OFF!!!!"
Man, if I had a secluded room where I could just play my games, my days would be a lot better.

May 31, 09 03:54PMinsert name here

I was playing Ratchet and Clank 1, my first playthrough. I was in my basement and after abnout 10 trips of frustration through Veldin(end of game), I finally get to one of the very last areas before you fight Drek, just in time for my dad to walk downstairs, go straight over to the PS2 and shut it off, and turn around to ask me "Oh, were you playing that?"

May 12, 09 02:20PMthunder850

^{Wow, your dad must have not been very smart to overwrite your game like that. That must of sucked.

Anyways, that mission where you need to use the jetboard to go through the rings is literally one of the easiest missions in the game. I beat it so easily.}

Apr 15, 09 09:07PMshadx

I know one time I was trying to pass the final boss (both parts) and every time I failed I would get really mad and say,"This mission sucks!!" And every time I said that, my mom would say the same thing over and over again,"If you really can't pass it, then just turn it off." That get so annoying, especially when I really need to pass that mission or any mission. (sigh) And it doesn't apply for just this game.

Apr 13, 09 11:15AMJimnymebob

I've never had problems with my parents, but my nephew did delete my 106% completed Crash Bandicoot 2 save file when I was younger

Mar 28, 09 08:05AMHitokoe

I used to go to an daycare service thing when I was younger and I was playing my GBASP(Pokemon) And I was like on the last guy in the elite four and i saved it and asked to put it in the office so no one gets ahold of it. like 2 hours later I came back and this BRAT called Liam Was playing it and I said who said you can play with my console and the woman who works there said That she said "I said it was okay" Which she had no right. Then when I played it my save file had 0 gym badges 1 pkmn and all that I was like grr you little bastard

Feb 20, 09 01:38PMixayou

My mom freaked out when she saw that i bought gta san andreas! She broke the game!!!

Dec 18, 08 09:00PMskandian

my parents have banned me from playstation/electronics several times, and have 'accidentally' let other people on while im trying to do something, but i also use memory cards so my parents cant accidentally restart it

Dec 05, 08 06:25PMjv9ufxcy

I have made a Power Point Presentation before for my Technology Project called "How can Video Games be Educational?" I shall send it to you please post your e-mailMicrosoft Office 2007 One time when I was playin Bully my "6-YEAR OLD NEPHEW!!!!!!!" Made 6 more files of the game and guess whathe accidently saved over my file bye bye all those hrs of racing.butr he played that everytime he came over and he beat every profile and he is 8 years old now with an XBOX and XBOX360 and his Mom wont let him get ScholarShip Adition bcuz I have Bully 1.
Yes the saME THING happened to me Silver Mirror but i cant Append ur Quote idk y

Dec 04, 08 01:47AMBale Fire

Damn that must have been frustrating, I can't recall any major problems with my parents (though I'm sure there's been a few) but one vivid incident I recall happened with my little brother. On my first playthrough on FFX I was about half way through the story, and just getting to the exciting bit (just after you go to Bevelle) when my brother took a interest in the game. He started his own file and while I was watching saved directly over my save file, simply because it was the first slot the cursor came over, it was an easy mistake. I did it too a friend's file once (though he was only a few hours in and barely ever touched the game again) but it pissed me off to no end at the time, over 30 hours of gameplay lost just like that.

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