Hello Peace-bwu,
I wouldn’t suggest you give up on games totally. The particular games you chose are rather challenging. The Sims give you many decisions to make (as you probably discovered) while any games on the current consoles have many buttons, combos, and commands to memorize for their controls. Nobody in my family, parents or sister, can even handle the visual effects of any 3D game without suffering from motion-sickness. Therefore, I would recommend that if you are willing to give video games another try, give simple puzzle games like Tetris a chance. Now this is really old school tech but if you can find some titles like Atari Anthology or some other old school collection of games, you might find them enjoyable. Pong, a simple table-tennis sort of game, is a classic and just might be your cup of tea. The controls are simple and easy to learn. As is a game called Frogger. Here you have to try to make your frog jump across streets with traffic, over a river and make it into one of several caves. Now this can be very challenging but it could be something to shoot for. Finally, my sister has become hooked on the PC games based on Nancy Drew mysteries. Like a mystery movie or book, you go around to certain places collecting clues to solve a case. Using the mouse in a simple point and click to go here sort of manner, this game is also very simple. Puzzle solving skills are a must though, but it provides something that everybody in the family can help with. It limits which directions one can travel so unless you unintentionally open a package with a bomb, you can’t die really easily. Also, there isn’t any blood or gore in it which is a nice feature. You can also save your game whenever you want; thus, you can play it whenever you want to without worrying about the time.
There are many options for simple games out there which don’t involve complicated controls or advanced graphics. These are just my suggestions. I hope these help.
Sincerely, GWofVA
Just Kidding. The game sounds interesting as it is, not terribly exciting but then I don’t become very enthusiastic about Jeopardy either. I enjoy it . . . but don’t love it. In the long run, I think this sort of concept would work better as a board game.
