So, my grandfather is bed-ridden for a month due to hurting his foot and getting surgery. He's not the kind of person to enjoy free-time, and after less than a week is clearly becoming bored out of his mind.
I had suggested gaming off-hand as a joke, but he actually was receptive to the idea. Ive tried to teach a friend to play games before. I tried Sonic 1 and 2 on 3DS, and Minecraft, neither had great results. I was practically born gaming, so I lack the ability to teach older non-gamers. Its like describing colors to a person born blind.
Long story short, looking for games I could let him play that would entertain him that he...could actually play. I will help him as best as I can, but as I said, its too natural to me so its hard for me to know what to even tell him.
Dont really worry about what system or platform or anything, really any ideas are worth a shot. Boredom sucks at any age.
I will add, I dont know how well his sight is anymore. And his hearing sucks. He isnt arthritic as far as I know, but I wouldnt recommend overly reactive games for any unaccustomed gamer.
UPDATE 1:Set up my Wii U for him, and had him give Super Mario 3 a shot. So far, so good (taking a break for food). The main thing in this is getting him used to using the gamepad and a controller in general. He started stiffly, but is getting used to it I think, since he is already acting quicker than he started. The main issue now is having him understand holding down B to run, mostly when a mushroom escapes him. I mostly find myself unsure where the line between helping him and being a backseat gamer is. Im trying to just let him figure things out, while commenting on things that seem not clearly explained in game, such as hitting blocks with turtle shells, or that something is a powerup and what it does.
I had suggested gaming off-hand as a joke, but he actually was receptive to the idea. Ive tried to teach a friend to play games before. I tried Sonic 1 and 2 on 3DS, and Minecraft, neither had great results. I was practically born gaming, so I lack the ability to teach older non-gamers. Its like describing colors to a person born blind.
Long story short, looking for games I could let him play that would entertain him that he...could actually play. I will help him as best as I can, but as I said, its too natural to me so its hard for me to know what to even tell him.
Dont really worry about what system or platform or anything, really any ideas are worth a shot. Boredom sucks at any age.
I will add, I dont know how well his sight is anymore. And his hearing sucks. He isnt arthritic as far as I know, but I wouldnt recommend overly reactive games for any unaccustomed gamer.
UPDATE 1:Set up my Wii U for him, and had him give Super Mario 3 a shot. So far, so good (taking a break for food). The main thing in this is getting him used to using the gamepad and a controller in general. He started stiffly, but is getting used to it I think, since he is already acting quicker than he started. The main issue now is having him understand holding down B to run, mostly when a mushroom escapes him. I mostly find myself unsure where the line between helping him and being a backseat gamer is. Im trying to just let him figure things out, while commenting on things that seem not clearly explained in game, such as hitting blocks with turtle shells, or that something is a powerup and what it does.
