PC

World Of Warcraft Daily Quests Are Guilt-Free Gaming For A Massively Multiplayer New Dad

Finding time to play normal video games as the father of newborn baby boys is tough enough as it is. I was certain my thirst for massively multiplayer online role-playing games would go unquenched in the face of fatherhood. Then I discovered the joy of dailies.


August 13, 2010
In Real Life

Bad Dad Steals, Sells Son’s Games

A Cincinnati-area father took bad parenting to a new depth this past weekend by swiping his nine-year-old son’s console and games and trading them all in for cash. What for exactly wasn’t said, but the guy has a drug problem.


February 10, 2010

The Daddening Of Video Games

I can buy video games’ depiction of intergalactic war, sure. Gaming portrayals of romance are a tougher sell. But there’s a kind of love that’s suddenly popular in games and is being done well: The love of being a dad.


December 13, 2009
In Real Life

Making Room For Baby Means Saying Goodbye To Old Friends

Parting with one’s treasured game collection can be an unthinkable proposition for many. But having a baby absolutely transforms your life, as one long-tenured Kotaku US commenter writes. And that makes such decisions not only possible, but downright necessary.