Great article! A lot of my earliest memories are playing games with my brother who’s nine years older than me, and now that we’re both adults, we’re still basically best friends and text back and forth every day despite living on opposite sides of the US. A lot of that is still about games, and it’s always been a big… Read more
Don’t usually comment on these, but I relate very much to this story. I’m the little sister as well, my brother and I have a history of picking on and near-bullying each other as siblings do. We got along best when we played video games, even if it was against each other. I have distinct clear memories of watching him… Read more
A large age gap might be good regardless if someone’s siblings are brothers or sisters; if you were closer in age you’d probably have been fighting over who gets to play or even just who gets to use the TV for something. My sister is only 1.5 years older than I am and she had the bigger bedroom, she got to watch her… Read more
Chloe, are you now above average in gaming? As in, Devil May Cry 3 was easy on Very Hard? Or, Super Meatboy is right up your alley? You’ve played basically all your life, after all!
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This article was great! Also made me sad for not having more patience with her when she was little. I was only 3 years older than her so i was still pretty myself when she was little which made it hard for me to not get angry with her when she would break something of mine. I think because of my lack of patience we… Read more
two things: I get this article. My mother was NEVER very good at games. She was really awful. But there were moments when she would watch me play and ask questions about the game I was playing. She would comment about the music of FFVII, she would get into the story of Halo, and she even once wanted to play me at… Read more
I was introduced to gaming through my older brother as well. We’re about 8 years apart so just as I was really getting into it, he started college! I also have a slightly older sister who never really got into video games as a kid but things have changed these days. After I helped her build a computer for her school… Read more
As the older brother in the family, i couldn’t agree more. It’s like the only thing binding me to my siblings are the video games we share passion with. Read more
I can relate. I’m the youngest of 6, 5 brothers and 1 sister. Read more
6 when Nightfire released...well time for me to pack it in. im officially old.
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I had a really similar relationship with my older brother but he passed away when I was 16. I remember my dad coming home with his things and being so crestfallen when he said he’d just given my brothers n64 and snes away to his roommates. I still get kinda torn up when I think about it. Read more
Games have played a big part in the relationships with my siblings.
When I was growing up we had to deal with our mother’s boyfriend and eventual husband who was very abusive. They would fight enough that at a young age we basically sought the sanctuary of our bedrooms on the other side of the house and would never…
I’m fairly sure that my younger sister is into video games because I started playing them first. I have two particularly fond memories. One was when I would play Croc, but due to a lack of a story we would voice over as different characters; me as Croc and my sister as his Gobbo best friend who liked hanging around in… Read more
I relate to this so well. My brother’s eleven years older than me; enough that I could be considered the annoying tagalong that just slowed him down. But the two things we have most in common is a love of reading, and video games. Books are good in that we can make recommendations and talk about them afterwards,… Read more
Wow, you actually read it! I’m glad that you enjoyed it. =D Read more
