I work at a local gamestore.. and its starting to be a bit of a trend where i see parents come in looking for a game for their kid.. and i usually ask what age.. its almost alarming that usualyl its about 5-8.. so i go about askign what they've played or something like that and starting to be more and more that they're looking for a game that has no reading in it... now i can kinda get it for a 5 year old.. but honestly, if your kid is 6,7, or 8 and can't read do you really think you should be encouraging them to remain illiterate by buying them games without reading... This one parent actually became frustrated at me because i couldn't find a game on PS3 that didn't have any reading in it (i offered little big planet and they said "oh, that looks to hard for my 7 year old!)
So my first question (mainly to keep it relevant to the PS3 forums) is there a game for the simplest of children that contains absolutely no reading other than maybe the initial menus (because i get the question enough that i would order whatever game it would be)
and my second is, i seem to be the odd one out at work that finds it strange that these kids haven't learned to read yet, or that their parents wouldn't want to encourage them to read by at least giving them a game that requires them to read a litte to find stuff out.. i mean when i was 4 and 5 i learned to read thanks in a big part to video games, Zelda, Mario, Metroid, FF 1 and 2 all the voiceless wonders of the 8 and 16 bit eras where what really made me want to read... Is it normal for kids of these ages to not be able to read?
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