It has been a while… but here is an Overheard in a Game Shop post. Nostalgia Trigger prompted me to try to get some of these out of the draft stage. We will start at one and see how this goes. It might even become regular again.
Now like I have said before, we all see these moments when looking for games, the little things that can bring some humour to your day, the moments of joy and the moments of utter confusion. This collection of posts brings these together.
Now the moments where you witness such innocent moments warm my heart. They can be utterly simple but perfect.
For a while last year one of my local game shops had a section that had lots of those gaming steering wheels. There was this little boy just playing with them and making the car engine noise as though he was in a race. To be honest, I first thought he was lost but then he started talking to his dad. Just trying to get him to come play and race him. It was so sweet, the dad was impatient and uninterested. Dad didn’t want to play. Dad just wanted to wait for his other child and leave by the sounds of it. This little boy was lost in his racing world and nothing was bothering him as he was about to take first place in his race.
I was only nearby for a few minutes but seeing his joy as he was an F1 racer or a rally driver was delightful.
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I hope that when I have kids, they’re just that way.
I really need to try to remember the good memories from my time working at GameStop. I feel like I focused so much on the negatives that I forgot there were good moments.
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It is so easy to focus on the negatives, and you must have had your fill of negatives from working at GameStop. That said I am sure there were lots of positives too.
I hope if I’m lucky enough to have kids that they have the imagination that this boy had and that they want to find the fun everywhere.
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I remember my brother and I pretending that we were piloting planes and helicopters when we rode in the car anywhere. I just hope I can be the type of parent that fosters that imagination in my children.
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That is adorable. I’m sure you will be.
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As a father that isn’t afraid to make a fool of myself in public, I would have totally raced with him.
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I know, if I get the chance to be a parent I would be there with my kids racing. When I saw this happening I really wanted the dad to or a sibling or someone to join in. But he was so happy in his little racing world I don’t know that it mattered to him.
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That’s one of the best parts of having kids! It gives you excuses to shrug the norm and just enjoy life with them!
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Damn I’d race my son all day long! I will maybe even let him win one race (maybe), haha. Great post!
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Haha I like your honesty with the “maybe”. I know I would have a race if my kids (if I am lucky enough to be a parent one day) wanted one.
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Thanks for the share! As a Dad-Gamer myself, it’s so much fun to see where their interests go and what they notice from my excitement for games. Kids are fun.
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