ChrisT Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Behold the list of the 14 year old son... MAX’S XMAS LIST FOR 2K2 Detailed information and purchasing instructions are available for each item. Gamecube - Game system Resident Evil - Gamecube game Mario Sunshine - Gamecube game Metroid Prime - Gamecube game Game Boy Advance - Game system Metroid Fusion - Game Boy Advance game Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - Game Boy Advance game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Playstation 2 game ICO - Playstation 2 game Rez - Playstation 2 game “Does anyone here speak l337!?” Shirt * White Freezepop Shirt w/ Orange Katakana Logo ** Freezepop Forever - Audio CD by Freezepop Fashion Impression Function - Audio CD by Freezepop Exit Planet Dust - Audio CD by the Chemical Brothers Surrender - Audio CD by the Chemical Brothers Twisted - Audio CD by Halucinogen In Dub - Audio CD by Halucinogen Tales of the Inexpressable - Audio CD by Shpongle Are You Shpongled? - Audio CD by Shpongle CD Burner Boom Box Neon Genesis Evangelion - DVD boxed set Cowboy Bebop - DVD boxed set Trigun - DVD boxed set * http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/leetware/5af2/ ** freezepop.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric8 Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 yeah bolt clipper but most eight years olds aren't in highschool. Still if I had a kid i would get him or her ice tools, if i had two i would get them each one to save money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Glacier said: One word - Legos My experience suggests you can't go wrong there. My step-son, who's now 21 (but was once both 7 and 9), still has several large tubs full that he swears never to part with. It seems they play an integral part in his future plans to be the Wierd Uncle. He will rant though about how modern Legos tend to be too specific, and kids all too often treat them as models: the kit makes one thing and that's it. The ability to combine all those pieces into something you've made up yourself is where that toy really shines. But then again, I am a general contractor, so maybe that colors my perceptions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted December 4, 2002 Author Share Posted December 4, 2002 ChrisT, your teenager is gonna have a lot of games. Between the Gamecube, Playstation and Gameboy, that's some bank. Offwhite, with regards to legos, my sons have some. I'm getting them oliblocks (http://www.oliblock.com) for a change of perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I didn't say he was getting everything on the list...but a kid can dream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted December 5, 2002 Author Share Posted December 5, 2002 I'm trying to get together a handful of cool new books for my brother for Christmas. I pulled these titles from Salon.com's list of recommends (I'm pretty sure I'll get the last three books. I want to read them. All of them, actually). Anybody read any of these books? Would you add any titles? Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women -- by Geraldine Brooks "The Soldier's Return" by Melvyn Bragg "The Cave" by José Saramago Nowhere Man -- by Aleksandar Hemon The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W -- by Gabriel Brownstein The Girl From the Coast: A Novel -- by Pramoedya Ananta Toer A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius -- by Dave Eggers The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd -- by Richard Zacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 (edited) Legos rule and are worth HOURS of entertain ment for my boys... they take all those "specific" legos put them all in one tub and make the coolest original ships and stations that I have ever seen. I don't think my kids believe in "directions" We've been trying to figure out if our 6 yr old is big enough for *kinex* (sp) Edited December 5, 2002 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 I know I'm fantasizing here, but I really really hope to keep the kids away from the videogame world as long as possible. Maybe it was Dave Barry who said that he never wanted his kids to watch videos; he pictured them doing good Amish things like weaving and churning butter. Then he gave in, and eventually his family bought the entire Disney collection. Well, my kids watch too many videos already, so my Maginot Line (for now) is videogames. They're not yet 5, but hear their friends talk about 'em, so their interest is piqued. I guess I think of videogames the same way my parents thought of TV---new opiate of the people. My folks succumbed to their first TV set when I was 14 (after my siblings and I were already into books). I'm probably obsessing like my parents did. Shit, child-rearing is scary. Wish we were back in the pre-AIDS, pre-crack, pre-internet, pre-Columbine good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 It's easy to take kids off tv and video games. The question parents must answer is...are we willing to give up the electronic baby sitter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 (sigh) me too. just make sure that when you give in you set firm limits. Video games are not "bad" they actualy teach great hand eye coordination. Just make sure you stay on top of what games they get and how long they play for. My kids think it is a fun treat especialy at the arcade, now THAT is some fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 You're exactly right, trask. If I want a half-hour of relative peace for my wife and I to talk when I get home, what do I do? Pop in the old Aristocats (or whatever the flavor-of-the month is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 DUDE don't beat your self up for it.... there are far worse things you could do to your child. I love movies... don't you? I am not adivcating "lazy parenting" here, just pointing out that the things that we all seem to do are not evil, per say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctuller Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 uh oh. Why is it that chrisT's list for 14 year olds looks exactly like the list I gave to my wife for myself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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