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What are some good PC games for a 7 year old girl?

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Child of Light for sure!

The game makes you read, but I don't feel your child will be overwhelmed with it.

It is a very interesting, beautiful game.
 
Have you tried www.roblox.com yet? My 7 yo son loves to sign on and play all the different games they have available. It's not exactly a Myst style adventure it's more simple but it might be worth checking out.
 
This is obviously a useless post, but for 7 years old girl, I would suggest playing outside with friends.
If I had children, I wouldn't let them anywhere near a computer until at least 10 years old, possibly longer. It's a stupid world to get sucked into at young age.
 
Octopuss said:
This is obviously a useless post, but for 7 years old girl, I would suggest playing outside with friends.
If I had children, I wouldn't let them anywhere near a computer until at least 10 years old, possibly longer. It's a stupid world to get sucked into at young age.
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Maybe, maybe not. One of my favorite memories was playing Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda on the NES with my mom when I was about that age. I do agree with one thing though, outside activity should be priority and anything electronic game related probably shouldn't consume more than 10% of her time.
 
Octopuss said:
This is obviously a useless post, but for 7 years old girl, I would suggest playing outside with friends.
If I had children, I wouldn't let them anywhere near a computer until at least 10 years old, possibly longer. It's a stupid world to get sucked into at young age.
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Yup. Sandbox is the ultimate sandbox game. It has multi player co-op, PVE/PVP, crafting, rpg/rts. And, the default (only) game mode is hardcore. You only get one life.
 
how about, "not playing with a pc".

kids of 7 should play in the park, not on a chair, in front of a monitor.
 
DigDog said:
how about, "not playing with a pc".

kids of 7 should play in the park, not on a chair, in front of a monitor.
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You poor misguided luddite. Don't you know the only way to make our kids competitive in the modern world is to immerse them in technology? We've got to close the tech gap! Our 7 year olds are falling behind.
 
Get her minecraft and she will very much enjoy it and become interested in it. She may even teach herself better how to read and write in order to google "how to do something or other in minecraft" ...
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
You poor misguided luddite. Don't you know the only way to make our kids competitive in the modern world is to immerse them in technology? We've got to close the tech gap! Our 7 year olds are falling behind.
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i know, right? fuck bone and muscle development. what we need is competition in third grade.
 
Kalmah said:
I'm thinking something like an adventure game, like a simpler version of Myst. Something to stir the imagination but also possibly promote some learning.

I've tried with a Leap pad, she just doesn't seem to get into it. She always wants to play on the computer but I can't ever seem to find anything for her.

I grabbed some adventure games out of a budget bin at a local retailer last week only to find that I had purchased four pieces of junk that could barely be called games.

There has to be something of quality on Steam or something for younger kids. Or maybe 7 is still too young? I know that there are games on websites like Nickelodeon, PBS kids etc... But I'm looking for an actual fully fledged game. Not a series of mini-games.

Any ideas?
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Pokemon, coolmath-games.com, Fantage.com, and ROBLOX.com
 
I like how all the people that are backseat parenting are also just assuming that because a child starts playing video games, they'll see the sun again.

What a short-sighted load of crock.
 
all kids love GTA.

Personally I really like Lego Rock Raider as far as kid-targeted games go, it's an RTS minus the violence (instead of dying, the personal shield gets destroyed and the man gets teletransported back to the mothership, while monsters just disintegrate into innocuous smaller minimonsters) and also a bit simpler than say age of empires, so it's playable for kids, but it still provides enough challenge and lots of replayability.
It's a great introduction to the genre imho, when you think more violence fits, introduce age of empires II from steam.

Otherwise there's the usual minecraft (good for creativity), sim city series games (pretty intelligent too), and all the tycoon games like zoo tycoon (I didn't like the new one though).

I really don't understand the critique you're getting for this, it's better if the kid is not a total computer illiterate before he goes to middle school. You just have to conflate computer and TV time and set a max limit. Or you think kids should not see any cartoons either?
If the weather is complete crap there's nothing bad in spending it doing other stuff.
 
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