Episode 6 of the classic Evolution of a Gamer series, where Ryan learns lessons about life while teaching his kids about gaming. This time around, Ryan's learning why the repetition of games his son loves is worth more than another few hours in front of a solo game of his own.
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Continuing the run of classic Evolution of a Gamer articles, this one reflect's Ryan's gamer-geek attempt at prepping for major surgery through his love of video games. Not for the feint of heart.
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Ryan brings back Episode 4 of the Evolution of a Gamer series to commemorate it's return and introduce a new crew of readers to the important life lessons he learns whilst teaching his sons about his favorite hobby.
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In Episode 3 of the original Evolution of a Gamer series, Ryan teaches his son how to overcome some difficult boss enemies, whilst learning the parental skill of building encouragement and confidence in his young gamer son.
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Rebooting his 2010 Evolution of a Gamer series for a new crew of readers at the Gamer's Lounge, Ryan pulls up the second in his archive of articles where he teaches his son about gaming, and learns something about life in the process. Here, Ryan learns a valuable lesson in trust when his son figures out how to save data on his DS.
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Back when I wrote for a site that is no longer with us, I wrote this series, Evolution of a Gamer. With the site now defunct, it has disappeared from the internet. This was one of my favorite series of articles to write, where I teach my kids about video games and learn a little bit about real life myself in the process. I've decided to resurrect the series, because I've still had plenty of life lessons with my kids, but want new readers to be able to catch up. Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting the previous articles to get you up to speed. Without further ado, here's Episode 1, from way back in 2010! We'll catch up soon.
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