So far we've played through it 3 times.  He likes to talk smack-talk to the computer, especially after it makes veiled threats.  He especially likes to threaten it right before it tries to cook us alternately as a pizza, a cake, a cookie.  He also makes us listen to the end song every time.  Which isn't so bad as it's a cute song.  The good thing about all of this is that I'm getting pretty good at it–which astonishes me, as it was really hard the first time.

He got scared by the 1st creaky door in Amnesia, which led to a somewhat lengthy discussion about doors and creakiness.  He seemed to be relieved when I told him that a lot of people were getting scared by that door.

He likes Metro 2033–especially the part at the end where we knock the thingamajig off the tower.  He smack-talks the whatever those critters are called, too.

He likes Fallout 3, but my sense is it crashed too much for him.  Heck it crashes too much for me.

He also likes throwing cans at the cops in Half Life 2.

Call of Duty 2 seems a little too violent for him.

I have to admit it's a little disconcerting to hear him talking about stuff like dying and blowing guys up with hand grenades.  But I'm currently reading The Boys are Back, which makes me think I can do pretty much anything with him as long as he doesn't get hurt.  Plus I loved playing soldier as a kid and still grew up to see the idiocy of war.  Maybe not so much when I was 4…though I did get a G.I. Joe and jeep that had a big cannon on it when I was 4.

I don't know if I'm teaching him right or not.  But he seems smart, though somewhat…not so much argumentative as willing to negotiate.  Which may have a lot to do with the fact that both of his parents are lawyers.

I'm wanting to give him a try at WOW, which I played until around when he began to walk/talk.

In real life he gets frustrated a little too easily and quits things quickly–that is, when I can get him to try them to begin with.  This worries me, as perfectionism only leads to paradigm collapses later in life.  Still, I try to encourage him that trying matters more than succeeding/failing.  Maybe all my reloads will teach that lesson better than anything.