Guest Blogger : Babies Like Killing Zombies

By Christina from Shiny Object Syndrome

Babies Like Killing Zombies.

That is a true statement and zombies don’t scare babies. This is what I tell some of my not so nerdy friends when they talk about how traumatizing the gun shots sounds from the video games will be on my baby. Really? Are you nuts…

I should start that I never played video games before I met my boyfriend. Okay, I did play some here and there on the Gameboy – but, according to him that doesn’t count. Now, I am a strictly PS3 gamer and love the death out of it. Give me a shooter any day. But, please make sure the controls are exactly those of Call of Duty. I really die many, many times in Bioshock because the aim just has to be R2 instead of R1… and you cannot adjust this in options, I have tried.

Now, that you are up to speed. I was gaming all the way through the pregnancy. I am sure I was the only pregnant lady standing in line at midnight to get my copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops. I played and played and played the death out of that game. My due date was March 5th. And if you are savvy, you know that the first Map Pack for PS3 came out on March 3rd. I bought it merely because I figured I would go into labor and not get a chance to play it. Nope. I was able to make it all DOUBLE POINTS weekend playing the new map pack without a single problem with the baby. She must have known something.

After the baby came out gaming became a whole ‘nother ballgame. Newborns sleep a lot. Like 20 hours a day. This was a lot of gaming time… and I became really, really good at breastfeeding while killing zombags. She heard the shooting when she was sleeping, she heard it when she was awake, and now she thinks it is the most exciting thing ever. At five months old, I already have a gamer on my hands.

Games that my baby loves the most are Nazi Zombies, Little Big Planet (which I hate – so she doesn’t get to see it much), Alice: Madness Returns, and anything that is remotely cartoonish. Games my baby hates are racing games and sport games – which I barely play anyway. Her absolute favorite above all games ever made – BEJEWELED BLITZ. Good thing I am addicted and don’t mind playing for her enjoyment.

We are already training Alina how to hold a PS3 controller and how to start and stop movies. The girl has to start slowly. You may think we are jumping the gun – but, we will have a gaming champion someday.

So the key to gaming and wrangling a baby? Multi-tasking and taking advantage of nap time. Course, this whole gaming while she naps has led to my house being a tragic mess. That is a whole different post.

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Stellar Stina blogs usually about poop catchers, brain farts, and the boob tube. You can read her daily tragedies and reviews at Shiny Object Syndrome.