A father had to realize that his child is much more willing to clean a room when it is packaged in a video game. But the 8-year-old is not alone in this. Thousands of players feel the same way.
What does the father report? In a post on the subreddit r/mildlyinfuriating, the Reddit user and father IxDrZOIDBERGxI writes that his son hates cleaning his room. However, he is willing to spend hours doing exactly that in a digital space in the form of a video game.
The game that the 8-year-old is supposed to play is the game “Unpacking” by the studio Witch Beam. It is available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5, Xbox, and mobile devices.
On Steam, the game receives a very positive rating (93% of the 36,686 user reviews are positive) and is praised for its underlying story, themes, graphics, and relaxing gameplay.
Apparently, Unpacking also managed to engage the son of the Reddit user, even though he has to do in the game what he despises in reality. However, with over 75,000 upvotes and thousands of reactions to the post, the child is not alone.
Here you can see the trailer for the game Unpacking, which fascinates the child so much:
“I am in this picture and I don’t like it”
How does the community react to the post? Many players understand why the father is so surprised about this situation, but they understand the child even more. A meme that has received 19,000 upvotes is the most liked one, showing an organized and tidy Minecraft base, while a gamer sits underneath in complete chaos playing (via Reddit).
A player responds with “I am in this picture and I don’t like it” (KaleidoscopeKelpy via Reddit).
With this realization, they are by no means the only ones.
What similar games are being featured? While many players would love to enjoy Unpacking just as much as the child and explain why they find it so great and why they can understand the child, there are also other games that show similar player behavior.
- “My dying plants when they see me play Stardew Valley,” Eoine notes as an example (via Reddit).
- “That’s me when I don’t do my homework because I’m too busy making sure my Sims’ child does his homework,” hippy_potto admits (via Reddit).
- “That’s just like me with those cooking games!” writes notsoST (via Reddit, about 14,000 upvotes), and even the initially frustrated father can agree: “Haha, true, my wife and I love playing Overcooked” (via Reddit).
In this respect, the player’s son is definitely not an exception, which the father has probably understood due to the many reactions. Do you also have a task that you hate doing in real life but enjoy doing in video games? Let us know in the comments!
Besides the confused father who cannot understand why his son can’t just clean up in real life, there are also other parents who enjoy playing with their children. One player gives his child his account in Pokémon GO and quickly realizes that it wasn’t such a good idea: Child wastes Master Ball in Pokémon GO, the community knows exactly what the father should do with the monster
