![]() My brother died when I was six, and looking back on that time, I can remember just how strong my dad was. This game broke me to tears, and showed me the sadness and pain of losing a child. They’ll still have their mother, I know – maybe it’s a man thing.Īnother is The Last of Us. I think you’re just worried they’ll be alone in a world without a man to protect them. You often wonder how your children will go on without you not in an arrogant way, or even a morbid way. Now he was gone, and she was left all alone. After everything she’d seen – everything she’d been through, Lee was the one who was always there for her. It took a lot for me to get over that moment when she has to kill him at the end of season one. ![]() Lee and Clementine’s relationship in season one of The Walking Dead was one of the most bittersweet tales of fatherhood I’ve ever seen the evolution of babysitting this stranger, to caring and adoring her is profound. ![]() There are two other games that really strike a chord with me when it comes to looking after your daughters through the worst possible scenarios. Ever since becoming a dad, I’m so much more emotional about everything, especially videogames. It terrifies me that at some point in the not too distant future, they’ll be going out without me to play with her friends, or walking to school on her own what if she gets hit by a car? What if someone takes her? What if? What if? What if? I can also see a lot of similarities between myself in Rost he’s strict on Aloy, but only wants to show her the best way to protect her from the dangers of the world. I see a lot of my dad in me, and I’ve instilled a great deal of his ideology in my own kids: good manners, appreciating the outdoors, being creative – the list goes on. Not blowing my own trumpet, but he gave me the right tools to be a good man, husband and father. He was only doing the best for me, and I know that now most of my transition from child to teenager to adult has been under the watchful and guiding eye of my dear old dad, and he did a great job of making me who I am. When I was growing up, I always had a problem with something my father said or did. You can see in many of their interactions how he can be too overprotective and stubborn, but you can also see how much Aloy worships Rost, and you can hear it in her voice just what he means to her. Now I know Rost isn’t Aloy’s father by blood, but he does everything he can for her. Playing Horizon Zero Dawn hammered home the role fathers play in their children’s lives, specifically their daughters. I may not take them to Alton Towers every week, or buy them another pack of Shopkins with every paycheck, but I reckon I’m doing OK. I close the door behind me, and both of them come running full pelt at me, screaming “Daddy,” then throwing their arms around my worn down, tired old body. My daughters are now seven and four, and if time has taught me anything, it’s that the mark of a good father is the way your children run to you when you come home from work. ![]() You’re never quite sure if you’re doing it right, or whether your idea of parenting isn’t quite the way it should be done. Contains spoilers for The Last of Us and Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season One
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