How To Teach Video Games To A Non-Gamer

He just taught us how to teach our kids how to play games. HE DID THIS BECAUSE WE ARE GROWING UP AND THE FANBASE THAT STARTED WITH HIM IN 2011 ARE ADULTS NOW. This is like really deep and some may not realize this and how important it is. Amazing that he did this as one of his final theories.

2:32 seeing the old intro after all these years & the logo finally having a color for each channel really hit us hard.

“All right son, we’re at step 9, I’m going to teach you wave dashing in melee”

Level 1: dark souls

He taught us to live video games, and now he’s gonna give us the tools to tell a new generation. What a legend. We’ll miss you.

I started on Wii, and let me tell you. Playing LEGO Star Wars at 5-6 years old was a mind-blowing experience. I honestly think the LEGO Games (at least the older classic ones) are pretty much the perfect way to introduce gaming to young kids. Challenging but still fair puzzles, relatively easy controls, plenty of enemies, and even though you can die, you don’t have to return to a checkpoint when you do. You just lose a bit of money and respawn right where you just died. Add in the goofy sense of humor and fun, no-dialogue cutscenes, and you have a perfect “Baby’s First Videogame.”

This video is just so important to me. First the classic intro and Mat leaving. Mat's being a role model for me for 10+ years. Secondly my son is 1.5 years old at the moment and I'm thinking of all the fun stuff we will do, which obviously includes gaming. Thank you very much for making this and all the other videos too.

0:50 Untitled Goose Game, hands down. It's not super complicated, it's very open concept and lets you explore, the controls are pretty simple, and all in all it's a fantastic intro to gaming.

I can’t believe so many of us figured this stuff out on our own when we first started gaming but never thought about how difficult these simple things were when we ourselves initially started. Really shows how much our focus was on the game itself, than the controls. I feel the game itself is the most important thing.

man I'm gonna miss matpat doing these videos, sad to see there's only 8 theories left. Thank you matpat for everything.

Your son will solve fnaf lore in the future

MatPat's Guide to Gaming: 1. Touch/Motion Controls Game: Khan Academy Kids/Wii Sports 2. Joystick only Game: Super Monkey Ball 3. Joystick + 1 Button (2D; No Fail States) Game: Paw Patrol: On a Roll 4. Joystick + 1 Button (3D; No Fail States) Game: Paw Patrol Mighty Pups: Save Adventure Bay 5. Joystick + 1 Button (2D; Fail States) Game: Sonic Origins 6. Joystick + 1 Button (Multiple Functions) Game: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 7. Joystick + 2 Buttons (1/time) Game: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 8. Joystick + 2 Buttons (2/time) Game: Super Mario Bros. 9. Joystick + 3+ Buttons Game: Super Mario 3D World 10. 2 Joysticks + 3+ Buttons Game: Pokémon Sword & Shield

As a child my father introduced me to plants vs zombies when I was 3 or 4. The games easy mechanics and simple adaptability allowed me to have fun while still having a challenge. The cartoony art style adds a sense of humor and fun on top of it. This I feel is a perfect game for kids.

Everyone remembers the game telling us to press R3, leaving us frantically searching the controller for a button you didn't even know existed

Bro hiting us with nostalgia right before you leave youtube

Something to consider: When I was a kid, RC cars and helicopters were much more popular. Crashing wasnt humiliating, it was fun. I got to quickly take on multiple joysticks and immediately see its impact in the real world.

The perfect game I found to introduce my Mum to gaming was Little Big Planet which I feel gets overlooked a lot. It has all the tools to teach just about everything Matt went over, and with the level creation you can create a level to teach exactly what you need as well as customize the difficulty. You even have the stepping stone of going from 2D to not quite 3D with 3 rows of depth.

that intro literally gave me goosebumps. Were going to miss you mat. You carried all our childhoods

I just think there is one important aspect of this whole topic that it might be missed and it is that the game itself the topic, characters, story, artstyle etc it has to have that one thing that also draws this person into a game. If you dont get that interest it could be hard to just play a game for its teaching-mechanic capabilities.

3:04 Can we just appreciate Ollie’s Thwomp costume? 😁