{"id":3626,"date":"2026-07-12T13:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:08:36","slug":"blue-prince-family-bonding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"Blue Prince became a bonding \u2014 and learning \u2014 experience for my family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">I\u2019ve always been the gamer in the family. When my son was born nearly 11 years ago, gaming was one of the things I looked forward to sharing with him. Pulling up a chair next to me, he would watch as I played <em>Sea of Thieves<\/em> with friends, often wearing the too-big-for-his-head headset to talk with them, instructing me where to go. Now instead of him watching me play through <em>Clair Obscur<\/em>, I\u2019m sitting next to him and he battles Calamity Ganon in <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em>. His real gaming passion for years has been <em>Minecraft<\/em> \u2014 he appreciates the rules and order, as well as the calming environment of creative mode. He also likes to meticulously stack up as many TNT blocks as he can and watch them explode.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">What I wasn\u2019t expecting is the gaming connection my wife has made with my son. She\u2019s made the effort with <em>Minecraft<\/em> and joins his worlds occasionally, though it admittedly is not her favorite. But she loves puzzles and stories, so when a friend suggested <em>Blue Prince<\/em>, recently released on the Switch 2, for both her and our son, she immediately bought it. They\u2019ve been working their way through it every chance they have together \u2014 and have already long passed our friend who suggested it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>Blue Prince<\/em> is a puzzle-solving roguelike where you need to explore a 45-room mansion from one day to the next and reach the mysterious Room 46 in order to earn your inheritance. But the rooms reorder themselves at the start of each day, requiring both detailed thinking and the ability to piece together a large story. That\u2019s why my wife and son playing together works so well: They complement each other in their thinking and abilities. Our son has incredibly high spatial intellect. He\u2019s able to remember directions to things easily and exactly (and correct my wife when she heads the wrong way); he can quickly solve puzzles where pieces need to be lined up or a series of switches need to be flipped in a specific order, or know the precise spot they need to stand. Often she\u2019ll hand him the controller so he can solve the puzzle because it takes far less time than him trying to explain it to her. Also, the way he notices minor changes in a room instantaneously is astounding. This goes back years to when we would bring him to preschool, and he would take a moment to point out how the space had changed since the day before, get himself acclimated with the differences, and then be comfortable again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">My wife is great at the big picture and piecing together the themes of the story. Word-based puzzles \u2014 especially those with symbolism \u2014 are a breeze for her while they frustrate my son mightily (either because of his age or because his brain thinks far more literally instead of metaphorically). <em>Blue Prince<\/em> has brought up teachable moments where she can expand his way of thinking and explain the thought process she uses to solve these logic puzzles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But the best part of all is the excitement that the combination of game design and storytelling has instilled in him every minute of the day. His mind is constantly thinking about how things might connect in the story. And despite some learning challenges he has with reading and writing, he\u2019s put together his own notebook to categorize their discoveries and is even <em>writing them down!<\/em> The motivation of discovering the story by solving problems has overtaken his fear and reticence to write out ideas. This might seem minor to some, but as a parent that has watched their child struggle getting the thoughts in their brain down on paper, it makes me immensely proud and emotional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4ba _19wv7tc1\">Gaming, and <em>Blue Prince<\/em> in particular, isn\u2019t just a distraction for him, but instead a way to expand how his brain processes information and logics its way through problems. It\u2019s something that he can take with him, providing strategies he can use during his day-to-day life. Does he generally spend more time on a screen than he should? Yeah, probably (we\u2019re working on it). But the interaction he and my wife have enjoyed through this adventure, and the way his sheer enthusiasm has helped push him through his normal boundaries, are well worth the extra screentime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/964262\/blue-prince-family-bonding\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always been the gamer in the family. When my son was born nearly 11 years ago, gaming was one of the things I looked forward to sharing with him. 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