Someone mentioned they might start a thread on this, but I don't see one. No worries. I'm never afraid to start a DOA thread 
So I think we should divide this into the stages of a kid's life. You have 10 and under, during which most kids are fairly innocent and parents want to keep it this way as long as possible.
At this age. a game doesn't have to be co-op for you to play it with your kids. Enjoying time together and taking turns is definitely a fun thing to do.
For this age group, I would suggest keeping to the blatantly kid-friendly games like the flood of "cleaning up the planet" games which have come out in the last 5 years. Even at this age. kids are okay with cartoon violence. so even something like Pal World would, IMO, be good to play. Safe MMOs like Wizard101 are great.
Eleven to driving age: Some kids become idiot edgelords(they try to be jaded edgelords but fail) as they move into the early hormone years and leave elementary school (at least in the US). That was just commentary. Relevant to the post, these kids generally have heard and seen it all online and at school, though the parent is generally in the dark on this and thinks they are still innocent.
For this age, you have to avoid any game that seems like it's for kids or your child with make constant snarky remarks about it. I would mostly attempt to prevent feeding their idiocy. No multiplayer games where everyone uses microphones. No games like GTA where the SP game is as edgy as possible. You also have to be careful with free games that try to trick children into spending money, like Fortnite. They aren't savvy enough to deal with this sort of thing.
It's important to remember that crappy games can turn uncrappy with your kid, so games like Resident Evil 6 may actually be enjoyable. Maybe the Dead Island games would be fun. But if they've heard people talk about being tired of zombies, then they are likely to act tired of zombies, so you can move on to co-op heaven: survival games. What could be cooler than Ark: Survival Evolved? Valheim?
Driving age to adult: Not only have they heard and seen it all, they've participated.
Kids this age mean you are tired of parenting. Just buy the GTA V/Lady Killer in a Bind bundle and be done with it.
So I think we should divide this into the stages of a kid's life. You have 10 and under, during which most kids are fairly innocent and parents want to keep it this way as long as possible.
At this age. a game doesn't have to be co-op for you to play it with your kids. Enjoying time together and taking turns is definitely a fun thing to do.
For this age group, I would suggest keeping to the blatantly kid-friendly games like the flood of "cleaning up the planet" games which have come out in the last 5 years. Even at this age. kids are okay with cartoon violence. so even something like Pal World would, IMO, be good to play. Safe MMOs like Wizard101 are great.
Eleven to driving age: Some kids become idiot edgelords(they try to be jaded edgelords but fail) as they move into the early hormone years and leave elementary school (at least in the US). That was just commentary. Relevant to the post, these kids generally have heard and seen it all online and at school, though the parent is generally in the dark on this and thinks they are still innocent.
For this age, you have to avoid any game that seems like it's for kids or your child with make constant snarky remarks about it. I would mostly attempt to prevent feeding their idiocy. No multiplayer games where everyone uses microphones. No games like GTA where the SP game is as edgy as possible. You also have to be careful with free games that try to trick children into spending money, like Fortnite. They aren't savvy enough to deal with this sort of thing.
It's important to remember that crappy games can turn uncrappy with your kid, so games like Resident Evil 6 may actually be enjoyable. Maybe the Dead Island games would be fun. But if they've heard people talk about being tired of zombies, then they are likely to act tired of zombies, so you can move on to co-op heaven: survival games. What could be cooler than Ark: Survival Evolved? Valheim?
Driving age to adult: Not only have they heard and seen it all, they've participated.
Kids this age mean you are tired of parenting. Just buy the GTA V/Lady Killer in a Bind bundle and be done with it.
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