I think the copyright expired and you can just download it for free, maybe its even on the internet archive. I got mine from abandonware or something like that.

That's the trouble with gamers these days, they're only in it for the friendship. Fucking posers.

This was the argument I used in high school when I wanted an Xbox 360. My parents were super reluctant given the cost, and then I told them I have nothing to talk about with friends in the hallways and I'm left out of conversations (I was). They reconsidered and eventually folded, and I was very appreciative

Column A, Column B

The trick is to introduce your kid to your taste in gaming while they're young

And then when they are in their tweens and want to game online with their mates, you set them up for it (with proper supervision and such, of course)

And they WILL develop their own taste in gaming -- But they will have some common ground with you still.

.... It worked for me and my dad (avid PC gamer, mostly plays strategy games and management sims though) anyway. Years later I convinced him to get Civ V and he completely destroyed me in it.

I didn't get many friends the old fashioned way and I turned out fine in the end.

Somehow this unlocked a child memory, when I found out there was a plain text file with the "insults" and I added my own. I felt like a true hacker..