south park stick of truth! :) sorry :P

Thanks! I love the look of Trine. I've had my eye on it for awhile and am saving it for later.

Awesome list Leroux - thanks! Lili and Spirits look perfect, as does Snapshot. Never Alone looks really cool, but a bit too scary for my oldest. He is very easily scared. =)

I got Tiny Bang Story - $1.24 on sale - nice call.

Thanks! Lilly had some mixed reviews - what was your experience? I think my kids might really like it as it looks beautiful and simple.

Gateways has been wishlisted! Thanks again!

I have a 4 year old, almost 3, and 1.5. I'm less concerned about the 4 year old, though even without having been exposed to games yet, he will still get a little punchy when extremely frustrated. Trying to "protect" them may be a moot point. My wife is not a gamer which adds to the arguments AGAINST introducing games, and we haven't had the conversation of how to handle it yet as we're on the same page they aren't quite ready.

Good to know your experience with those other titles, though! Thanks! We're all about having open and honest conversations with them about this stuff as they are exposed to it.

What are some of your non-GOG recommendations?
Hahaha! Nice.

Theme Hospital & Park are great ideas. I have SimCity 2000 but they will probably be way more interested in things they recognize and understand. Thanks!
Thanks! I couldn't find this on Steam or GOG - where is it?
Thanks! Those are too violent for them yet, but I loved Streets of Rage as a kid myself!

Hehehe =)
I clearly need to fix my quoting skills on this forum - apologies to everyone involved...

I just realized it's not available online, but it was released both on the PC and PS1, so you can try getting the games for them on Ebay. But I've got no idea if the PC version will run on newer system, I know it ran for sure on Windows Vista/XP.

As a young kid I had several educational games on DOS- the Super Solver series (Treasure Mountain, to be specific), Carmen Sandiego games and Math Blaster. I don't know if these games are sold in modern forms anywhere but the old DOS versions should be easy enough to find.

Where in the world is Bouchart?!

I forgot. We tried that one too. They enjoyed making the roads the most.

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego... i remember those games :) One of the few games that actually made me pull out the encyclopedia and start looking up stuff so i could get to the proper destination rather than guessing blindly. It probably helped that the robot was voice acted and was funny as hell :)

Oh wow games for tiny humans. That all depends on what they can do with keyboards and or joysticks. All three of mine always tore keys off the keyboards. Or ate the mouse. But right now I have a 10 year, 7 year, and 3 year. The 3 likes garbage trucks right now so he is good enough giggling at his siblings antics and some videos (Thrash and Trash productions). I got the others hooked on Minecraft as the very first "play with daddy" game. I still got my old kiddy library here though. I dont think you can actually GET these anymore. Well some, but i will not sully this place with that name.

Please pardon the ancient game list. A lot of these can only be played on Windows 98. Or 95.
(hands down the best BABY game) Jump Start Toddler

Fisher Price: Great Adventures: Pirate Ship
Fisher Price: Great Adventures: Western Town
Fisher Price: Great Adventures: Castle
Tonka: Search and Rescue
Thomas and Friends: The Great Festival Adventures
Mr. Potato Head: Saves Veggie Valley
SpongeBob Squarepants: Operation Krabby Patty
Astrid Lindgrens Pippi
Care Bears Care-a-lot Jamboree
Madeline European Adventures
Arthur's Thinking Games
Caillou Ready For School
Winnie The Poo Toddler
Curious George Learns Phonics


Clifford:
Thinking Adventures
Musical Memory Games
Reading

Busy Town
Best Activity Center Ever
Best Reading Ever

Freddie Fish:
And the case of the Missing Kelp seeds
The case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
The Case of The Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch
The cAse of The Creature of Coral Cove

Blues Clues:
Blue's treasure Hunt (Paprika's Favorite Treasure) (Magenta's favorite treasure)
Blue's Birthday (Red Disk) (Yellow Disk)
Blues 123 Time Activities
Blues ABC Time activities

Jump Start:
Artist
Explorers
Languages
Toddlers
Preschool
Kindergarten
Phonics
Spanish
Dreamship Tales
Thinking Adventures
Math

Living Books,
Harry and the haunted House
The Berenstain Bears In The Dark
Aesops Fable The Tortoise and the Hare
Dr. Seuess's ABC
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Stellaluna
Arthur's Birthday
Arthur's Reading Race
The Bearenstain Bears Get in a Fight
Mercer Mayer's Just Grandma and Me
Mercer Mayer's Just me and my Mom
Sheila Rae, the Brave

Online gaming: Free to play, or subscription for the good stuff. Well worth checking these out for any kid that can point a mouse. Be sure to be a Real Gamer and make yourself an account and keep tabs on the little ones activities because, its the internet!
Roblox (does not meet the original posters strict criteria, but its pretty dang entertaining playing games that some kid wrote. Dont expect ANY adult fun. HIGHly suggest making a free character. Just so you can not be one of the evil "guests". They are hated by all Robloxians for good reasons. And it allows for some parental tightening of the reigns to keep chat in check.)
Animal Jam (It reminds me of a really complicated form of chat board with language filters and animals. Meets all kinds of Parental approval. Including it forces PROPER spelling. Has the option for a parent to make a account and tighten up security or loosen up.)

And lots and lots more. Again, thats the old wallet of disks.
I made ROMs of my old cart collection ages ago (no they AINT "those" ROMS) and they love playing the games I wasted way too much time on myself There are even companies that make the old controllers with a USB plug! i still love to fire up Mario kart 64 and get beaten by a kid with faster reflexes..

LEGO games are a good start, as well as what the others mentioned.

The best game for little kids is hands down Kinect Party / Double Fine Action Theater on the Xbox 360. It overlays all kind of environments over your living room, allowing the kids to interact with them. It's really amazing for little kids.

Another game I played with the kids when they were very young was World of Zoo on the Wii. There's also a PC version, available on Steam, which was what I got first, but it had just half the animals. I did most of the playing, but left the choice of what to do to the kids. In the game you can pet and clean and feed zoo animals, give them toys to play with and add stuff to their cages. The kids enjoy looking at the animals and picking which ones to unlock and what to build.

There are also a lot of tablet games that they've enjoyed, mainly kid stuff (some of it educational), but also The Enchanted Cave, which is an easy roguelike. My small one liked it quite a bit at 4. The Enchanted Cave 2 is available on Steam, but I haven't played it, and IIRC it's a little more complex (which could be an issue for small kids).

The last part of Botanicula, when you go into the dark place, is quite creepy. But otherwise, it's true it's cute as hell, there's no reading, it's easy to understand what is going on, and (most of) the puzzles are not too difficult, so it could be a nice recommendation for kids.

The all time classic kids game in Europe in a new updated version. Hugo Troll Race: http://www.hugogames.com/hugo-troll-race/