Britain's Septuagenarian Gamer
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This is pritty awesome, I hope I'm still gaming when I'm that age.
Hmm...Not quiet as grand but there you go.nilcypher said:
I once played a game of COD4 alongside a sixty-year-old Shakespearian actor (he boomed out some of Polonius' speeches from Hamlet). Good to know that people that were in their teens when the TV was invented are now using that very invention for the newest medium of entertainment.
This man represents how I want to be when i retire. I just want to play games all day and nothing else...kinda like how I am today!
When I played EQ back in the day (like 2002), we (and by we, I mean my mother, who is now 50 and playing video games) met a guy who was like 80 years old playing the game.
The guy litterally fucking retired, and started playing EQ 10 hours a day!
To top that off, his sons played the game, and possibly there wives!
Now if only I had gotten that guys email addy, since he quit EQ.
The guy litterally fucking retired, and started playing EQ 10 hours a day!
To top that off, his sons played the game, and possibly there wives!
Now if only I had gotten that guys email addy, since he quit EQ.
OOH, BURN!Reaperman Wompa said:For someone so superior you spelled species wrong...just saying...101194 said:Gives me hope one day I won't have to murder the human speices
What warms my heart the most is that this proves there are older people out there who really are appreciating the latest advances in technology. In my small world everyone 50 and older launches into anti-modern tirades about everything invented after 1970 or earlier, clearly because they don't understand new things and feel it'll be too much trouble to learn them, or are just too busy doing other things.
It's good to see that that old sci-fi trope - of people of all ages eventually embracing new advances to make their lives better, even when such advances might seem immediately bizarre to them - has a foot in reality. I know it's mostly a simple matter of being a progressively-minded individual, but like I said, I personally see so few progressively-minded people past 50 that each instance is refreshing.
I hope I will continue to fight off the fearful cynicism of new things when I'm fortunately enough to reach Stanley's age.
It's good to see that that old sci-fi trope - of people of all ages eventually embracing new advances to make their lives better, even when such advances might seem immediately bizarre to them - has a foot in reality. I know it's mostly a simple matter of being a progressively-minded individual, but like I said, I personally see so few progressively-minded people past 50 that each instance is refreshing.
I hope I will continue to fight off the fearful cynicism of new things when I'm fortunately enough to reach Stanley's age.
ONE on our side for the 'violence in video games' debate.
So Daily Mail, are you going to tell a 70something war veteran than he is too immature to play a video game about war with shooting in?
I realise he was a driver, not a front line commando, but since when did the Daily Mail stick exactly to facts, I'm just using a tiny amount of the truth bending they use.
Personally I don't much care about age so much as maturity, I've dealt with 30something asshats in WOW and had 12 year old officers who shame 90% of the players with their good nature and leadership and ability to moderate during problems.
So Daily Mail, are you going to tell a 70something war veteran than he is too immature to play a video game about war with shooting in?
I realise he was a driver, not a front line commando, but since when did the Daily Mail stick exactly to facts, I'm just using a tiny amount of the truth bending they use.
Personally I don't much care about age so much as maturity, I've dealt with 30something asshats in WOW and had 12 year old officers who shame 90% of the players with their good nature and leadership and ability to moderate during problems.
Sheesh! We've got a 73-year-old grandmother in our gaming group. She plays Guild Wars, dabbles in WoW, and her grandkids got her hooked on Half Life 2. Another member of the gaming community has his own family CS clan, with his sons, his wife, his father, and his grandfather playing. I think there's a console-gamer granny in the Cleveland area who plays shooters on the xbox. She's been profiled in the local paper.
A growing number of gamers are over 40, and even over 50. These are the people who were in their 20s when the PCs and early game consoles came out. Not all of them want to play Solitaire or Bejeweled!
A growing number of gamers are over 40, and even over 50. These are the people who were in their 20s when the PCs and early game consoles came out. Not all of them want to play Solitaire or Bejeweled!
I know my mum is 73 and she..and just about all her friends now, at least play web games and flash games like the Popcap stuff.
There's a huge 'silver surfer' audience of gamers out there, just the majority are in the 'casual zone', which is why the casual companies are raking it in.
There's a huge 'silver surfer' audience of gamers out there, just the majority are in the 'casual zone', which is why the casual companies are raking it in.