How old is too old to be a gamer?
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i'd say when your 3000 years old, you'd have died at least 2900 (give or take 100 years or so)
your a gamer if you like playing video games semi regularly (i.e. games like ratchet and clank once a week not facebook games)
your a gamer if you like playing video games semi regularly (i.e. games like ratchet and clank once a week not facebook games)
When your bones have turned to dust and your ashes have scattered in the winds. That's when you can no longer be called a gamer as ash on a keyboard or controller will just make a huge mess. :O
When me and a group of friends would play starcraft together we would always go to the house of one particular friend. This is because his grandfather loved to play SC with us and it rounded out the teams.
Damn that old bastard was good with Protoss... XD
When me and a group of friends would play starcraft together we would always go to the house of one particular friend. This is because his grandfather loved to play SC with us and it rounded out the teams.
Damn that old bastard was good with Protoss... XD
Both my parents are in their late 50s and they are still gamers. They are the ones who got me into games with my dad heavily into old RTS like Nobunaga's Revenge and RPGs on the Atari and NES. My mom still plays Skyrim, Kingdom's of Amalur, Mass Effect, etc. while my dad sticks to the console RPGs and RTSs (he loves Warcraft 2 for the PS1).
So, I cast my vote for as long as you're able to hold a controller or move a mouse, you're still able to be a gamer.
So, I cast my vote for as long as you're able to hold a controller or move a mouse, you're still able to be a gamer.
To put it bluntly?
Same for most hobbies. So long as you enjoy it and it makes your time on earth better/doesn't hurt ya? Go for it.
The only one you're beholden to in terms of 'qualifications' for a hobby is yourself.
Same for most hobbies. So long as you enjoy it and it makes your time on earth better/doesn't hurt ya? Go for it.
The only one you're beholden to in terms of 'qualifications' for a hobby is yourself.
To old to do, fill in the blank hobby, never. To old to walk into a crowd of complete strangers and start talking about your hobby randomly, probably 16. You need to figure out the crowd you're talking with to get a good conversation going. If they're into it open the flood gates. If not so much, try talking about something else.
I think when most people think of "too old" it's the sort of thing the OP mentioned - Jobs, family, career, etc.
Physically I don't think you can be too old to play games. If I recall correctly there was a dude playing Legend of Grimrock with a *mouth* controller due to paralysis. That's hardcore. If that doesn't stop you, the numeric year of your birth certainly can't.
As far as the "get a job, etc. etc." thing, it's not that you necessarily *have* to stop gaming, but you do have to seriously adapt your habits. There are time constraints like a job, family, spouse, kid(s), etc. of course, but there are other things to work around.
The thing you have to grow out of isn't gaming, but insistence on the self-appointed right to do it "whenever you want." That's the awesome thing about childhood when you get right down to it-- provided your parents weren't abusive, hardcore pricks, you have just a bit of indulgence to be selfish. To be insistent about your hobbies be it gaming, baseball, rocketry, etc.
As restrictive as school and chores and parents may have seemed, they weren't a patch on the interference that life throws at you. Just keep gaming, keep working, keep family-ing and friend-ing and keep enjoying life.
Physically I don't think you can be too old to play games. If I recall correctly there was a dude playing Legend of Grimrock with a *mouth* controller due to paralysis. That's hardcore. If that doesn't stop you, the numeric year of your birth certainly can't.
As far as the "get a job, etc. etc." thing, it's not that you necessarily *have* to stop gaming, but you do have to seriously adapt your habits. There are time constraints like a job, family, spouse, kid(s), etc. of course, but there are other things to work around.
The thing you have to grow out of isn't gaming, but insistence on the self-appointed right to do it "whenever you want." That's the awesome thing about childhood when you get right down to it-- provided your parents weren't abusive, hardcore pricks, you have just a bit of indulgence to be selfish. To be insistent about your hobbies be it gaming, baseball, rocketry, etc.
As restrictive as school and chores and parents may have seemed, they weren't a patch on the interference that life throws at you. Just keep gaming, keep working, keep family-ing and friend-ing and keep enjoying life.
Never. Gaming is a hobby as much as any sport or activity is. Gaming is my favourite medium, and the only time that I imagine that I will stop consuming this type of media is if my eyes fell out and my hands exploded. I love playing games, and I don't see myself stopping at any time.
During my time playing WoW, I was in a guild in which the guild master and his second-in-command were a married couple who were well into their sixties and retired. I can respect that commitment to gaming, and it showed me that gaming never was, and never will be, just for children or teenagers.
During my time playing WoW, I was in a guild in which the guild master and his second-in-command were a married couple who were well into their sixties and retired. I can respect that commitment to gaming, and it showed me that gaming never was, and never will be, just for children or teenagers.
I didn't even have to load up the thread to know everybody would say till death, but i'll hop on the pile.
Gaming can offer things to adults. As a competitive hobby, to create interactive worlds that can supplement a narrative, and as most often, to offer access to social communities and allow you to build friendships with people while merely lounging. Gaming also has different levels of appreciation, so you can work it into different schedules. Unfortunately if you are coming in entry level you would have to drop hundreds of dollars to enjoy games, but if you were a hobbyist and then got some more obligations, i'd take the time to buy some classic pc rpgs from gog or maybe even buy older consoles and try to beat some classics.(since you wouldn't have enough time for say, competitive gaming). I personally need to pick up a ps1 and ps2 for the metal gear games, shadow of the colossus and mountains of jrpgs, so having more obligations would almost be a blessing for me.
I personally am also trying to partake in buying debt of video game companies, via stock or angel investing or w/e. The act itself seems interesting and i'd love to be a voice in the development of games.
Gaming can offer things to adults. As a competitive hobby, to create interactive worlds that can supplement a narrative, and as most often, to offer access to social communities and allow you to build friendships with people while merely lounging. Gaming also has different levels of appreciation, so you can work it into different schedules. Unfortunately if you are coming in entry level you would have to drop hundreds of dollars to enjoy games, but if you were a hobbyist and then got some more obligations, i'd take the time to buy some classic pc rpgs from gog or maybe even buy older consoles and try to beat some classics.(since you wouldn't have enough time for say, competitive gaming). I personally need to pick up a ps1 and ps2 for the metal gear games, shadow of the colossus and mountains of jrpgs, so having more obligations would almost be a blessing for me.
I personally am also trying to partake in buying debt of video game companies, via stock or angel investing or w/e. The act itself seems interesting and i'd love to be a voice in the development of games.
67 year-old gamer here...
(And yes, I had a PONG machine. That's how long I have been gaming.)
Right now, I'm becoming totally involved with Warframe, after bring bored stupid by Destiny.
(And yes, I had a PONG machine. That's how long I have been gaming.)
Right now, I'm becoming totally involved with Warframe, after bring bored stupid by Destiny.
I just started a week ago, I have a level 18 or 19 Excalibur, and a Nova Prime that I've been saving until I know what the hell I'm doing!
My PSN is midnightwind.
Like I said, I just started, but I've been plugging' pixels for decades, so I'll try to keep up! ;-)
Add me to your friends list.
Like I said, I just started, but I've been plugging' pixels for decades, so I'll try to keep up! ;-)
Add me to your friends list.