If you enjoy it, do it! I remember seeing a video on the BBC news with women over 60 years old playing GTA IV and going on a killing spree in game like what most 14 year olds do. I unfortunately can't seem to find it anymore.
Depends on the thing. Like if it's boxing or you may get too old. But if you have working hands then you're golden for video games.JonnyHG said:Is this a serious question? You're never too old to start/continue doing things you enjoy...
oh....oh dear....no...no far too old...far too old...no we must get them when theyre young, when theyre brains are mallble, no far to old to start training, missed the boat I should say, no bother, best let it goswiglo said:Well the title isn't entirely accurate as I started gaming at around age 4-5, but the thing is most games I've played throughout my life are fairly obscure titles and parents never bought me much games. I can say I had phases of obsession with certain video game series throughout my life. I'm 18 years old now.
At around the age 16 I also decided to take a break from video games to pursue other hobbies more (books and movies specifically).
Yay, we're all oldies (says the 36 y.o.).Ylla said:I just came from the Eliteangerous forums and it seems like half of the backers there are around their 50s or 60s and played the original Elite. Youre never too old to enjoy videogames.
This is gaming, not jedi training, so I'm pretty sure you can do whatever you want.swiglo said:Well the title isn't entirely accurate as I started gaming at around age 4-5, but the thing is most games I've played throughout my life are fairly obscure titles and parents never bought me much games. I can say I had phases of obsession with certain video game series throughout my life. I'm 18 years old now.
At around the age 16 I also decided to take a break from video games to pursue other hobbies more (books and movies specifically). It's been over 2 years and I am just now coming back to games from said break (I've been playing an online sidescroller MMO called Transformice for a little over a year now actually but I don't really count that since it doesn't have the linear, progressive structure of the games I'm accustommed to).
I've always considered video games my main hobby even when I temporarily abandoned them, so would you say it's too late for me to treat them as such?
Then explain to me where my incredibly powerful telekinetic abilities come from buddyRacecarlock said:This is gaming, not jedi training, so I'm pretty sure you can do whatever you want.swiglo said:Well the title isn't entirely accurate as I started gaming at around age 4-5, but the thing is most games I've played throughout my life are fairly obscure titles and parents never bought me much games. I can say I had phases of obsession with certain video game series throughout my life. I'm 18 years old now.
At around the age 16 I also decided to take a break from video games to pursue other hobbies more (books and movies specifically). It's been over 2 years and I am just now coming back to games from said break (I've been playing an online sidescroller MMO called Transformice for a little over a year now actually but I don't really count that since it doesn't have the linear, progressive structure of the games I'm accustommed to).
I've always considered video games my main hobby even when I temporarily abandoned them, so would you say it's too late for me to treat them as such?
8 months? That's laughably old. Ridiculously so. You need to be gaming while in the womb, man; you're just not a real gamer otherwise. You need to be born playing. That's part of the life. This isn't something you can choose; it's something you are born! Literally, born doing! Anything else is clearly just a fake casual.Zhukov said:Eighteen?
God no, you're way too old.
You're practically 20, and that's pretty close to being 30, which is just one digit off being 40, and that's about the time you have to start worrying about dying of old age.
Nah, sorry mate, I'm afraid you've missed out. You won't have developed the steely finger tendons and advanced muscle memory that you need to be a real gamer. You need to start that shit real young, like 8 months at the oldest.
As far as you're concerned, the gaming train has well and truly left the station.