Old Gamers

[GonzoGamer]

Just you wait.

By the time we're all decrepit and old, all of the latest games will be played using movement.

It's okay. By that time we'll have exo-suits too.

Sure beats BINGO. That's all they're doing every time I visit one of those places.

 

[TehCookie]

I think when I get old I won't be able to understand modern gaming because it evolved too much and got much more complex. Or at least watching my dad try to play current games gives me that feeling.

Maybe, maybe not. The older generation has trouble with computer tech because the move into interactive entertainment/content is such a radical paradigm shift from everything that came before that they have trouble wrapping their heads around it. While a new shift of such magnitude isn't impossible and will likely eventually occur, nothing guarantees that it will come in our lifetimes (assuming we don't all get immortal or whatever) and all we might end up with in our old age is slightly more sophisticated versions of what we have today.

I should have mention that my dad is not stupid and more tech savvy than me and has been gaming since gaming was invented (or at least back in the 70's). He kicked ass on the Sega Genesis and old PC games like Wolfenstien and Fallout. He's familiar with games but new ones that require faster reflexes, precision with a controller, or multitasking he sucks at. It doesn't have to change a lot to feel vastly different, I can't use a controller to play FPSes even though I've played them since I was a child.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

I doubt reaction time will ever be a problem as long as you keep playing games where you need reaction time.

 

[ElPatron]

dulled reaction times

Can't you use a console command to force some kind of slow mo?