Poll: Gamers Over 30 Are ?Weird?

[Kuroneko97]

So, it is weird to use a amusement medium, for amusement? My god.. I have been a totally freak my entire life and didn't know it?!

But eh, no, it isn't weird at all, as I pointed out, games are meant for having fun, so if they bring you fun, then play games!

Besides, my grandfather plays Crash Bandicoot regularly, and he is 72.

You officially have the coolest grandfather in Escapist.

OT: For God's sake, is there a problem with being a child every so often? Do we always have to put on our little suits and file our papers? My brother's 25 right now, and I envision him playing video games on his deathbed. Even adults need a little bit of fun. My fun is using the computer and creating stories. My mother watches a bunch of shows online, which I don't understand why ANYONE would watch. My father indulges in mangoes and hard, fruitful work.

We all have that thing that we pleasure ourselves in, for lack of a less suggestive word. These people need to play a nice, addicting game. I've heard Pokemon is like crack.

 

[Kuroneko97]

Double Post. Damn you, slow Escapist.

 

[xFullmetalx]

Umm do you know that the largest group of gamers are 31 year olds?

 

[Zantos]

It's OK. I find the idea of 40 year old women obsessing about teenaged and early-20s celebrities equally weird, so we're even.
n0wak | July 11, 2011 1:23 PM

This comment was top of the list when I read the article. It completely trumps everything I had to say

 

[Nouw]

Considering that a good amount of gamers are 30 because they gamed in their childhood, why would it be weird? Hell, why would your age make you weird when liking something?

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Do not subscribe to the vocal minority instead of the silent majority. Not all kids act in that way you know.

 

[Zorpheus]

Well, I'm 28, so thank god I'm not weird.

 

[kouriichi]

Thats like saying Basketball players over 25 are weird.

Sure, they're past they're prime, but still human. You know whats weird? Old ladies who collect kitten sculptures. Or old people who tell you about theyre childhood 3 times in one day, and the story never changes except for how hot the day was.

Or People who spend 10's of thousands of Dollars on cripple machines. I mean, your seriously going to buy a motorcycle, not a wear a helmet, and then complain when your in a hospital? And you call gamers over 30 Weird?

So in short. No. Its not weird. Its uncommon, and possibly strange if they also watch anime and collect sexual posed figurines with big tits. But definitely not weird.

 

[Terminate421]

I could be 30 and still play Pokemon and there is nothing wrong with me.

 

[woogit]

Female? That makes it awful! You should be out shopping, gossiping about celeberties and exploiting men at bars! Don't you understand? That is what a normal and healthy life looks like!

Wooo Females!
But really, shopping is overrated, unless it's for videogames or books. The celebrities I gossip about you all know well enough, notch, Nathan Fillion, Dr. Oak, etc. And I'm not yet old enough to exploit men at bars but at a party I exploited the Wii and beat some males at SSBB! So in an equally balanced world, I'm rocking it.
On the other side, I totally made a samich today.

 

[General_Potatoes]

I'll always be gamer. Even over 30. Because that's the kinda guy I am :3

 

[FirstPersonWinner]

As long as they don't live in there parents basement and their gaming doesn't get in the way of work or actual social contact and relationships.

 

[Lyri]

On the other side, I totally made a samich today.

I'm still hungry.

OT: Yeah it's pretty weird alright, I've worked with a chap like that and frankly he was all kinds of batshit & rather up himself too.
Casual gaming is one thing, but he seemed to want all the new titles. I found him unpleasant to say the least.

 

[Lovesfool]

I am over 30. I am an active gamer.

Not sure what you mean by weird though. I look in the mirror, but don't know what to look for. Everything seems fine, so I'll vote "No".

 

[Operative1980]

it was my dad that got me into gaming on a ZX Spectrum way back in about 1984. At that time he was 34. Now im 31 still gaming and he is 65 and also still gaming. Beats me at RTS games with ease. I wouldnt call him weird weird either, he is a retired policeman who now does voulenteer work for charities.

 

[Britisheagle]

What a load of rubbish.

My dad is a gamer, we are always fighting over and trading games. He has a job and is married so I have no idea how they can be considered "weird".

Oh and he's 54, 55 in a few days.

 

[jamesworkshop]

And this is why i hate the label "gamer". It implies, and morons like those guys infer, that we have no other interests. Imagine if they made up a group name for people who enjoy a certain food. "Oh, you're a PB&Jer! You only eat peanut butter and jelly!"

Exactly. Like ExtraCredits pointed out, we don't call people that read books "bookers".

no we call them bookworms or film lovers as movie buffs, I mean why do people define themselves by their job, why do we say "i'm a crash investigator" or do we say

"I get in late and watch reruns of buffy the vampire slayer in a room with a carpet stained with dried tears..And yourself?"

I think it's a stupid thing for EC to have said and for other gamers to repeat.

I've never understood the "destroyer of lables" crowd if we had no lables the entire idea of meaning and meaningfull language/discussion would be negated

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Seriously, this is a real double standard. If I got a bunch of old men together, and bitched about women into their 30's doing something, like I dunno, gossiping like high schoolers, I'd get an earful. But yet women here can ***** about men gaming. DOUBLE STANDARDS AHOY.

 

[Tjebbe]

Oh yes. And singing "Kumbaya, My lord" on air is the epitome of sanity.

 

[Blubberburg]

Once we found out one of our friends dads was a gamer and we were all like 'oh cool man thats cool wish my dad was that cool'

 

[LobsterFeng]

And this is why i hate the label "gamer". It implies, and morons like those guys infer, that we have no other interests. Imagine if they made up a group name for people who enjoy a certain food. "Oh, you're a PB&Jer! You only eat peanut butter and jelly!"

Exactly. Like ExtraCredits pointed out, we don't call people that read books "bookers".

no we call them bookworms or film lovers as movie buffs, I mean why do people define themselves by their job, why do we say "i'm a crash investigator" or do we say

"I get in late and watch reruns of buffy the vampire slayer in a room with a carpet stained with dried tears..And yourself?"

I think it's a stupid thing for EC to have said and for other gamers to repeat.

I've never understood the "destroyer of lables" crowd if we had no lables the entire idea of meaning and meaningfull language/discussion would be negated

But their point was people that read books obviously do other things. Or should be anyway. Which is what you said in your first post.