Yeah i guess its not to old so much as the interest just isn't there. I guess as disposable income and free time has increased with age i'm more able to do the things I like rather than be regulated to the PC.porous_shield said:
"Too old" to play video games.
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I prefer to think of it as being old enough to do what I want.
As long as I keep out of other peoples' way, anyone who thinks they are qualified to pass judgement on my leisure time activities and interests can kiss my ass.
...unless they're into that sort of thing in which case I deny them my permission. So there.
As long as I keep out of other peoples' way, anyone who thinks they are qualified to pass judgement on my leisure time activities and interests can kiss my ass.
...unless they're into that sort of thing in which case I deny them my permission. So there.
Me too but I never really beat him. He was too good at it. His interest in AoE has since waned and nowadays plays nothing but Pac Man but some people might call that gaming...Brownie80 said:
The moment you turn 20, you're too old to be playing vidya gayms!!!!!!!
You're an adult! you should be doing something productive like filing your taxes or standing in line at the DMV! If you have so much time to waste that you can click buttons to make things blow up on a screen then you're a communist! GET A JOB HIPPIE!
You're an adult! you should be doing something productive like filing your taxes or standing in line at the DMV! If you have so much time to waste that you can click buttons to make things blow up on a screen then you're a communist! GET A JOB HIPPIE!
I played the second one mostly. I never beat a campaign on it but I got pretty close. Until William Wallace's entire reinforcements didn't come under my control since they got stuck on a boat.Johnny Novgorod said:
Also if your dad played Age of Empires in his 50s and he is still playing games then that is applaudable.
I was about to make a thread very similar to this because of an article I saw in the Metro that made me mad. It was about when you "finally grow up" and it said that men grow up at 43 and women at 32, defining immaturity as things like "making the same jokes again and again, staying silence during arguments, being unable to cook simple meals and playing video games." It was apparently research conducted by Nickelodeon at some university.
So whilst I don't think you can be too old to play games, at least this moronic article seems to disagree.
So whilst I don't think you can be too old to play games, at least this moronic article seems to disagree.
I have this argument with my wife all the time - I'm 38, she's 43, and it's like we are in completely different worlds when it comes to games. She sees it as a waste of time (or as she would put it "I'd rather be doing something else if I was just going to sit there and play a game"), and I recognize it as the valid entertainment medium that it actually is. What is working your brain more - playing through any game where you have to actively make decisions and give inputs or watching House Hunters on HGTV? No contest.
You're never too old to enjoy the things you enjoy. While I don't play as often as I used to, I still enjoy playing video games as I rapidly approach 40. My father is 67 and he plays them. He's not into COD or anything like that but he enjoys various casino themed games as well as stuff usually labeled as casual. There will always be naysayers but I find playing a video game is a better use of my free time than watching TV.
allow me to laugh at that idea: ha ha ha. okay i am done laughing. Games are a new medium yes, but that doesn't mean you need to be young to use it. You don't have to be old to read books, you don't need to be middle aged to watch tv. It is a medium, open to everybody that wish to be entertained by it. I've caught my dad playing GTA V just enough times for it to start being annoying (he has done half the story missions for me)
My mother is 57 and casually plays NES games like Bomberman,spending about 3 to 10 hours a week gaming.
It's not a matter of age,it's a matter of taste.
It's not a matter of age,it's a matter of taste.
Well...technically Video Games are toys. That being said though, they're also an entertainment medium that provides more interactivity than any other, similar medium (films, TV, etc). I don't like the thought that anyone can be too old to play video games, especially when you consider how just a couple of years ago just about every news network was reporting excitedly how many old people were getting active with this newfangled Wii thing.
When I was a kid I didn't really consider adults to be game players...even though it was my Dad who bought our NES and I'm sure he used it more than I did. He doesn't play the kind of games that are considered popular but he's into hunting sims and pinball tables...wait, what would pinball tables be considered as? Pinball may not count as a video game but there are VG elements in each table...
When I was a kid I didn't really consider adults to be game players...even though it was my Dad who bought our NES and I'm sure he used it more than I did. He doesn't play the kind of games that are considered popular but he's into hunting sims and pinball tables...wait, what would pinball tables be considered as? Pinball may not count as a video game but there are VG elements in each table...
Strangely enough, this came up with the new Watchdogs "story" trailer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAbH8Z8iwk]. I couldn't help but roll my eyes as one of the most horribly cliched run of the mill action plots is rolled out even including a dead little girl as motivation. Because there aren't enough idea's to explore in the expanding scope of surveillance and coupling that with information technology, the ramifications of which are much better explored in something like person of interest.Ratty said:
This game might still be good mechanically (if they ever resolve the AC terrible controls issue) but my god did they have to go so generic?
and the truth is maybe i'm just too old for the game.
No, but it is still viewed as immature and a waste of time by some people. Then those same people watch Law & Order: SVU for four hours straight.