Gamers over 30?

[Icecoldcynic]

Most of the people who frequent my favourite CS server are over 30, and many who play MMORPGS are too.

 

[Low Key]

Nope, I'm not 30 yet. Only a half a decade away though.

 

[Bitter_one13]

i don't know why 30+ people even game.

there are so much greater things to do. i'm 16 and in Holland that means NO DRIVING!(we are allowed to drink though)

but not being allowed to go long distances without involving my mom or the train,really bothersome.

Uh, because gaming is a lot of fun? What, I can drive, so suddenly I should stop enjoying games? That makes no sense.

Because video games are toys, and adults shouldn't play with toys. At least, that's a view I seem to sense with many people.

Oh, yeah, I get that a lot, but I stopped caring a while ago. I work very hard at my job, which means I get to spend my free time as I see fit. If that means I want to play with toys, that's my business. (Not that I consider games toys, of course, but you get my drift.)

I don't consider them toys either, but I've gotten the general impression that they're held in the same regard as conventions: an affair for NYEEERRRRRDS, not well-developed, social people. Granted, I've seen some twits at conventions, but I've seen so many more twits at a college and military level.

-Addendum- Also, you're clearly a grown adult, so I would pray that the years have given you the capability of knowing how to not give a shit. Many people under 16, or even 25, have yet to acquire that ability.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

i don't know why 30+ people even game.

there are so much greater things to do.

When you grow up you'll realise that adults like to have fun too.

I'm 29 and game most days. I hope I'm still doing it when I'm 80.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

33.

Been gaming since hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy text based adventure. I game because i can, it's fun and it's something for me.

I'll play anything but the story is king for me, (unless it's a quiz game, i love sceneit) Fable can suck balls with it's generic kack, but i loved bioshock, second sight, and i did even enjoy huge portions of Mass Effect.

Looking forward to Screed 2.

 

[Punisher A.J.]

Who do you think makes the games? 10-year olds......although I would not be surprised.

 

[Bitter_one13]

Who do you think makes the games? 10-year olds......although I would not be surprised.

Ten year olds make games? ZUH?!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I'm 26 and have been at it since I was about 4-5 so I can't see me not gaming. My dad got me into gaming with his Amiga 500+ and he still plays games and he is 50ish and has been playing since Pong, which I believe was in the 70's.

 

[Worgen]

Im 28 right now but I sure as hell dont plan on giving up my favorite activity when Im 30

My first game system was the original nintendo, got it the first xmas it came out, been gaming ever since

 

[rokkolpo]

i don't know why 30+ people even game.

there are so much greater things to do.

When you grow up you'll realise that adults like to have fun too.

I'm 29 and game most days. I hope I'm still doing it when I'm 80.

i know. but i'd try fun in a different place other then my living room for hours.

that is when i have transportation.(neccesity)

 

[Jenova65]

i don't know why 30+ people even game.

there are so much greater things to do. i'm 16 and in Holland that means NO DRIVING!(we are allowed to drink though)

but not being allowed to go long distances without involving my mom or the train,really bothersome.

Uh, because gaming is a lot of fun? What, I can drive, so suddenly I should stop enjoying games? That makes no sense.

Because video games are toys, and adults shouldn't play with toys. At least, that's a view I seem to sense with many people.

What??????? Toys come in many shapes and forms and adults should be made to play!

 

[Eleuthera]

32 next Monday, I play mostly RPG or turn based strategy games (Civ etc.)

As to why I (still) game? It's fun, it's better entertainment than television, and it takes no more time than I want to spend on in (as opposed to "going somewhere" every night)

 

[Worgen]

i don't know why 30+ people even game.

there are so much greater things to do. i'm 16 and in Holland that means NO DRIVING!(we are allowed to drink though)

but not being allowed to go long distances without involving my mom or the train,really bothersome.

Uh, because gaming is a lot of fun? What, I can drive, so suddenly I should stop enjoying games? That makes no sense.

Because video games are toys, and adults shouldn't play with toys. At least, that's a view I seem to sense with many people.

wow your either really young or live in a really weird country, life is for fun, and toys are always fun.

 

[geldonyetich]

Who do you think makes the games? 10-year olds......although I would not be surprised.

Ten year olds make games? ZUH?!

Ten-year-olds-at-heart, perhaps. That would explain why they're so derivative.

Well, no, having experimented with it myself, the reason why they're so derivative is that coming up with new game concepts that work is hard. Even getting game concepts that work replicated correctly is no walk in the park - in 9/10 clones, my real complaint is probably that they didn't understand what was good about what they were cloning.

 

[Punisher A.J.]

Who do you think makes the games? 10-year olds......although I would not be surprised.

Ten year olds make games? ZUH?!

yes they do in fact... hide and seek, tag, and pick on the fat kid, to name a few.... they may not know the technology but might get a job as a story writer.... or art, or graphics, or dialoge........ or CEO of Nintendo. Doesn't take a scientist to order people to remake a game for the 50th time.

 

[lvl9000_woot]

-snip-
Oh, yeah, I get that a lot, but I stopped caring a while ago. I work very hard at my job, which means I get to spend my free time as I see fit. If that means I want to play with toys, that's my business. (Not that I consider games toys, of course, but you get my drift.)

This.

I'm 23 and some people still give me crap for playing them.

 

[Jared]

Im only 22 myself, but my brother who is 31 one still plays avidly on anything he can get a hold off.

Right now I know he is pinning for Bayonetta, lol

 

[Woodsey]

.Why would you care? Your 36, man.

She's also a woman.

 

[Xaryn Mar]

32 here and yes it is the RPG's that have the most attraction. As well as a few lighter simulators (Railroad Tycoon II, B17: Flying Fortress, Silent Hunter II, TIE Fighter, Tachyon and Crimson Skies).

I haven't got around to get DA:O yet, but it is on my list.

 

[Bitter_one13]

i don't know why 30+ people even game.

there are so much greater things to do. i'm 16 and in Holland that means NO DRIVING!(we are allowed to drink though)

but not being allowed to go long distances without involving my mom or the train,really bothersome.

Uh, because gaming is a lot of fun? What, I can drive, so suddenly I should stop enjoying games? That makes no sense.

Because video games are toys, and adults shouldn't play with toys. At least, that's a view I seem to sense with many people.

What??????? Toys come in many shapes and forms and adults should be made to play!

*Activating 15 year old school girl mode. Exercise caution!* omg my lozer bother plays that hes so dumb lol. why cant he get a life or a gf
*Deactivating*

There you go. Right there. Any and all introverted tasks are essentially viewed as being necessary for people with lack of social skills, a weakness in the gestalt's eyes. It's been evolutionary ingrained into our psyches to ostracize parties who jeopardize our group's future, either through their incapability or threat to a working status quo.