When I'm Sixty-Four... would I still be a gamer?

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Bassman_2

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Where do you see yourself in old age, or not-as-old-as-64 age? Would you still be gaming?
Would you still have your gaming system now, the way some may keep their N64 or their Pong? Doing the garden, digging the weed?

I actually can't imagine me playing video games while my wrinkled hands carry a controller or move a mouse. Sure I'd play with others, but I probably wouldn't be playing as much as I do now.
 

zenoaugustus

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I like the Beatles reference.

OT: I think I might still be playing when I'm 64. I always have been a little bit of a child at heart.
 

orangeapples

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NINTENDO SIXTY-FOUR!!!!!

meh, I'm already a casual gamer, so I'd imagine I'd stay the same in my old age.
 

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Scenario A) I'll be dead.

Scenario B) Arthritis will spread through all my joints, royally fucking up my ability to play, due to my tendency to crack them all constantly

Scenario C) I'd persevere through either (or both) of the above scenarios and play regardless.
 

Kaboose the Moose

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I think the time one dedicates to gaming will decrease with age, job, responsibility, family, etc..etc..

I don't know how long I'll be keeping my gaming gear up, probably for the next three years till I hit 25. Then stop or reduce dramatically. The appeal of games will only last for so long. I don't even know about gaming at 64.
 

pixie veins

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Of course I'll still be playing. I mean, what else is there to do at 64?
Besides knitting some sweaters by the fireside.
 

dreadedcandiru99

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Yeah, why not? I've been playing games for roughly twenty-six years already, and it's worked out fine so far. And who says I'll need to wrap my shaky, arthritic hands around a controller? Surely by the time I'm sixty-four, technology will have advanced to the point where you can have the game beamed into your head or something.
 

sokka14

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uhhh, no.
i'm already getting bored of games. the current console generation has done nothing for me.
so either i'll be dead, or trying to force myself on my grandchildren (not in a sexual way, obviously)
 

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pixie veins said:
Of course I'll still be playing. I mean, what else is there to do at 64?
Besides knitting some sweaters by the fireside.
Berating the younger generation they've never had it so good with their PS14's, Wii Mk 9 and X-Box 5560?

OT: Probably. And I probably get asked for ID as well as I expect to remain the way I look now.
 

dududf

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If my hands are functioning, and I can see and hear correctly and am still living, then yeah sure.
 

Omega500

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I wouldnt be a gamer at 64 as i hope to be a hollodeck addict by then or even 46
 

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Aby_Z said:
Scenario B) Arthritis will spread through all my joints, royally fucking up my ability to play, due to my tendency to crack them all constantly
Don't worry about this too much; it's a 'correlation does not equal causation' thing. Turns out people who suffer from joint pain tend to crack their joints more often as an attempt to alleviate the discomfort. Doesn't mean you won't get arthritis, but cracking your joints probably won't CAUSE arthritis.

OT: Unless I get really, really jaded, I'll probably still enjoy an occasional FPS or RPG in my gray years. Doubly so if VR becomes mainstream. Triply so if Yahtzee's foretold 'force-feedback codpiece' is ever realized. :p

Actually, if my career shapes up the way it's been shaping up so far, I might not have time to play games again until I'm retired anyway.
 

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Aby_Z said:
Scenario A) I'll be dead.

Scenario B) Arthritis will spread through all my joints, royally fucking up my ability to play, due to my tendency to crack them all constantly

Scenario C) I'd persevere through either (or both) of the above scenarios and play regardless.
Playing games works out those fine manipulation muscles most old people don't excerise...
It just makes you more backstabbing and evil in multiplayers games.
 

Bassman_2

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pixie veins said:
Of course I'll still be playing. I mean, what else is there to do at 64?
Besides knitting some sweaters by the fireside.
Or waking up Sunday mornings to drive around in this:
 

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I doubt I will be. I recently saw a 40 year old bald dude playing halo online by himself and felt kind of sad for him.

I love games, but I find them to be far less captivating then they used to be and expect that this trend will continue. Besides, typically I only play games when I am out of books to read.
 

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Oh ya.

By then:

Rock Band 50 will be out with over 1,000,000 songs on disk including DLC.
I will be playing on my Play Station 7 or 8.
Technology Will Be Awsome

and

I will be sixty-four.
 

Slayer_2

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Why not? Most old people probably don't play games because when they were kids, it wasn't a common thing to do. However, when I'm old seems like the best time to game it up: life is probably pretty shitty (compared to what I have now) and you most likely aren't up for a game of football or soccer.
 

Space Spoons

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If the ol' arthritis doesn't get too bad, I might just put on the Synth-Helmet and boot up my Nintendo Virtual Entertainment System for a few rounds of Super Street Fighter VII: Turbo Champion Grand Master Challenge.
 

irtaco

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Yeah I'd still be playing. Wouldn't be online, but i'd be playing Playstation 7 or whatever's out.