killatopak
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I still need to school my grandkids.
Let me say this, what made binging Netfilx series all night long more "mature" than playing game all night? There are zero engagement watching tv but when gaming you are engaged.
I started playing video games when I first went over to my "rich" friends house and he had an Atari computer system. He would load up these video games from a floppy disc(88k storage capacity) and I thought it was magic.
Growing up, I would always here adults saying I would grow out of video games, and for a time, I actually wondered when I would stop playing video games and become an "adult". Hahaha, times have indeed changed.
The newer generation will be born into video games and will know video games as a way of life and not just a childish hobby. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing yet.
This is for real. I am an old timer in my mid 30's and there are times where I have more space for games. But it is never something that leaves my life because it has been such an integral part of my personhood. I feel like the longer you play the more you develop your personal taste. That personal taste can really broaden the context of the contemporary games. I love seeing games now that are being made by people who played games since they were little. All the hidden gems or artists nodding at other games with level design, item placement, lighting. It is incredible and I love that.I've been playing since my mom got me the NES with Mario and duck hunt. I am almost 40 and don't see myself stopping anytime soon. It's a hobby and stress relief. My father is 63 and has hundreds of hours into gta5 online under his belt. Guess it runs in the family
No, but I mentally stopped aging at like 14. I'm 50 next year and still get hyped for new consoles and gaming reveals.
I have less time to play them, so definitely more fussy and less forgiving of games which don't value my time, but give me a great game and I'll sit there like a kid playing it nonstop.
That is disturbing tbh, but thankfully thats nothing to do with games that problem is caused by instilling entitlement and the removal of delayed gratification. Babies that young think the world is made to serve them, so if you put the colours and movement right in front of them and then there is an infinite supply with no delay between events then you will create this problem in the baby.
If anything games make you work for the gratification (Or they should anyway imo) so this problem won't arise. Although if they've already grown up like in the way you describe they won't have the patience for even playing games. I think in the near future of games accessibility options like "skip level" or "infinite health" will become standard in all games to facilitate this new impatient/entitled generation.
What a future! Woo-hoo!
The newer generation will be born into video games and will know video games as a way of life and not just a childish hobby. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing yet.
You're right.Fuck that. Ride or die.
The newer generation will be born into video games and will know video games as a way of life and not just a childish hobby. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing yet.
I'm 46 and my gaming has gradually decreased to only 2-3 games a year. Not through lack of interest (I lurk on here so clearly still love the hobby), it's just the amount of other more important things in my life has increased - wife, kids, parents getting older etc. So, the love is still there... the time, not so much.
Holy shit, this is f'ing amazing.I still need to school my grandkids.
I went from playing games probably 2-3 hours a day, to watching Netflix at least 3-4 hours a day. There's something addictive about netflix, and binge watching overrated TV shows.
Hearing about so many "must-see" TV shows gets exhausting. And so few shows have satisfying payoffs. I rarely get into new series now. They are mostly slogs, even the fairly good ones. Just don't have the attention span or patience to watch 100+ 1 hour long episodes.I’d be fine with books, music, and video games into my old age, especially as games become more like sports. I’ve mostly phased out movies and TV. It doesn’t feel like a good time investment.
I imagine he is invested in his hobby. Imagine being invested in your hobby just to have someone act like you don’t really belong.I'm 30 and I spoke to a fella who was 52 who plays games and when he told me still plays games I laughed and he got MAAAAAAAD. I just didn't think family men still bothered especially 50+ but it is what it is. I play Apex on my PS4 and most of the average player base range from like 10-18. I've played with people older than me like twice.