I’m 45.
Dad got me started on his Intellivision (early-80’s), got my own Atari 2600, first computers C64 and Tandy 1000, then a Nintendo-everything guy until now having a Playstation, Xbox and Switch for as many rooms of the house.
These days Rocket League is the best to play during remote audio meetings, 'cause you don’t need sound and it’s 5-10mins a game, but COD, GoW, Zelda.* and Mario.* would still get a thrashing when the girlfriend’s at work.
“Can’t stop won’t stop” --Swift, T.
You can have my game controller when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. And I’m not alone. We are many. We are legion.
You’ve heard of dementia villages that mimic old city neighborhoods? Gen-X is gonna need that to look like a mall. A video arcade would make sure over half of them never try to leave1. We’re not done gaming, not by a longshot.
1 - The rest are going to tend to cluster up in the food court or Tower Records.
30… That’s funny. I’m 50+ and clap asses hard in Tarkov PvP.
I’ll be 30 this year and see no reason to stop, nor do most of my friends around my age. Most people stopping around my age do so because they have kids and therefore barely any time or energy.
So, how many more generations before people finally escape Nintendo’s crafted stereotype that games are for young boys? Never? Fantastic. I’ll try not to think about how I’ll magically be too old for games in 7 months.
I’ve been playing video games since they existed and I’m in my 50s. There are plenty of people older than me who can say the same.
I had a friend online who was a gamer grandma until she passed. She was the sweetest person and such fun to play with, may she rest in peace.
The reason kids have the games they have is because we were playing games in the 80s on Atari 800s that you had to type into basic from Compute magazine
