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Gaming is generally seen as being for the younger generation in society. Nintendo who, by and large, target their games at a younger audience, reflect this.
Just recently however my Mum asked me "Are you going to still be playing games when you’re 25?" To which I replied "Probably". This short and sweet conversation got me thinking though. Are you ever too old to play and enjoy games?
I know there are numerous ‘Older gamers’ on this site (I’m looking at you Goatboy and Meka) but they still seem to get enjoyment out of their games. So will this ever change? Well, no I don’t think it will. As long as YOU personally still have fun playing games then you’re never going to be too old. Mario and his ilk can still appeal to you when you’re 30 or over. In fact, Goatboy and Meka seemed to have proved my point for me.
Take Clive Sinclair for example. He was 43 when the ZX81 was released. HE obviously wasn’t too old. Shigeru Miyamoto’s another. He’s well over 40 and he still creates superb games... like Zelda! The developers themselves are never too old. They can’t be. If they were then I’d have a top job with Nintendo! With Grix and co doing all the technical stuff...
But CAN you be too old? Well, I think that depends on whether you are still interested in gaming when you reach a more mature age. If you’re not interested in the gaming world then you’re never going to get the same enjoyment factor out of playing games. But as well as staying interested you’ve also got to keep up with what’s happening. You can’t stay stuck forever on one console, because, eventually, it will splutter and die. No more games will be made for it and you will be left with a gameless console. You CAN’T be a throwback in the gaming world. The constant technological advancements make sure of that, so this forces you to buy a new console, which will eventually die... and this goes on.
However, if you don’t buy a new console when your old one gives up the ghost then you’re going to start to lose contact with the gaming world. This contact will then get less and less, and then one day you realise that you haven’t bought a games magazine or looked at a gaming website for over a month. But by then you can’t be bothered and you just don’t care. So you give up all together. And that’s when you’re fun-filled fling (:-)) with the gaming world peters out and is left as a thing of the past. Something for you to look back on and say "Those were the days" :-)
Then I thought of another question. If you’ve never played before can you start when you’re older?
Well, yeah you can. But you would have had to have had something to do with that gaming world before that. For example. You can’t easily get your grandparents to play a games console, can you? Why’s that? Well it’s all foreign to them. They were around when you got caned at school and there was only black and white tele. So forcing them into the future can’t be done. They either won’t except it or won’t understand it. You’ve GOT to be up to date with modern technology to be able to play games if you’re from an older generation. Otherwise it will all seem complicated and strange.
So, you see, you’re never too old to play games and enjoy them, but if you don’t enter into the spirit of gaming fully, then you’ll eventually be left behind as the world advances, changes and evolves around you as it no doubt will.
RBS
Just recently however my Mum asked me "Are you going to still be playing games when you’re 25?" To which I replied "Probably". This short and sweet conversation got me thinking though. Are you ever too old to play and enjoy games?
I know there are numerous ‘Older gamers’ on this site (I’m looking at you Goatboy and Meka) but they still seem to get enjoyment out of their games. So will this ever change? Well, no I don’t think it will. As long as YOU personally still have fun playing games then you’re never going to be too old. Mario and his ilk can still appeal to you when you’re 30 or over. In fact, Goatboy and Meka seemed to have proved my point for me.
Take Clive Sinclair for example. He was 43 when the ZX81 was released. HE obviously wasn’t too old. Shigeru Miyamoto’s another. He’s well over 40 and he still creates superb games... like Zelda! The developers themselves are never too old. They can’t be. If they were then I’d have a top job with Nintendo! With Grix and co doing all the technical stuff...
But CAN you be too old? Well, I think that depends on whether you are still interested in gaming when you reach a more mature age. If you’re not interested in the gaming world then you’re never going to get the same enjoyment factor out of playing games. But as well as staying interested you’ve also got to keep up with what’s happening. You can’t stay stuck forever on one console, because, eventually, it will splutter and die. No more games will be made for it and you will be left with a gameless console. You CAN’T be a throwback in the gaming world. The constant technological advancements make sure of that, so this forces you to buy a new console, which will eventually die... and this goes on.
However, if you don’t buy a new console when your old one gives up the ghost then you’re going to start to lose contact with the gaming world. This contact will then get less and less, and then one day you realise that you haven’t bought a games magazine or looked at a gaming website for over a month. But by then you can’t be bothered and you just don’t care. So you give up all together. And that’s when you’re fun-filled fling (:-)) with the gaming world peters out and is left as a thing of the past. Something for you to look back on and say "Those were the days" :-)
Then I thought of another question. If you’ve never played before can you start when you’re older?
Well, yeah you can. But you would have had to have had something to do with that gaming world before that. For example. You can’t easily get your grandparents to play a games console, can you? Why’s that? Well it’s all foreign to them. They were around when you got caned at school and there was only black and white tele. So forcing them into the future can’t be done. They either won’t except it or won’t understand it. You’ve GOT to be up to date with modern technology to be able to play games if you’re from an older generation. Otherwise it will all seem complicated and strange.
So, you see, you’re never too old to play games and enjoy them, but if you don’t enter into the spirit of gaming fully, then you’ll eventually be left behind as the world advances, changes and evolves around you as it no doubt will.
RBS
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Women are mature, they like to talk and shop and go outside.
Men are men. We never grow up, we just get taller and fatter.
Hence we play video-games.
Simple and so obvious.
Jesus wouldn't have been so interested in wine and water if he had a decent console.
Think about it.
Men are men. We never grow up, we just get taller and fatter.
Hence we play video-games.
Simple and so obvious.
Jesus wouldn't have been so interested in wine and water if he had a decent console.
Think about it.
I dont think the appeal of games will ever dissapear from our generation, its the now the most popular form of entertainment and the videogame industry is worth more than even Hollywood.
O.K. I will admit that as I get older my taste in games may change, perhaps The Tweenies Videogame may not have the same appeal as it did when I was four, however I'll still be playing the great games such as the latest Perfect Dark Game or Gran Turismo many years from now!
The chances are well all get arthritis (one good reason not to get streetfighter on the GameBoyAdvance, appart from the fact you may reck the directional pad!), and our reactions will slow, so maybe some of us will turn to slow paced adventure games as we age. Myself well I guess I may have to get one of those Steering Wheels to play the latest GranTurismo when my fingers pack in, and the Latest Light gun to play the new first person shooters.
The appeal of Gaming will never die, I just cant wait till someone makes a Holodeck! Then again perhaps I watched to much of the Star Trek TheNext Generation when it was on, still I can Dream :-)
O.K. I will admit that as I get older my taste in games may change, perhaps The Tweenies Videogame may not have the same appeal as it did when I was four, however I'll still be playing the great games such as the latest Perfect Dark Game or Gran Turismo many years from now!
The chances are well all get arthritis (one good reason not to get streetfighter on the GameBoyAdvance, appart from the fact you may reck the directional pad!), and our reactions will slow, so maybe some of us will turn to slow paced adventure games as we age. Myself well I guess I may have to get one of those Steering Wheels to play the latest GranTurismo when my fingers pack in, and the Latest Light gun to play the new first person shooters.
The appeal of Gaming will never die, I just cant wait till someone makes a Holodeck! Then again perhaps I watched to much of the Star Trek TheNext Generation when it was on, still I can Dream :-)
Nice post, well put RBS.
Well, add another one to that list, I'll be 30 next year too, and only the cold icy stare of my wife can stop me from playing games.
It's a natural release from the pressures of work and helps you to let off steam. After all, you can always picture your boss when beating bowser or targeting an enemy in Goldeneye. 'Ok mr Jones, that's the last time you give me extra work and cause me an hour's overtime'
You get the idea, but really it's one of the best ways to unwind and I've got plenty of friends around the same age as me who love to get together and blow each other to bits (on a game of course) or scream around a racetrack blowing rasberries at the opposition as they pass by in a cloud of dust. It's all just another form of entertainment, and excellent after a night at the pub when you're looking for something to do after coming home.
Games will never die in my house, even if they're getting harder to afford! At the moment I'm having to choose plants over games. Now, I don't know about you, but watching a rosebush is not half as exciting as watching Sonic or Solid Snake.
Well, add another one to that list, I'll be 30 next year too, and only the cold icy stare of my wife can stop me from playing games.
It's a natural release from the pressures of work and helps you to let off steam. After all, you can always picture your boss when beating bowser or targeting an enemy in Goldeneye. 'Ok mr Jones, that's the last time you give me extra work and cause me an hour's overtime'
You get the idea, but really it's one of the best ways to unwind and I've got plenty of friends around the same age as me who love to get together and blow each other to bits (on a game of course) or scream around a racetrack blowing rasberries at the opposition as they pass by in a cloud of dust. It's all just another form of entertainment, and excellent after a night at the pub when you're looking for something to do after coming home.
Games will never die in my house, even if they're getting harder to afford! At the moment I'm having to choose plants over games. Now, I don't know about you, but watching a rosebush is not half as exciting as watching Sonic or Solid Snake.
Wòókiee Møn§Ý€R wrote:
"Fancy a quickie on
> my PlayStation" is more likely to get you a slap than anything
> else...
:-D
He may be approaching 30 but Wookiee hasn't lost any of his boyish charm and he still has immaturity that wouldn't seem out of place on a 12 year old
;-)
"Fancy a quickie on
> my PlayStation" is more likely to get you a slap than anything
> else...
:-D
He may be approaching 30 but Wookiee hasn't lost any of his boyish charm and he still has immaturity that wouldn't seem out of place on a 12 year old
;-)
PieroGas wrote:
> Unfortunately I am nearing the 30 mark (afew months after Wookiee -
> the old git).
Oi!!!
Seriously though... I will be 30 on 30th July, and I certainly don't plan to stop playing games any time soon. I mean, look at what I'd miss out on... GT3, Onimusha, Extermination, RE:CV, DMC, RLH, MGS2, Dropship, The Getaway, possibly owning a GameCube, seeing X-Box fail... ;-p
Anyway, why should I stop? Is it immature? Not in my book. I have friends, work colleagues and relatives from 22 to over 30, and they're all into games, so I certainly don't feel out of place! If only women in general felt the same... "Fancy a quickie on my PlayStation" is more likely to get you a slap than anything else...
> Unfortunately I am nearing the 30 mark (afew months after Wookiee -
> the old git).
Oi!!!
Seriously though... I will be 30 on 30th July, and I certainly don't plan to stop playing games any time soon. I mean, look at what I'd miss out on... GT3, Onimusha, Extermination, RE:CV, DMC, RLH, MGS2, Dropship, The Getaway, possibly owning a GameCube, seeing X-Box fail... ;-p
Anyway, why should I stop? Is it immature? Not in my book. I have friends, work colleagues and relatives from 22 to over 30, and they're all into games, so I certainly don't feel out of place! If only women in general felt the same... "Fancy a quickie on my PlayStation" is more likely to get you a slap than anything else...
Laughing my a** off
:-)
:-)
LMAO at PieroGas' post!
Krillan wrote:
And in reply, I must say that you
> can never be to old to play games.
I am coming up to 20 and I
> still love playing games,
20 is not old (see my previous post)
although I must admit, I don't have as
> much time to play then as I used, what with work and college.
You wait - things will get much, much worse (again, see my previous post)
And in reply, I must say that you
> can never be to old to play games.
I am coming up to 20 and I
> still love playing games,
20 is not old (see my previous post)
although I must admit, I don't have as
> much time to play then as I used, what with work and college.
You wait - things will get much, much worse (again, see my previous post)
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