I didn't think they were ever just for kids; though I guess that hasn't stopped some people from seeing them that way.

The day I give up games is the day I give up my arms and lgs.

You're completely correct. There were advlt games even on the Atari 2600. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to name it, but I think everyone here knows which one I'm talking about.

What age will I stop gaming? Never. As long as I have access to games, I will play.

Not until the day after I die. I may slack off a bit soon though as to what games I purchase, as I just don't have that much time any more.

Games in general? Never. Games like Skyrim? Never. Skyrim? January, 2012.

Maybe I'll like it better in a couple of months.

Same as some older people not understanding how to work computers, either they don't care to learn or they don't see point.

the day i do blind or lose the use of my appendages that allow me to control my characters

I've always thought the concept of "out-growing" video games to be silly and ignorant at best and out-right insulting at worst. It's like thinking someone will out-grow television. We only think that because most older advlts and the elderly don't play video games, so clearly it's something exclusively for younger people, but that's not how it works. They typically don't play video games because they didn't have them growing up and never got involved with them. Most of us are young enough to have had them growing up. I was raised with video games, and I don't plan to ever stop playing them. Why would I stop my favorite hobby just because I reach a certain age?

I see the point you are making in the first sentence, but isn't the outcry of the media/moral guardian crowd due to its belief that such games aren't for kids at all?


I see. So older people don't understand today's games because they are computer illiterate and don't feel like educating themselves. Maybe. Maybe not.

Yes and no. The whole outcry is due to that, sure, but they always ignore the fact that the game was intended for advlts in the first place. The result: "SAVE TEH CHILDRENZ!!!!!" segments on Fox News

Some. Sweet jesus you're a feisty one.

When I am 98 years 4 months, 27 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes, and 52 seconds old. That is when I will die, I just have a feeling.

I still think that the assumption about the number of "older" people who neither understand nor play video games is a misconception, as much as video games being a new pastime that didn't exist before the last decade or two. Part of this misconception is probably because many people in their 30s, 40s and above don't spend a lot of time online, I guess partly because they're too busy, and in some cases because they never got into the habit prior to domestic internet access becoming available in the '90s (I know that's the case with many of my contemporaries) but I think the assumption that older people don't play video games and don't understand them because there weren't games in their day (or central heating, plumbing or indoor toilets) is as inaccurate as the assumption that "video games are for kids".

I do my best. Guess I just missed that word in your initial post.

Edit: I understand the point that Styx made and Sadist King reiterated. Thanks.

It says 18+ or M on the box. It shouldn't be that hard for parents to realize that those kinds of games aren't appropriate for ten year olds. And if it's the kids that buy the games, all the parents have to do is to go down to wherever their kids go to buy games and tell the staff not to sell games marked as 18+ or M to their kids. If parents weren't lazy and kids not so cunning, there wouldn't be any problem with games whatsoever in those regards.

Who do you think invented computers or made the first games? Ummm...let me think about this for a bit.

There are periods in my life i didn't play and had more fun outside (party hardy) but the last 15 years i game hard (core) and party hardly i'm 42

My answer is

When I'm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGpLHMBtDc, they'll have to pry the keyboard from my cold dead lifeless hand.

I don't see myself ever finding games too childish to play... but there may be certain genres I grow tired of over time.

I'll also likely stop playing online games (paricularly FPS games) once I reach an age where my reactions are slowing and I can no longer dominate servers.

When real life is like Skyrim. Then I'll be too busy becoming powerful so I can kill the mighty dragons.

When I'll go living together with my girlfriend I will probably be too busy to play games, so that will probably be the moment.

considering i still play morrowind and oblivion, i dunno, who cares?

There's quite a few members on this forum that are more... "advanced" in years than others. And they're still playing Elder Scrolls games.

I don't think it's going to be the sort of thing where it's a done deal that at some point in your life you're going to stop playing games altogether. Even in my own life - married, with a baby, and trying to jump-start a career from home - I don't have anything near to the free time I used to have for videogames.

But I still get an hour in here or there.

It's just a hobby, after all. It kind of takes the place of some of my sitting around watching television time. And no matter how busy your life gets, it's always going to be important to have an engaging past-time that allows you to relax and decompress regularly. No reason that video games can't fit that bill perfectly well.

So it takes me a lot longer to finish a game. Skyrim isn't something I plan on "finishing" any time this year, for example. I hear about people on here already on their sixth playthrough and such, and I do fondly remember the days where that was even a possibility for me. And I have a new-found appreciation for videogames that allow me to pause the game at any time (especially during cut-scenes - I'm looking at you Mass Effect...)

But it's not a hobby I plan on leaving any time in the foreseeable future.

Same with me. I played my first videogame when I was 47.