Most of our wives secretly believe we'll grow out of our video gaming "phase." I say we let them continue thinking that and we bury this thread deep.

Lol,lol well thx for the post guys I would not have minded being the oldest...hope i can still work xbox when i retirer. cos i dont fancy gardening...

48 IRL, but about 23 when I am sneaking through dungeons.

59 here.

Heh, I remember when Pong was considering amazing.

Actually, in our family I'm the guy who gets everyone else's computers working.

When they finally consign me to a nursing home (that evil day better be long in the future) it better have broad band or forget it.

No you even beat me at my 46yrs :foodndrink:

This thread makes me feel so young! 37 :thumbsup:

There's so much leather in this game. :cryvaultboy:

18 years young here. First year engineering; absoluely cannot wait to see what games will be like when I'm 59 years old

The Older Scrolls!!!

I'm 24. Been a gamer since I was 6 and I plan to keep being it for the rest of my life (if my health allows me, of course). So, doesn't surprise me to see people who are 40, 50 or even 60 playing. A passion is something that never goes away.

Now I feel young all the sudden :tongue: I'm 37 and hopefully 37 also mentally (not according to my girlfriend though). Playing Skyrim is not more age- restricted then for example reading a book or watching TV. In fact I think it will probably prolong your life. Just like any hobby.

One of my favorite quotes "Time you enjoy wasting is never time wasted".

I'm 40 so ya got me beat.

But I assure you I'll be playing whatever TES is out 20 years from now!!

Let's see, there is my mom, she is in her upper 60's, then there is my dad who is in his early 70's.

Me, I am a young 48 years old.

Jesus guys! I'm only 22, and i consider myself old playing video games? Tell me (the graybeards above me), am i too old to play video games? If you're not, then i certainly am not

Indeed. Gamer til death here.

57, almost 58. I got hooked on gaming back in the mainframe days. I was employed at a research lab that had the original adventure game. It was called, ironically, "Adventure". I imagine it was the predecessor to the famous “Zork” text-based games on the PC. It was memorable and in many ways, the text-based equivalent of TES. "You are standing in a cave. Waterfalls cascade from the northern slope into a dark abyss below. To the east..." Your interface was simply commands like "take" or "go east". Of course there was no wiki or game guide and I can remember spending all of my lunch hours and even after work trying to solve the many puzzles.

Later, kids came along and the first Nintendo. My son, who is now 28, recently confessed to me that he and his brother used to sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and watch me (from behind the couch) play Mario Brothers and Teenage Mutant Turtles. I just had to beat those games!!

So PC and console-based games have been with me for quite some time. To be honest, I prefer the console these days. Simple, just pop in a disk, lean back in the recliner, and play on the big screen in my man-cave. I love the challenges of the “die many deaths” games like Dark Souls but TES takes me back to my roots.

Possible you will.

You have no reason to stop, only to manage your time. You'll like what you like throughout your life.

My mother bought Pong when it first came out and my son and I played it a lot. She's not here anymore but I can see her playing Skyrim; she would have kicked butt.

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I'm in my mid-forties and will not stop gaming. I started gaming with Magnavox Oddessy 2, but didn't really get into gaming until my mid-twenties with the Genesis/Snes, and started PC gaming in my mid-thirties! So yeah, most people are suprised to find out that the average age of gamers are thirty on up! Seeing that we all know gaming is also a way of life for many of us, gaming into one's golden years is an inevitablility we all welcome.

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You guys are some old bastards.

Dayum... i'm only 14 :blink:

A chap aged 70 just posted on the help forum, and I don't know if ol' Dreadful McDude is still hanging around but he's in his 80s, if I recall.

As for me, I'm a young whippersnapper at a mere 43...

Interesting topic. I'm 50 years old and started playing PC games around 1994, just when Arena first hit the market. I was 33 at the time and have been gaming ever since.

It's perfectly understandable to see gamers today in their 40's and 50's, because they would probably have been in their 20's or 30's when gaming first took off properly into the mainstream. It is somewhat more unusual to see gamers beyond their 60's though, because there is a tendency within society that once you reach a certain age, you are less likely to be attracted to new technologies that generally appeal to the younger generations - but it is great to see, nevertheless! :thumbsup:


Stannie

The other day I did read of a guy on these forums who claims to be 85. I even knew his name.... for a while, it's gone now age.

47 years old for me.

15 , anyone has to say something ?