28 years here, no kids and no girlfriend, apart from occasionals. And intending to play Skyrim to the death.

Ahh, life is good...

Just wait until the Christmas holidays to play it properly -- you'll be able to appreciate it more then with fewer burdens. I mean you'll at least have university out of the way for a few weeks if you keep on track with assignments.

I too am in my early 30s. Life does get in the way of things, but games are no different to any other form of entertainment. We watch movies, read a book, just hang out and throw the ball for the hog and so on. It is what you priority that changes what you do.

Just sanction a solid 4-5 hour spread once a week for yourself, you time. As for detatching, yeah we grow and our interests change. This is not a bad thing just because we like different things. As a youngling i enjoyed flight type games, now they bore me, but i have found other things that fill that niche.

Dude I'm 44 with 3 kids, 2 ex wives, a gf, and two businesses. I work out and live by myself so I have to cook my own 6 meals a day (it's a bodybuilding thing) and cook for the kids, do all the laundry and cleaning. I will be playing Skyrim 3-5 hours every night. It's all about prioritizing and optimizing your time.

You might read the 4 hour work week by Tim Ferris. I used to be frazzled working 16 hours a day and weekends, out of shape and getting yelled at somewhere by somebody for something and often yelling back. Now life is smooth. I invested my time and money into creating passive income and now I only work about 5 hours a day when things are running smooth and often get both days off on the weekend. When things get a little out of control I'm working a weekend or going in at night for a bit to get that 8 hour day in here and there. But I'm always looking at ways to optimize things so I'm getting more time to do the things I want to do. I pick my kids up from school and take them to their activities, have sit down meals with them, and I'm slowly building the life of my dreams that is under my control.

It all started about 4 years ago after 20 years of being stupid. And I'm a smart guy, but it's easy to get caught up doing stupid things because you think your going somewhere, or it feels safe, or it's simply what you are used to. But the reality is you need to set goals and make them happen. The reason you can't have any fun is because your too stressed out, and out of control working that job and going to school. You can't really let loose and get your head inside the game because you can't let go of reality. It's not that your too old, your life is full of a lot of crap now, but when you were 15 the only goal was to have fun. Now your goals are to go to school, raise your kids, go to college, and hit that obligatory poker game for some reason, or watch that boring old movie because it's safe or reminds you of a time when you were young and felt better about stuff.

Good luck, and I sincerely hope this sheds some light on things for you so you can enjoy game time again.

A 'new' Elder Scrolls game only comes out once every few years, so this November is a huge moment for us. Simply devote as much time as you can and everything will be okay.

I love gaming as much as I can, and always will. It recaptures the feelings of childhood when life was without concern and there was no conception of time.
To give it up would admit that the world around me has squashed me to death. May that never happen!

It is also a great form of relaxation- it allows me to forget about the mundane considerations of this materialistic world and just 'kick back.'

21, college, girl friend, hall director of dorm....

GLAD I HAVE NO KIDS!!

Rly? Why no children at age 33?

Having children by some specific age, if at all, is not an obligation.

Age is a number. Old is a state of mind.


Sounds to me like you're more worried that you've lost your sense of wonderment. I dont think it matters whether you get it from rpgs, scifi, science, or your babies first words. Just hold on to that wonderment with both hands and never let go. Otherwise, you wont be much use to anyone including yourself. Losing a sense of awe and inspiration isnt "grown up", its growing cold.

I think he's a dude so I'd say he's fine.

The person who wrote that would be fine if they were a "she" also.

I dunno if it's sixism, but there's the biological clock and all.

Which makes 40+ women all the more attractive.

:whistling:

Women give birth in their 50's and 60's nowadays. A woman has plenty of time to have children at age 33. My own mother had me when she was 35. And that was decades ago.





I agree. Give me a woman with experience and wisdom any day. :hubbahubba:

Maybe they don't want kids or can't have kids or just want to wait, I say they are smart actually. I had my kids at a really young age. I love them but there are times I wish i waited til I was older.

I know that my mother had a child when she was around 48. However, they decided to do In vitro fertilisation. The reason for this was that there is a higher instance of birth defects the older you get (the egg cells get old). At 48, they were telling her that it was approximately a 1 in 8 chance to have some birth defect. She was unwilling to take this risk, but wanted to have a child anyway.

Edit: Why am I telling people this in a Skyrim thread? hmy:

Not impossible, but may be a little difficult... And I can't say I have been seeing this trend.

This thread got sort of derailed...

I didn't agree with that article to be honest. Cracked has some lame articles and that is one of them. I don't think someone whom wants in depth games is someone who is to old for games. It's like a book an interactive book is it really that bad to ask for an in depth and clear interactive novel? Why do you have to be old just to want something with more depth?

I also disagree with the article because I like games like TES for 300hrs. I read in the article how they want to beat a game after they get home from work, that several hours of fun is better than a tedious amount of hours. Where as I disagree. Maybe because I am not into instant gratification. I rather a game of 300hrs to keep coming back to it. Not I need to buy a game every few weeks because I beat a 5hr game already.

I do not think any of the points they made, makes you to old for video games. I think it's just instant gratification crowd versus non instant gratification crowd.

Sounds like your girlfriend still needs some training.

Nobody is too old to play games really.it's a form of entertainment,and an escape from reality sometimes.

Some advice: Women are like aliens,you might love them,but you'll never understand them. Just because they walk upright and talk to us from time to time ,doen't make them the same as us. :biggrin:

Anyway i've said enough,i shall end this before my wife walks in.

My wife does not appreciate video games, and this is resolved by her not needing to be there when I play them, or playing them on my weekend if she is at work. You can no more get too old to play video games than you can be too old to enjoy golf or whatever else you like. I will always play video games, come children or whatever, but I just tone it down. No longer am I picking up everything that gets a little attention - I have Skyrim, other than that, this year is all pick it up when it becomes cheaper.

I feel you brother. 26 here. My baby boy just recently turned 1 and he's running more than he's walking. The life of luxury is gone in a sense only because- There is NEVER time enough.


Those 3 hours. Take them for all their worth. We all need something to take us away from the stress of everyday life.

Oh and yes- I'd fight a dragon anyday than handle the stress of parenthood.
But all the same, if you can properly separate yourself from you current life
Long enough to put yourself "INTO" Skyrim, you'll enjoy it all the more.

My three hours comes at night, when everyone (including the wife) is sound asleep.
That's my time.

over populating the world is not an obligation...
I'm 25 and time is such a bastard thing if only I could find away around sleeping.

Did anyone actually read the article he posted? Watching people 'fall over themselves in order to miss the point and then type replies which no-one reads any way' is the the curse of the internet it seems. The link certainly mirrors the way I feel about modern games (excluding point #4, longer is better). Is it just me getting older though or is it a bit of both?