I'm 27 and I see no logical reason why I would ever stop playing videogames, just like I couldn't see a reason why I would stop enjoying movies/music/books. I like cracked, but John Cheese writes alot of articles where he thinks his feelings about something represents everyone.

37 here, gf, we don't believe in marriage, no kids, we don't plan to have one anytime soon, full time job. 6 hours of sleep is enough for me, so I have enough spare time to play. And no, I won't ever feel too old to play. I'm a free man and I always do what I please regardless of what people think of my way of life, which is basically work / gf / play / fitness / travel around the world, and I enjoy every little aspect of those. I feel sorry for people who feel too old to play and got bored like the guy in that article, they are not too old, they have simply lost the capability to enter that mental attitude called suspension of disbelief, which should be completely age independent. Those are people who fear they're going to lose grasp on reality and unconsciously refuse anything related to fiction, to persuade themselves they are mature. Thing is, you're mature when you are able to always separate reality from fiction and switch easily from one state to anoher, not when you refuse fiction to get in your real life.

Age in itself shouldn't prevent you from playing, ever.

I'm 40 and married with a child, and work a 37 hour week, and still have time for video games. I love them!

Age is just a freaking man-made number.

My grandparents play video games man... You're never too old! I work full-time which requires a lot of writing and proof reading on my part, make short-films when I get the chance and write a [censored] load of scripts. Yet I still intend to play Skyrim to the death.

the real question is this... if your dead inside... how do you turn that around?

If you have time to post in the forums, surely you have time to play the game. Whether you enjoy the game or not is beyond me, but if you like TES I don't really see why you wouldn't.

Passion does not live and die, it only increases and decreases depending on the situation. So how does he turn it around ? He doesn't, he waits until he finds something that re-kindles his passion for gaming.

It doesn't have to be a game BTW, it can be a inspirational video, a song, or even a unexpected period of free time allowing the OP to dive back into the deepest debts of gaming.

It must svck though to have a low period for gaming passion this close to the release of Skyrim, hopefully his passion will rise again sometimes in the next two months.

lol never is old to play video game i play :tes: games said that to your girlfriend!!!

Must be your particular state of mind. I'm 28 with a job that svcks up a HUGE amount of my time. I'm not married, but I do have a live-in girlfriend and thus may as well be. I don't have a ton of time to game, but I thoroughly enjoy it when I do. Music moves me easily, and games still allow me to substitute this current reality for a different one for a short time.

I believe it's all in how you approach it.

67, married raised two kids, still here. It has to slow down some while you raise the kids, if you want to raise them properly. Of course you could addict them to TES too, but then you will have less time than ever to play it--just try getting the controller or mouse away from your little darling.

No huge time commitment is required . . . you can just sit down and play for an hour (or even less) at a time.
And, for me, playing an interactive game is much more enjoyable than mindlessly sitting in front of a TV.

When Morrowind was first released I was going through a very tough time in my life, and I was physically very limited, so I was unable to even sit at my PC for very long. It took me two years to complete MW's main quest, but I still loved that game.

Playing these games is the easy part . . . modding these games eats up WAY more of my time.

And I'm way older than 26. Age isn't really an issue (although I do feel like Skyrim is being targeted at a younger age group than any previous TES game).

I just turned 30 on the 7th. I have 4 kids, a wife, getting ready to start college and have a part time job. I'm still finding time to play this, as I do with any other game. You're never too old to be a gamer, noob!

Amen, one thing leads to another and it's like digging a hole that's just gets deeper and deeper, and you get such s strong urge to want to finish this seemingly unending task.

Like others have said though, thread title's a huge misnomer. If anything I imagine I'd like to game/mod :teehee: more than ever when I'm old, retired and lonely :tongue:

Well, if OP is 26, he most certainly has a 21 years old daughter who can take care of herself. Do i have to remind you it's harder to make ends meet at 26, than it is at 58? :toughninja:

I have a full time job during the week and spend my weekends doing things with my girlfriend. I sometimes play for a couple of hours after work to unwind sometimes I don't play games at all it depends how I feel. That said I don't have kids and my girlfriend and I don't currently live together as we are living with our parents still as we save up money to start buying a house.

I can find time to do some gaming if I really want to and if real life commitments get in the way every now and then that's just something I won't lose sleep over.

23 here, one kid, 4 years old. as cheeky as the next 4 year old. job is 24 hour call out. ill get by

^This^
Also how can a person be too old for Skyrim(or any game for that matter), who sets the age limits?, at 51 years old I certainly do not feel too old.

Well, tbh, 4-5 years ago i'd say 51 years is a little old when it came to gaming, but then i actually realized how gamers are, and i actually preffer 50 year old team-mates! :hubbahubba:

I just think you're smart.... No offense to married people with children.

I got a girlfriend who is currently losing to her Nintendo Wii. Mario is really giving it too her. I kind of :spotted owl: wish i was alone at times.

lifes tooo short, just get ESV and just make sure that for those 3 hours a week you enjoy every minute of it, if you cant do the things you want in life then change things so you can!


anyone got spare mentats ?

Once the passion is lost I don't know that it can be rekindled. I keep things fresh for myself by playing a lot of different types of games. Basically if a game looks fun I try it. I'm also blessed with several friends who are gamers. Having a group of people to play with on a regular basis certainly helps keep things interesting. Having steady partners for online games makes those games a lot more fun. These friends have also introduced me to many games I skipped over for one reason or another. As an example it was a friend who introduced me to Daggerfall and I've played every TES game since.

Age is relative.

You may be too old :ninja:

Edit: Frankly, I don't even know why you make this an issue of age. It's an issue of your free time or the lack of it, because of your life choices != age

Deep. :huh:

ROTFL :rofl:

Weren't we supposed to help the poor guy?