My brother and I tried to teach my Dad (age 59) to play Civ5, so we could play together, even though we all live in different countries.

We managed to show him how to install the game, but that took up the entire day . We will try again soon. Incidentally, I seem to recall we also had a Vic20 in the family many moons ago.

Actually I get more flack from people who don't game than people who do. Gamers understand the attraction. It's the one's who've never tried who assume that only 11 year olds can enjoy a computer game.

45 here, and I've been a gamer (pnp RPG, video, and wargames) since I was 11. All my life I've dealt with people and their preconceived opinions about gaming, whether they consider it childish, a waste of time, or even satanic (seriously). Then those same people will sit at home in front of their TV's for hours, just staring into it. At least gaming is active, not passive, and my mind is getting some exercise. Or they indulge in some other hobby, equally as pointless, but more "socially" acceptable. And when the satanic thing comes up, I just laugh in their face. I know who I am, and who I'm NOT.

Back when I was a pnp DM, having a woman in the group was a great thing. It civilized the game, and allowed me to elevate the story in ways I could never have done with a group just composed of guys. They were an excellent influence on the group, and I think women have the same effect on the gaming community as a whole. I'm glad you're around.

Gamer For Life :mohawk:

Assuming only kids play video games is like assuming only kids like candy

Met and fell in love in the forums! That is so awesome!

I was gonna wote for "Normal" until I heard my mothers voice and was reminded that there are so many like her that give in to "social expectations", depriving themselves of fun and joy to meet those standards. So I voted for the cool mama thing since it shows a certain level of personal independance and intelligence for a person not to just go "I′m gonna be a sheep within my herd of sheep with 1 ram leading the herd telling me what is normal and what is not" and to just do what it wants to do.

So hell yeah, and I won′t end up like my father playing spider solitaire every night when there are so many other games for him to play, just because he grew up with it being normal for middle aged individuals to play card games but not "video games" since those seem to be connected to youth in my parents minds.

You go girl!... or woman...

I can't wait for Skyrim! Nords are my favorite characters. By November, I'll be 51. I don't feel 50. Age or gender has nothing to do with how much you enjoy gaming. Some of the most productive and talented modders are advlt women. No-one should feel that they can't indulge in gaming due to age or any other characteristic.

This Thread is full of awesome.....

I'm 49, female, a grandma and played Morrowind, Oblivion and will keep on playing.

Man, I see it all the time in TF2. As soon as someone figures out it's actually a girl, and not a pre-pubascent boy they start flirting.

I have to admit, I've found a couple gamer girls voices very sixy and attractive, but I don't start hitting on them. That's just weird. (Ok if you have gotten to know them for some time, but most start in right away.)

If I have the option, in any game, I play female characters mostly. It has nothing to do with "free stuff" however, as they are mostly single player games. I just like the gender bender feeling playing a female character as I am not female. And they are always bisixual! My Shepard in ME2 is female and attempting to sleep with the whole crew. 1 down, "X" to go. Yeomen "whatshername" is my next conquest. :hubbahubba:

This is why games are fun, I can be and do what I like and it gives me pleasure. (No, not that kind of pleasure you sick puppy! )

Her name is Brash. She was the first Elder Scrolls modder to make a world texture mod. She also created one of the first Total Conversions for an Elder Scrolls game: Morrowind4Kids. She continued modding when Oblivion came out. Alternative Light Armors is (as I write this) #63 on Planet Elder Scrolls most popular Oblivion mods.

She also has four daughters who play video games, and they are all hard-core gamers. They play all day, every day, lol.

I am the sole male gamer in a household consisting of five female gamers. Needless to say I am not surprised that women play video games.

Morrowind4Kids helped entertain my youngest grandson for several years. :wub: :wub: :wub:

It's a new era there are far more females and over 18s playing computer games, I have the xbox and there are plenty of females in my school playing xbox live.
Sure my little sister plays the wii non stop and it's not games like pets she loves James bond games and plays halo with me all the time... All thou I banded her from oblivion cause she deleted ma file >:(
trust me there are lots of females playing computer games, I was watching game reviews on YouTube and there was a 40 years woman reviewing a game personally, so I thinks it's becoming more and more popular now days.
Besides your in law that's better than what I'll get into.

It's quite normal, nothing out of the ordinary.

That's real cool.

I'm a guy, but I know I'll be playing in the nursing home (so long as I am physically capable). Maybe that will be my way to stay in contact if I don't get visited too often.

If it's odd that girls play, then it's equally odd for boys. svcks the time out of your day if you don't moderate your time. :cryvaultboy: (speaking for myself)

No, I don't think it would be weird. If you were over 40.. yeah i'd say it would be a little weird, that'd be like my mom playing video games.. Well my mom plays rockband sometimes but that doesn't really count lol.

What difference does 9 years make? None in my book! 32, 41, 73, they're just numbers. :shrug:

I'm almost 40, but act/feel like I am in my early 20's. (Playing multi-player games people think I am in my 20's and are surprised when I say I am 39.)

I'm 30,black male(Haitian,now a dad and Oblivion is my favorite rpg. I can't wait for Skyrim!

To be fair, el-cheapo Solitaire provides more fun value than a lot of multi-million dollar games.
Kinda like how a lot of movies put all their investment into presentation rather than into content.

I'm 23 and while I've delved into MMOs for my husband's sake the past couple of years, I was playing single-player RPGs 10 years ago and I still see myself playing them 10 years from now. And 20 years from now when I'll prolly have grandkids. :shrug:
I don't get what gender or age has to do with it. It's whether or not you're a gamer at heart and if you enjoy RPGs. Why ask strangers if they think you're weird or normal.
It's like asking on a cooking forum if it's normal that you're a 20 year old guy who enjoys baking cakes. Yeah.. 5k other people on those forums may be 20 year old male pasty chefs who never thought they were anything special (unless they were chefs at some hotshot restaurant :hehe:) and they're not feeling insecure.

:cake:

Now that I think of it, it's not only that there are more female players, but actually more female game developers. The lead developer on Read Alert 3 was a woman.

Your totally a cool momma definitely a MI....nevermind

I don't play computer games...I LIVE computer games!

I'm only 17 but my gaming wingman (we play competitive multiplayer and co op games together on the weekends) is 34 and married with two kids, so I don't think you are weird.

Maybe if you were like 89 years old and a super hardcoe gamer I'd be surprised lol, but 32 is pretty young

Don't see why you think its strange I'm 44 and looking forward to skyrim along with a few other games soon to be released