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I overheard a probably-55 yo guy saying something about playing Assassin's Creed this morning. Games are for everybody.
I was watching youtube yesterday, and some elderly 72 year old gamer actually came up.. https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandpaGaming
So definitely. He was also part of the Navy for 20+ years... People like this and walz actually give me a whole new respect for the people in the military honestly. In the past I actually pictured it as incredibly toxic due to someone I met from the Army.
But, at least in the case of the Navy, everyone I've met or heard about are so incredibly honorable and respectful.. They're literally normal people
My dad is 72 and builds amazing stuff in Cities and Skylines
Games like Cities: Skylines are perfect for middle-aged and older dads. It fits right into things like fixing up and old car or building some wooden stuff.
But also any games for any people. I'm a 43yo dad who just got my kids interested in hotseat Mass Effect (they don't enjoy doing the combat so much).
This sounds like a great way to spend time with your progeny, my sister and I used to do that with Actraiser. She'd do all the city building and answering prayers, and I did all the combat acts.
The family that plays together stays together.
My dad was a city contractor before he retired and several bridges and roads locally built by his company. When he retired he got really listless and started drinking way too much. So I updated his PC to something reasonable and got him a ton of city builders from Simcity2000 all the way to Cities and Skylines II. Completely turned his time around. I mean he still drinks, but a lot less and he and I always have something to talk about.