I've got unplayed games older than you!
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024
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Yall GOTTA stop pretending 30 is old
ive only been an adult on my own for like 5 years, relax
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I mean this purely as an observation, but: almost certainly literal child detected
I'm in my mid 30s, and the people in my extended social circle around my age that don't fire up a game at least once or twice a week are few and far between, even including the harried, busy, regular not-yet-grand parents, haha
Quick edit: imo, the ones not playing video games at my age (again, in my area) are generally the ones who seem the least like they have their shit together. It's weird but it's a thing I've noticed
I mean, if they are 30 and haven't adapted to how society is yet, its not surprising they havent got their shit together. We grew up alongside modern tech growing up, if you've been avoiding technology till now, its exceedingly hard to function in our current society
I'm also developing them, with the first one hopefully (somewhat) finished by September
I have systems older than grandpa!
I have a 10, 2 and 1 year old and none of em are havin kids yet so I got some time.
38 and still gaming regularly on PC.
30s? My steam account is about to turn 20! My first computer was a C64 and my first console was an Atari 2600... I remember the video game crash... hell, I still have my copy of ET!
Ooh, look at Mr Showoff with his games in colour!
There's a bunch of young whippersnappers in here. I'm around your age.
You little shits today know nothing about gaming.
This is a Star Wars game:
It even had audio from the movie.
I remember playing the original Lemmings and SimCity without a mouse.
C64 crew represent!
We had the disk drive and it put out so much heat that I'd leave my food on top of it to keep it warm.
Heck yeah!
I still remember ruining our first copy of Impossible Mission by accidentally overwriting it! God was I in deep shit...
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I'm 36 and am currently taking a restroom break from a good old-fashioned LAN party with my dudes.
Listen here you little shit.
48, just been gaming with my 15 year old. Love it, wouldn't be without it!
30s are rookie numbers. I'm 52 and still game regularly. I started out playing pong clones in about 1975 hooked up to my tv. I played a lot of zx spectrum games in the 80s, failed my degree in the early 90s because I spent far far far too long playing civ1 on my Amiga. Etc etc.
Remember when Lemmings finally made it to PC and all us people who had Amigas were like, "I know, right?"
Fellow Amiga civ veteran, eh?
I blew most of my youth, and a chunk of my degree, on football manager too.
I regret nothing.
The 512KB or the 1MB version of Civ 1?
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everywhere. thinking mostly kids play videogames is some boomer-ass take. SNES was 35 years ago... do you think people who grew up playing videogames in the 90s just quit one day? about three quarters of people who play videogames today are adults, and 40% are 35+.
How dare you not growing up like a boomer and not getting accustomed to linear television as your only source of joy, therapy and emotion avoidance? /s
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I believe games were originally marketed to adults until Nintendo decided to buck the trend?
Look, honestly, I'm more disgusted by the amount of people who don't play videogames.
Some people just hate fun I guess
My brother in-law built a kickass theater setup in his basement. All he plays down there is Madden.
Oh no, I do something that keeps my mind active. I should stop and doomscroll or get into drugs to relax.
A bit older than 30, and right here.
48 year old here. Now I feel old.
It's ok, our Gen X nursing home LAN party is going to be awesome!