then I got into PC gaming when dos was the thing, typing in those programs was good practice for the horrors of autoexec.bat and config.sys. I think windows has made games easier to access and many people cannot imagine gaming before windows let alone consoles. I do miss the complexity of the older gamesIf your Steam game download experience consisted of buying a print magazine*, typing code from that paper magazine, debug (typos made by yourself) and then play, you probably like computer gaming so much, you will never stop it.
*These magazines had sometimes typos, so you had no chance to get the game running.
I believe the entire premise of your statement is false. There are games that the majority of the players are over 50 (Second Life for one) and tons of older people play mmo's like WoW. I am 59. I have been playing video games since the 80's. I believe WE are the gaming generation because there would be no games if WE did not play the very first video games. Now if you mean the FPS generation then ok. Games from the 20th century were much slower and people over 50 now have slower reflexes, but I personally have 400 hours playing Cyberpunk 2077., and over 100 hours playing Witcher 3. I also have a PS5 and play competitively on MLB The Show. You're little world of people just gazing at your video game like they have no idea what is going on is not representative of that generation.
Exactly.. I do not think kids realize that we created the gaming culture that they reap the benefits of.
Just to add to this, I don't think the game studios / production realize how many older / senior players are out there, or possibly don't care. I have over 800 hours logged in Cyber Punk, just because I can still get lost in it despite it's many faults. But I still love many of the older games because they usually had really good stories unlike many of the games today. One of the games I had the most fun with (and silliest) was Saints Row 3 simply because if it could go wrong, it did. I can't tell you how many times I was laughing my self off the chair and it was especially fun to play with a friend. To this day I still believe that SR3 had the best driving mechanics and character creation.
Look on the bright side. Other then sitting too long, gaming will help keep the hand / eye coordination as we get older, reflexes like jumping out of the chair or teaching the keyboard how to fly (don't take that seriously). Helps keep your hands / fingers active and helps reduce stress (most of the time) and keeps the brain active.
If I get to be ninety five, I'll still be slobbering over my keyboard and god help anyone who tries to pull my wheelchair away! There was an old song WAY back in the early sixties when i was a boy, 'They Are Coming to Take Me Away Ha Ha!' Yep, kinda means something now. LOL! For you young ones out there who may be reading this...look it up. Now that I think about it, this would be a great song for 'V'...in a weird sorta way.Lulz, trust me when i tell you, you re not the only one "murdering" keyboards, killed one myself too
Just happens
As for the mention of Poland being "old fashioned" in certain things, i for myself are "old school" with certain
"modern" things as well, will never change either. Its not wrong to keep some "old" things around. I would argue.
Video Games being "childish" isn t that wrong per se, at least for some games, no?
Anyhow, i tend to think it has widely changed in the late 90s early 2000s, ever since then video games took off from
being just perceived that way. Unless ofc you go (deep) rural areas, i guess. The "problem" older players have
(just like me) are the modern standards how games are distributed, ya know. We "old folks" like to OWN what we buy
and having the full control over the product after it exchanged hands (so to speak)
What the younger generation of players grew up with in the industry of game development is just awfull in my eyes.
But hey, that is just my opinion, i personally do the only right thing as customer, i vote with my wallet, the hard way.
If certain condition aren t meet with (even good) games, i simply don t buy. Sadly that is the only way.
Thats why i support GoG exclusively, despite the "turmoil". As for playing games, i don t know for how long i
will play, at this point, i assume i will never stop playing.
Games are way too much fun, no? >^^<
I was going to basically say the same thing. I am 41 and my love for games and life circumstances has me playing a wide variety of games. But I wanted to mention my uncle that got me into into games in the mid 80's. He's pushing 70 and he 30 WOW characters up until a few years ago. Then you have a good friend of mine who is a sound engineer. He can barely walk around in a first person shooter game to the point where he won't play. But he has a ps4 and I can't beat him in Gran Turismo because he is interested in cars and thats the only game he will play for the past 20 years. Everyone is different. The eye hand coordination and processing of different information on the screens is a practiced skill similar to a lot of sports.
If your Steam game download experience consisted of buying a print magazine*, typing code from that paper magazine, debug (typos made by yourself) and then play, you probably like computer gaming so much, you will never stop it.
*These magazines had sometimes typos, so you had no chance to get the game running.
but yes indeed, much much joy to be had from C&VG or Your Computer magazine listings of Vic 20 games, many hours spent as a 12 yr old typing those things in. Mainly text adventures, certainly the text adventures were largely better than homespun attempts at graphics on that beautiful old beast. Graphics were best left to Jeff Minter and the likes.
