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56 here , started with pong , atari 2600 and still play PC games daily.
57 and same.
61 in about 3 weeks. I’m older than Pong, and I game every day.
I’m 50 and pong was my first video game. I had to play it on amateur with the bigger paddles because the small ones were insanely small.
Alright, we have enough to run a tournament. Who’s streaming!
I’m also 50 this year, and Pong was my first game as well!
So funny to think that it took an entire console to play one black and white game with primitive graphics and like 4 options… and now we have 3D rendered racing sims we can run on our phones!
My dad is a couple of years older than you and he’s the one who introduced me to gaming on his Atari back in the 80s. We play Battle for Wesnoth semi-regularly together.
There was a space of about a decade where we didn’t and honestly I regret that. We don’t live close to each other but it’s how we stay in touch.
Honestly, that and grilling (and eventually motorcycles, but I was already on my way out of rural nowhere when that happened) are the only things we bonded over. I have always had hobbies that kept me at arms length from “normal” people and my dad is the guy you’d think of if you thought of a regular dude born in the 60s. I’m still pretty weird (and happy about it), but it’s nice that I can be close to him through gaming.
My oldest and (he’s 31 today) have copies of this on our office walls https://kagi.com/proxy/2434767_orig.png?c=Ux_Oi49zwrz_XQu8syTDi7pdjUAc4KO_wcuIYxcLBYVVdaF_ts2tNMrrB1335mt_48KAUH2poQelymJ7a7PDGRjG4y4c-aoE0yr1F9vp67s7qwBYQtyX4UprxCe0g5r5
My best gaming time ever is when my sons and I make up a 4-man fire team in any game.
That is so cool! Tell your son I said happy birthday from another gamer son!
Dude, that was my first game too! I kind of wish I still had it (and a screen it would play on).
I was 9 or 10 3 first time I saw a Pong arcade machine in a hotel in San Diego.
This was me (figuratively)
55 here, and I got to play lunar lander on my dad’s lab PDP-8 even before my grandparents got Pong.
Currently working my way through Fallout London.
Me and all of my friends
My friend is like 34, still plays games. WoW, WoT, Terraria, Factorio, Minecraft, L4D, something else.
50+. Play every chance I get. Don’t know why it would be surprising, other than Lemmy being an echo chamber of tech-minded younger people who forget my generation started out gaming with Atari and the like.
Yall GOTTA stop pretending 30 is old
ive only been an adult on my own for like 5 years, relax
As I said in another thread, I’m 37, I’m not old, I’m lower middle age. I make noise sitting down but I don’t make noise putting my feet up yet.
I’ll be 37 soon, I was doing well untill my motorcycle accident. Even in full gear a lot of stuff broke that shit aged me fast. That being said my best friend is 22 and I can still beat his ass at most games.
I turned 37 recently, and fortunately both of my motorcycle accidents were relatively minor lowsides at ~20mph so I think most of me is 37 and my right knee is 41 years old.
Some lady on a phone basically ran me off the road and fled the scene. 4 ribs broken, fractured scapula, and a partial lung collapse along with soft tissue damage all on the right side. Oh and my left thumb broke and needed surgery. Kept the helmet though, did it’s job admirably.
Oof, every piece of that is a deep level of suck. I’m sorry that happened to you. Except for the helmet keeping your brains in, that’s a good thing.
Damn! Ease off on the aging there, gramps. I’m 50 and I can still touch my toes without groaning! The only “old person noises” I make are exclusively of the “get off my lawn you whippersnapper” type. ;-P
(And I’ve been gaming since Pong)
meh i don’t have s future worth staying young for. my main goal is to die relatively quickly instead of rotting alive for years like my grandparents did.
my first video game was Freddy’s Rescue Roundup on MS-DOS. It was a bit like Lode Runner.
Same. I’m 35 and I’ve only been independent for 5 years as well. This is the new norm. Adulting is expensive. 30 isn’t old; you’re just starting your life.
exactly
i got married last year
im literally a level 1 husband.
Im a level 32 human but only a level 6 Adult, really. I moved out at 22 but spent the first 3 years partying and barely making rent
I think 25 was the year i started actually trying to do a good job at life, so im still pretty new at it
if 30s is grandpa then what the fuck am I.
My back and knees hurt just thinking about this.
Worm food?
Can confirm, am 44 and worm food. Lower back but no knee trouble, yet. Some ankle trouble from an injury at 33, my grandpa years.
I’m also developing them, with the first one hopefully (somewhat) finished by September
I’ve got unplayed games older than you!
I have systems older than grandpa!
44 and I have clocked about 40 hours in Final Fantasy XIV this week. When I get home from work, it’s game time.
Over 30. New Path of Exile league this weekend-- 12 hours Sat/Sun because I can’t do all day gaming anymore, what with being ancient and all.
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 don’t know anyone my cohort who doesn’t.
Look, it’s a cheaper hobby than drinking, or outfitting my vehicle. I don’t have the time to retreat to a fishing hole and there’s no hunting nearby.
Yes I play video game, geez.
Turning 50 this year. Still balling. Love a drink when I play. The combo remains cheaper than going to dinner
People act like video games are some niche hobby, while it’s a bigger industry than movies and music combined. And it’s not even close.
Yeah it was bonkers learning that video games are no longer niche and are now cool
30s are not old, just more magical powered!! The 20s need submissed!!
