38 here .. thats still young ? been playing since the 80's, grew up with that stuff + some D&D PP helps for the inspiration in mmorpgs..
Anyways .. According to ESA there's many "older" players.. and like a lot , they grew up with games/ online games.. Imho 60 years aint 60 years as it was just 20 years ago.. For me it seems that 60 to day is more like mid 40's to 50 to day? Wello depends on the mentality..
If you think about it, a lot of people who got into gaming in the early 80's are probably well into their 30's now, and the whole sitgma attached to gamers is being blown out of the water. It's now becoming a perfectly legitimate hobby.
I used to get mocked by my old WoW guild for being an 'old man' as I was the oldest in the guild, but it was all taken in good spirit. I hear a lot of people moan about 'kids' spoiling MMO's, but not one of my guildmates was over 20 and they were some of the most mature people I'd met in-game, which is why I stuck around.
My first game played in a personal computer was tron in a ZX81 a friend of mine had ( Carles). It was epic. But I had started years before, in 1976, playing in coin machines. I remeber I saved the money for the breakfast and spent it in the machines, feeling so guilty. I was an addicted already
I remember when my dad got one of the early 'Home TV Pong Sets', we all thought it was so high-tec & even the neighbours came round to play it!
I am 47 but regularly forget my age & have to work it out in my head. It just isn't that important to me unless I have to apply for a new job, then I remember that it is only important to other people.
If you can't "Have your cake & eat it too", then how can "The proof of the pudding be in the eating"?
Pushing fifty. First computer game, Star Trek on a mainframe.
On a mainframe?! And which Star Trek game was that?
p.s: I'm 31.
The first Star Trek game was a text only game and played on teletypes. This was before PC's were available. Usually found on College campus's. Accounts that had access to the teletypes were sought after, usually burning the account hours on Star Trek than writing the computer code they supposed to be writing. Up until a few years ago, I had a card deck with the fortran code for the entire game. Now I sometimes wish I had not thrown it out, it was a real relic.
Yes, I am also one of those born in BC (before color television). Started playing tabletops and Pong was my first video game. We have come a long way since a big old cardboard box was the best thing on the block.
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38 here .. thats still young ?
been playing since the 80's, grew up with that stuff + some D&D PP helps for the inspiration in mmorpgs..
Anyways .. According to ESA there's many "older" players.. and like a lot , they grew up with games/ online games.. Imho 60 years aint 60 years as it was just 20 years ago.. For me it seems that 60 to day is more like mid 40's to 50 to day? Wello depends on the mentality..
http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp
Age really doesn't matter playing any mmorpg's since what far more important is if you enjoy the game.
If you think about it, a lot of people who got into gaming in the early 80's are probably well into their 30's now, and the whole sitgma attached to gamers is being blown out of the water. It's now becoming a perfectly legitimate hobby.
I used to get mocked by my old WoW guild for being an 'old man' as I was the oldest in the guild, but it was all taken in good spirit. I hear a lot of people moan about 'kids' spoiling MMO's, but not one of my guildmates was over 20 and they were some of the most mature people I'd met in-game, which is why I stuck around.
I do remember playing pong in bars..lol
My first game played in a personal computer was tron in a ZX81 a friend of mine had (
Carles). It was epic. But I had started years before, in 1976, playing in coin machines. I remeber I saved the money for the breakfast and spent it in the machines, feeling so guilty. I was an addicted already 
I remember when my dad got one of the early 'Home TV Pong Sets', we all thought it was so high-tec & even the neighbours came round to play it!
I am 47 but regularly forget my age & have to work it out in my head. It just isn't that important to me unless I have to apply for a new job, then I remember that it is only important to other people.
If you can't "Have your cake & eat it too", then how can "The proof of the pudding be in the eating"?
Take the Hecatomb? TCG What Is Your Doom? quiz.
On a mainframe?! And which Star Trek game was that?
p.s: I'm 31.
The first Star Trek game was a text only game and played on teletypes. This was before PC's were available. Usually found on College campus's. Accounts that had access to the teletypes were sought after, usually burning the account hours on Star Trek than writing the computer code they supposed to be writing. Up until a few years ago, I had a card deck with the fortran code for the entire game. Now I sometimes wish I had not thrown it out, it was a real relic.
Yeah, I am up there with the OP.
Yes, I am also one of those born in BC (before color television). Started playing tabletops and Pong was my first video game. We have come a long way since a big old cardboard box was the best thing on the block.