Too Old for Video Games

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I used to rebut my parents by telling them that they waste just as much time watching television.

My parent went through a divorce. It's only dad. And dad was always more logical than he ever was emotional. I came back after my fiancee cheated on me and dad was going through a divorce. It was really hard on the kids and I can see the problems beginning to bubble up internally in these kids.

Too old to play video games?! !! !
What a bunch of complete nonsense.

My 69 year old mother loves her iPad. She's always liked playing video games. She used to come home on her lunch break back in the 80's to play asteroids on my Atari.
My 48 year old sister & her 50 year old husband are total MMO geeks.
I'm 42 and games are my primary form of entertainment. I gave up TV for games. TV is just so passive and boring.

Sid Meyer, Will Wright & John Carmack are no youngsters either.

There is no age limit for playing video games.
Your folks just have no clue whatsoever.
I bet they think there is an age limit for cartoons also.

My dad watches Thundercats, Star Wars Clone Wars [that animated show], Archer, Ugly Americans, Finding Nemo was a movie he watched, he watches anime.

And he's in his late thirties.

Soooo.....yeah....

Never too old for a game. Unless your 6ft under.

I wonder if this has really anything to do with the game playing. I know people have a tendency to indirectly tell you that they don't want you living there, etc. Like other people have said or some like pushing you, because they want you to have a better start, which kinda goes with too much pressure.

Um....I'm 5'1"

I'm 42 and play video games as often as I am able.

My mother and stepfather play Frontierville - which is a valid game, although designed to encourage infinite grind.

My sister, who is 39, loves games like Plants vs. Zombies.

My brother-in-law, who is in his 40s, plays Battlefield 3 every day.

My nephew-in-law is in his 20s and plays videogames as well.

There's no such thing as "too old to play video games."

Various people in my family of all ages play video games. They can be entertaining for all.

So, he's sittin there watchin thundercats telling you you're too old to play video games?

Another older person (36) that plays video games here. You could always tell your parents about the benefits of playing video games. Video games help build cognitive skills. They help with dexterity as well. I read somewhere that they may prevent age related mental decline, but unfortunately I don't have the link to the article for that one.

Link: Your Brain On Video Games

Hahaha, "6ft under" = slang expression for "dead."

Oh...makes sense now.



Yep. Basically.

This. Show your dad a PC game called Katawa Shoujo. Then he'll see how childish some games aren't.

Just point out your dad's hypocrisy. I mean there's times when people play video games way too excessively, and it's like it's controlling their lives. For example, I have friends who literally spend about every waking minute of the day playing games. That's not good. But, if you're spending a reasonable amount of time playing games and it's not interrupting other things, who cares.

Adults lately, I see spending inordinate amount of times playing video games. My mom never really gave me crap for playing video games, thank God, but when I was a kid, she'd spend easily 5 hours at a time playing solitaire on the computer. So, she's bored with the solitaire now, and used to spend like that same amount of time on bubble popping puzzle games or something. Now my mom's latest obsession is Evony, the Civilization knockoff. She has like 10 cities at the same time going, and really besides when she does medical record reading work (that's her job, work from home like that) she spends most of her day playing it.

Just ignore your dad. Seriously. Older adults from what I've seen get way more addicted to games than kids usually do.

This. Back when I was raiding on a regular basis, I played six hours twice a week, and perhaps two-three hours on average (different games) on other days. My mother usually watches TV five hours a day, and I *never* watch TV other than shows on DVD/Bluray. Now that I've moved out, I don't even have a TV subscription, my set is only hooked up to my gaming consoles and a media player. When I started pointing that out (adding in some facts about interactive vs. non-interactive media's effects on the brain), she stopped complaining.

-I work 8hrs or more and bring food unto the table

-I pay the bills and fund you

So I get to watch television

Is considered more than

-Helping with groceries

-Taking care of sibs

-Going to college

-Volunteer and working on my career

And I don't get time for entertainment?