" I will play video games until I get so old my fingers will fall off if I continue. Video Games are for all ages, and all ages enjoy them. I will still be playing video games when I'm like 70. What the hell else am I supposed to do all day while I'm retired? :P "
My step father plays MW2 daily. I have a fifty year old in my mag clan. I'm certain it has been said in this thread at some point as it's a fairly popular phrase, but
You don't stop gaming when you get old, you get old when you stop gaming.
You should never stop something that you enjoy doing. You may, as others have said, find less time to play video games. There may be times when you need to reduce stress by playing, or play with your family as 'together time'. When you become older, you realize there is a time and place for everything and that you have responsibilities that take precedence over video games. You should always have a hobby, just in moderation.
I'm 27. I feel gaming is just another hobby. Some people collect stamps, or build models; I play video games. Mainly you just have to realize that you wont always have time to game 16-24 hours a day, and honestly older you get (depending on the person maybe) you shouldn't want to.
These days I play games when I have free time, usually after work and a little on weekends. I used to game ALOT (im talking all nighters, some times all weekend, LAN parties with a bunch of friends and CS 1.6 or something crazy), but as you get older you have to find a balance (like someone else said). If you come to a point where you feel its to much or you have to give something up or your just not enjoying it, thats the point when you have to stop. Whether or not this happens is up to the person, their events in life, and how they feel about playing games. There is no point definitively where you have to stop playing games, though, its really up to you if that time comes where you dont want to play.
That being said, being a gameplayer shouldnt be hindering anything. Its a hobby and should remain one. Ya some games are addicting and attention grabbing but ive had long stints where I just didnt want to play anything that was coming out. I think i went a year or so one year where nothing new interested me and I wasnt sure If i was just getting to old to game. Nah, they just weren't interesting games to me, I still like to game hehe, i just played old games all year that year.
Do you think there is a certain age to Stop gaming?
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Nope, you'll be doing it 'til you're old and saggy, with or without a woman at your side. All your grandkids will think you're a weird, dirty old man, but you won't mind, because at this point, it's the only thing that keeps you going in the face of sexual barrenness and the closing veil of death.
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