I grew up in a world without video games.

It sucked. I was 11 when I first played Pong in 1976. I didn't play the Atari 2600 until my parents bought it Christmas of 1978 at the young age of 13. I was 18 in 1983 and in the Navy when the video game crash came about. It didn't affect me. I was into other things. I got out of the Navy and my parents bought the family a Nintendo Entertainment System. I was 22 years old and it was 1987.  Fucking Ocarina of Time came out when I was 33. Yeah. Crazy.

It sucked. I was 11 when I first played Pong in 1976. I didn't play the Atari 2600 until my parents bought it Christmas of 1978 at the young age of 13. I was 18 in 1983 and in the Navy when the video game crash came about. It didn't affect me. I was into other things. I got out of the Navy and my parents bought the family a Nintendo Entertainment System. I was 22 years old and it was 1987.  Fucking Ocarina of Time came out when I was 33. Yeah. Crazy.

you don"t get too old to play video games, you play video games not to get old.

@Vinny_Says said:

you don"t get too old to play video games, you play video games not to get old.

boom

Videogames have played a role in my life since an early age, the nursery I went to in the early 80's had a youth club next door which had arcade and pinball machines unlocked, I would often spend my time watching the older kids playing hoping they'd let me play also. I finally got my chance with table-top Pac Man and loved it. I've been loving videogames ever since.

Pac Man <3

It's funny, because with me it's music. Keeping on top of music--at least somewhat--keeps me young. Game are the easiest thing in the world to keep up with for me, but there's so much awful modern music on the radio these days, and you have to really look to find the good stuff.

Good for us for finding ways to continue to feel youthful, though. :)

@Claude: I deleted that post because that's not entirely what I meant. "Escape" is too strong a word, because video games don't do that for me. Good books (hell, even mediocre ones), certainly. But video games are.... hmmm. More than a hobby, less than an obsession or an escape. They're a medium I like more than music or movies, and I see them as a sort of creative release of sorts. This is super late and I'm talking nonsense, so I'll probably jump back on here and talk more tomorrow. Do me a favor though and delete that quote out of your post. I was talking out of my ass.

Back in my day we played with mud and sticks and WE LIKED IT! Now kids are getting hopped up on virtual dirt in Minecraft. It's sickening. I bet they don't even have dirty fingernails or scraped knees anymore.

Back in my day we played with mud and sticks and WE LIKED IT! Now kids are getting hopped up on virtual dirt in Minecraft. It's sickening. I bet they don't even have dirty fingernails or scraped knees anymore.

@Claude: Aaah, I'd kill for some community theater here in town. Even if I'm too horribly out of shape to get back on the stage, I'd love to get involved again somehow. I miss acting.

Anyways, I thought about it, and probably the most apt term is just a serious hobby. Like you say, it's one I feel I have to justify now and again to my loved ones, which can be annoying since I don't judge them and their hobbies. Games are a big part of what I enjoy on a day-to-day basis. Wouldn't change it for the world, though I do wish sometimes I was a little less addicted. Heh.

You grew up without video games? How? The closest I came to that was finding out that I lived more than 300 years before Earth figured out video games.

Just reading that someone played OoT at the age of 33 kind of blows my mind. Keep on truckin' Claude.

Yeah Im not very good at sports and Im not smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.  I play games to distract myself from stress but I use music as a true escape.

It's not so much someone's age that determines whether they like games or not, but their personality.

This makes me wonder what my life had been like without them, I'd probably be into books, yuck!

I've known about videogames since I was about six, growing up I mostly played my old NES and Amiga's until finally upgrading to a Playstation, it's probably one of the reasons that I think Mario Bros.3 is better than World.

I can't imagine anyone not having fun in a breezy co-op game like the Kirby ones, you should give those another shot Claude.

To play a game. It keeps me young. It reminds me of what is real. Games are real. You play them.

I will keep playing games.

My father grew up before color television; imagine that!

My left thumb bleed a couple of times playing my Super Nintendo, sight...good times good times

Claude, at least you have them to entertain you now.

Also, how the fuck do you post in the Claude forums? I wanna start a topic relating to things Claude.

Thread reminded me of this song for some reason

i don't like old people.

Claude, at least you have them to entertain you now.

Also, how the fuck do you post in the Claude forums? I wanna start a topic relating to things Claude.

@Claude: Sweet! Also does your username have anything to do with a french artist?

@Claude: Sweet! Also does your username have anything to do with a french artist?

grew up playing sonic and final fantasy. ain't stopping any time soon, son.

@Claude: Oh there is a painting on my bathroom wall from Claude Monet. I'm assuming no relation now.

@Seedofpower said:

Also, how the fuck do you post in the Claude forums? I wanna start a topic relating to things Claude.

Confused the heck out of me too lol

I grew up in a world without tanks, maybe something will come along and rectify that....