I'm new here and 53 years old. Understanding that I'm setting myself up for jokes about false teeth and adult diapers, just wondering, am I the oldest guy around here?
There was an age poll a few months ago and I'm pretty sure there were some people that were in their 60s but most of the community is early to mid 20s.
I'm 31, which puts me on the older side of the curve, but I think I stumbled into this age by accident. I don't even own a briefcase, and I'm pretty sure we're supposed to have briefcases. If not for my distinct memory of the 90s, I'd say somebody made a mistake. I laugh at "deez nuts" jokes. Surely I'm 17 at most?
32 and already feel uninformed, irrelevant, and old. Especially when it comes to games. Recently moved countries and sold my ps4 and gaming PC. Downgraded to a serviceable laptop.
But then I got to giantbomb.com (a website about murder) and I can recover some of my lost HP.
Might be a few even older members here, but 53 is on the older scale around these parts from what I can tell. But I don't think any of us really care about age here too much. Most everyone I've seen here is pretty chill about everything.
38 but often made to feel much older from large swathes of the internet. Not here though, which is very nice. I do really like being old enough to have a living understanding of the pre-internet world though. @imchardo welcome to the friendly corner of the internet.
My experience is my own, and others with more drive and desire will continue to achieve new heights throughout life, but for myself, a slacker at heart, the ride downhill has been pretty sweet so far...
41 here, and have never mastered WASD and mouse&keyboard gaming. I just stick to console gaming, but still have to look down at the controller to check the buttons every so often.
@imchardo: Being middle-aged is a wonderful thing. Still young enough to do whatever you want and world weary enough to enjoy those things without worrying about what other people will think.
55. Played Pong during those early heady days (never played any of the games that people programmed on oscilloscopes, but...), before then we only had the hoop and stick to entertain us.
I'm 36 and I'm happy that I was able to experience the 90's and boy do I miss them not so much the school part but the music and wrestling was so good also the arcades it was a simpler time nobody was looking down at there smart phones all day.
I'm 40. Cut my teeth on an Atari 2600 (came out the year I was born.) Masturbated in my early teens to the soft porn ads in video game magazines. Now, I'm aging gracefully with my beefy PC and indie games that remind me of my youth.
OK, seriously, the number of people in their 40's and 50's who play video games is growing. They probably don't post on forums all that much, but I bet you could find a few places if you looked.
Very pleased to find here other middle-agers (don't dare tell me I'm past middle-age, dammit) and even more pleased by the warm inclusive welcome. Thanks to all, think I'll hang around a while.
started with hand held Nintendo (donkey kong handheld), to c64 then to PC gaming (picking up most consoles along the way.. but no really using them :) )
(i think we might have had a pong something too)
It is real nice to buy any game or PC hardware without stressing about the cost. :)
38 here, been playing games since I could grasp (and chew on) an Atari joystick. Definitely crotchety about parts of the internet.
Millennial slang, content creators, sponsored vids, twitch streams, and social media obsession makes my cynical side seeth but my optimistic side remembers that we were all young once.
Aside from that I echo Vinny that today is The best time to be playing games but I sure wish I could find a perfect emulation of Golden Axe 2 arcade or that Sega would release it on Steam, consoles, etc.
I'm 36 and I'm happy that I was able to experience the 90's and boy do I miss them not so much the school part but the music and wrestling was so good also the arcades it was a simpler time nobody was looking down at there smart phones all day.
WTH! I was about to write something similar to this. I'm also 36yrs old.
I'm 36 and I'm happy that I was able to experience the 90's and boy do I miss them not so much the school part but the music and wrestling was so good also the arcades it was a simpler time nobody was looking down at there smart phones all day.
WTH! I was about to write something similar to this. I'm also 36yrs old.
I've been missing the 90s for the past few weeks, watching movies and listening to music from that time (and watching documentaries about shoegazing) (Edit: Also making a video game and trying to capture the spirit of the 90s) Like @justin258 I'm 25 but the 90s were my childhood! Which = extreme nostalgia.
I know that technology has to grow and become natural and all that, but I really feel social media and smartphones have ruined everything. Sucked some of the magic out of different forms of media, sports and even video games. Everything's so hurried, overexcited and loud now!
I'm 36. Long ago I accepted that my eldest child is probably older than some people who watch GB content. However my youngest being just over a week old is younger than the average member, so I take solace in that.
I'm 36. Long ago I accepted that my eldest child is probably older than some people who watch GB content. However my youngest being just over a week old is younger than the average member, so I take solace in that.
My wife and I were both 35 when we had our son. Nothing reminds you of how past your prime you are more than the 'Let's get to know some of the other parents from daycare' bar night.
I'm 36 and I'm happy that I was able to experience the 90's and boy do I miss them not so much the school part but the music and wrestling was so good also the arcades it was a simpler time nobody was looking down at there smart phones all day.
WTH! I was about to write something similar to this. I'm also 36yrs old.
I've been missing the 90s for the past few weeks, watching movies and listening to music from that time (and watching documentaries about shoegazing) (Edit: Also making a video game and trying to capture the spirit of the 90s) Like @justin258 I'm 25 but the 90s were my childhood! Which = extreme nostalgia.
I know that technology has to grow and become natural and all that, but I really feel social media and smartphones have ruined everything. Sucked some of the magic out of different forms of media, sports and even video games. Everything's so hurried, overexcited and loud now!
I was born in '91, so I do remember some of the later '90's. And, frankly, a lot of my favorite things are from the '90's. Albums by Death, Yu Yu Hakusho, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Princess Mononoke, and I could probably go on but that's not the point of this thread.
I know that technology has to grow and become natural and all that, but I really feel social media and smartphones have ruined everything. Sucked some of the magic out of different forms of media, sports and even video games. Everything's so hurried, overexcited and loud now!
I used Facebook for a year or two, forgot my password, and haven't really returned to social media since. I couldn't tell you the difference between Snapchat and Instagram - I think one is meant more for phones but I couldn't tell you which? It's not because I'm antisocial, I just never really found any appeal in using any social media.
41 here, and have never mastered WASD and mouse&keyboard gaming. I just stick to console gaming, but still have to look down at the controller to check the buttons every so often.
Yeah, I haven't mastered it either. And, I honestly would rather just be worse at a game playing with a joypad, than play WASD. Not sure that makes me old...just stubborn
I've spent decades trying to get him into video games with many fits and starts. Nothing really stuck until I gave him one of my old Xbox 360s and copies of Mass Effect 1 & 2(he's a Star-Trek fan). After that, he was all-in! Halos', Batmans', Hitmans', Metal Gears', Boarderlands, Deus Ex... he's beaten nearly all of them. Now I regularly get txt messages from him at 5am telling my how he'd been up all night but finally made it past a particular section of a game he'd been playing. Teach a man to fish...
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