Do you grow out of gaming?

I think we do. I remember my dad used to play DOOM and Duke Nukem all the time. Now he shows absolutely no interest in games whatsoever.

I think we need to remember gaming is something for young people. Plus it's very time consuming. Of course I doubt anyone cares about my opinion...

im 20 yrs old and i have been gaming for as long as i can remember. if games would have never grown from the nintendo or the geneses. we all may have gotten sick of games by now. but look at where we are now, gaming in HD, online with millions of people, motion sensing controls, etc. imagine how games are gonna be 10-20 yrs from now. u can't outgrow video games.

I think we do. I remember my dad used to play DOOM and Duke Nukem all the time. Now he shows absolutely no interest in games whatsoever.

I think we need to remember gaming is something for young people. Plus it's very time consuming. Of course I doubt anyone cares about my opinion...

mohfrontline

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Its not that no one cares about your opinion, its that your opinion is flat out wrong. "I think we need to remember gaming is something for young people." Really? Rreeaaallllyyy?

I'm 37 and I still love gaming - playing (obviously) and reading about it (at work right now but sneaking a look at Dead Space reviews).

How attached to it you remain as you get older depends on lots of things, mostly the decreasing amount of time you have to dedicate to it. I find myself drawn to games that I can pick up and put down 30 min later if I need to. It's just harder to sit down and say, "Ok, today I'm putting 12 hours into Legend of Zelda". Wish I could, but things get in the way - family, work. Speaking of work...

I'll second that phlynhy.

mohfrontline - you're incorrect and ill informed.

Well, my 28 years have taught me that you never really grow out of anything...your tastes just evolve...I still game, and I always will game...But I play different games now then I used to 5, 10 or even 15 years ago...For example, I used to really hate FPS's. I hated the controls, the perspective...everything...Now I'm into those games almost more than any others.

I think this can be applied to many things in life, whether it's food, music, movies...You will always game, it's just that your tastes and habits will change. I suggest trying out game types that you previously disliked/avoided, give them a fair shot and see if you can get into them.

Like Andru97 said, your type of games might change but you really never grow out of it. I've been gaming since I was 5 it all started with the NES and been going since then. Now I'm 22 and the type of games I play hasnt changed too drastically. Actually I just realized like this week that I'm tired of sport games, I just cant get into them anymore. So I promised myself that I will never buy another sports game..EVER AGAIN lol.

Besides that I'm all about fps, rpgs, adventure, and the occasional fighting game like tekken or doa

I'm now 24 and i'm still gaming lol

What do you all feel about growing out of gaming?

No I have not grown out of gaming. I'm 38 years old currently play videogames 10 hours a week max. I will always play until carpal tunnel syndrome takes over. I'm as old as the videogame industry itself. I will always play but not as much as when I was younger. I'll be playing when playstation 9 is released!

That's a hard question to answer. In this generation, video games are even more popular than ever, so we could see many kids taking gaming with them into their adult years. But there's no question that as you get more responsibilities, your free time (and gaming time), goes down some. The answer will probably differ for each person.

My Dad used to love old 2D games but he never adjusted to 3D (which anybody who was gaming at the birth of 3D console games will agree took a bit of adjustment) I just don't think he had the time to adapt to an entirely new way of gaming. I don't think there's going to be an as substancial difference in gaming for us in 20years time. As long as motion contols don't take everything over I think I've still got a few years gaming left.

Yeah, i would love to hear an professional answer, why older people don't like games anymore, i mean my father loved pong, and now when he's playing halo he just shoots in the air the whole time.

So, is it something in our brains that starts to give other things in life priority?

its not that you grow out of gaming its just that the older you get the harder and harder it becomes to find the time to game

its not that you want to stop gaming but other things just start to get in the way, im only 23 and already i play way less than i did 5-10years ago, i just find it hard these days to find the time to play as much as i would like, due to other commitments, so i dread to think what i will be like in another 10-20years i will probably be struggling to find any time at all to game......

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77

I don't like it when people associate gaming with maturity. People's interest in gaming wanes because they grow tired of it. My dad works 50 hours a week and plays Battlefield, Civ IV, or WoW at least an hour a night. I know I'll probably be gaming until I go blind. I've had periods where I didn't game for a year because I just had too much going on, but I've always played when I could.

Yeah, you'll have a lot going on in your life where you have to put it on hold, but to me, saying gaming is for kids is like saying people should grow out of books or movies.

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77

Well i am 24 and i see no stop in my gaming hobby. If anything i game more then ever before it is a great hobby and stress reliever ( for me anywayz). I admit there have been times where i have gamed way less then i do now and times where i have gamed more it just happens when you have other responsibilities. As long as you love games you will never stop loving them.

If you enjoy gaming, you'll never grow out of it. I've been gaming for quite a while and still enjoy it. Luckily my whole family enjoys gaming. The biggest problem is finding enough time to game once you have a family and work full time.

If you enjoy gaming, you'll never grow out of it. I've been gaming for quite a while and still enjoy it. Luckily my whole family enjoys gaming. The biggest problem is finding enough time to game once you have a family and work full time.

coasterguy65

I love your sig, so true.

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77

Isn't the average age of gamers 35 or something?

I didn't grow out of it that's for sure. Got older and could afford every console with nice surround sound set ups and HDTVs to make gaming even better!

I don't see myself ever "growing out" of gaming. There was a period of a few years when I stopped playing console games, but now I'm back into it. I don't see myself stopping gaming anytime soon.

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77

Note: (Cradd) substitute r for l, and d for s.

First of all, you can not "grow out of gaming" simply because gaming in itself is not a product of a certain age. Nor is it a problem. Like anything done in a mild way, it is actually good for you. When you game, in most games, you have to think quickly, forcing your brain to develop synaptic connections, and those connections are similar to those needed for faster processing of logic, which is most closely related to Math and Street Smarts. Also, aside from the doctor and psychological babble, there is also the obvious effect, release from pent up frustration from anything in life, or a way to cool down from stress that is caused by working full time, a breaking family (I have not experienced working full time or breaking family stress, but that is probably because I come from an upper (cradd) family, I can totally empathise with my other friends though, so this is a real reason), studying, and mass working out (I mean like lifting 400 lbs, and then not doing the thing guys do at night, which causes a lot of physical and psychological stress to accumulate).

Second of all, gaming is simply fun, and as far as fun things go, they have to be non-repetitive. Like you know about eyes, that the shadow of blood vessels is not seen by you (or most of us that are normal do not see it), because it falls on the same spot of the eye everytime (until a doctor shines a light in our eye to test vision, then we see it and are creeped out sometimes). The brain wants stimulation that is new. So try mixing stuff up. Play Gears of War one month (or year depending on how your personality and brain defines "new and old"), Hydro Thunder Hurricane the next, and so on. You would never eat the exact same thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for your entire life, so do not do that with games either.

That was all. This is posted after my psychology 4000 (cradd), so yea, lot of psychological references. =P I get biased easily. Excuse me if I have offended anyone, because this is supposed to be my working in progress theory, so it does not apply to everyone, and some parts may be extraneous to some people.

I doubt i will ever grow out of gaming i love playing games but really il probobly stop when my friends stop gaming

I'm 25 now and I've been gaming since I was able to hold a controller so I don't see myself growing out of it. Like others have said, the older you get the harder it is to find time to game because life gets in the way but if you really enjoy it then you'll find yourself making the time, even if it's just for an hour a week. Luckily for me, my fiancée is an avid gamer like myself so she doesn't mind me gaming, though the downside is I can't really sink hours into games anymore because now I have to share the console!

I've found that friends of mine who let their gaming days go seem to do so because they think they should be doing something more 'worthwhile' with their time; it would appear that people 'grow out' of gaming because they're associating video games with a young age to begin with. Gaming is a hobby just like any other. It transcends age.

I'm 46 and still play. I've played games since I was 16. The older you get the less time you have to play.

Sometimes I get tired of playing. I'll stop for awhile and start back playing. I believe I'll play as long as

I live. To me gaming releases stress from everyday life.

It actually depends on how much you like gaming, there are different degrees for that, i personally don't know how much longer i'll be able to play, so far i have the same age that you have and i'm about to get a job myself so i really don't know, I'll probably just play on sunday if i have the time.

I'm 25 now and I've been gaming since I was able to hold a controller so I don't see myself growing out of it. Like others have said, the older you get the harder it is to find time to game because life gets in the way but if you really enjoy it then you'll find yourself making the time, even if it's just for an hour a week. Luckily for me, my fiancée is an avid gamer like myself so she doesn't mind me gaming, though the downside is I can't really sink hours into games anymore because now I have to share the console!

I've found that friends of mine who let their gaming days go seem to do so because they think they should be doing something more 'worthwhile' with their time; it would appear that people 'grow out' of gaming because they're associating video games with a young age to begin with. Gaming is a hobby just like any other. It transcends age.

skooks

ICompletlty agree with you

I think your all right i think you have less time to game rather than grow out of it. I truly belive i will game all my life even when i'm old and cont bend my fingers without the hurting lol

It depends on the person, if you truly love gaming you will make time.:) I will never outgrow video games, I love them. My boyfriend's father and all his friends game with us, they all love to play and he gets to play a few hours a day.

Also I have noticed some people saying that elderly people don't like games....well games weren't around for most of them. For a lot of older people they were not even invented. For the ones that did grow up with games in existence only arcade games were around at the time. Arcade games cost money, people didn't have a ton of money to spend back then. Games were never a big trend for the older generations, that explains why the elderly do not like games. They were not available to them, not that they outgrew them.

I'm nearly 31 and haven't grown out of gaming. If anything, I've gotten more into it :D Always make sure that you find time for your hobby. Without a little me time, we'd all go crazy.

Gaming is no longer my numbwer one hobby but I will still play games when I am in the mood.

I'm 39 marriedand i've got 2 kids but i always find time to game.

I'm 22 years old and i love gaming, Its such a huge part of my life and i'm not sure what i'd do without it. I now have a full time job of 48 hours a week and also i have a girlfriend who also takes up her fair share of my time.......

my point in all this is how little time i have to game anymore....I mean as life goes on you'll settle down with kids, work, wife....all this stuff adds up, So what happens to my life syle/hobbie....was my mum right will i grow out of gaming?

There are even games that i would love to play but really dont have the time to go on, Also i'm stating to get bord of games faster than i used too.

I'm abit lucky in one way my missis love's to game, so i'm ok when she come's round because i go online with her.....but still when i'm 30-40 will i still game? ....I hope so.

corb77

Yea, I'm about your age, but hey when your like 40 or something you probabarly play games with your kids that's what my uncle does!

Why would anyone revive a 2 year old topic?

I'm 22 as well and can be tired of them at times but never outgrow them, they're entertainment after all.

I'm 18, and I'm already starting to get tired of it. It's not the same anymore fellas.

I'm 18, and I'm already starting to get tired of it. It's not the same anymore fellas.

stupid4

Have to admit i feel like that sometimes... It feels like i'm harder to impress with games and i play them for the sake of it...

But still i do love it lol

Why would anyone revive a 2 year old topic?

mitu123

Why not?