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I'm 35 and my dad turns 68 this year. He had a stroke about 13 years ago that narrowly missed killing him and paralyzed half of his body (he recovered some use of his leg, but his right hand just hangs out).

He had to give up a lot of things, but I made sure gaming wasn't one of them. He plays with a foot pedal and a mouse, and still loves it.

He plays all of the fallout games on a loop, has a thousand hours on the Bioshock franchise, and we play Co-op shooters together sometimes. He has a bunch of other games, but he's super picky lol.

Old-ass gamers unite!

I believe games were originally marketed to adults until Nintendo decided to buck the trend?

60 seems like a better cutoff. Now get out of my yard

Look, honestly, I'm more disgusted by the amount of people who don't play videogames.

Some people just hate fun I guess

39 here and still playing. The worst part is STILL having a huge backlog of steam games to work through.

I mean this purely as an observation, but: almost certainly literal child detected

I'm in my mid 30s, and the people in my extended social circle around my age that don't fire up a game at least once or twice a week are few and far between, even including the harried, busy, regular not-yet-grand parents, haha

Quick edit: imo, the ones not playing video games at my age (again, in my area) are generally the ones who seem the least like they have their shit together. It's weird but it's a thing I've noticed

So, how many more generations before people finally escape Nintendo's crafted stereotype that games are for young boys? Never? Fantastic. I'll try not to think about how I'll magically be too old for games in 7 months.

My choice of a retirement home will be dictated by which one offers high-speed internet service.

I know people in their 50s who still game lmao calling 30 old

30... That's funny. I'm 50+ and clap asses hard in Tarkov PvP.

34 here, reporting for duty

I grew up playing video games in the 80’s - of course I still play video games even though I turned 50 this year.

I swear the younger generations forget gaming has been around for a LONG time long before they were born, also that people don’t change what they enjoy doing just because they get older…..

I got a Deck cuz I'm in my 30s. Best thing ever to relax with.

I don't know anyone my cohort who doesn't.

48, just been gaming with my 15 year old. Love it, wouldn't be without it!

I'm 38 and never plan to stop. Of course, I met my wife through World of Warcraft, and we game together most nights. My parents still play games in their mid 60s, too. I remember a kid mocking my dad for gaming at 40 when I was a kid. I imagine that guy is doing the same thing now.

I'm also developing them, with the first one hopefully (somewhat) finished by September

I'm creeping up on 50. I finished Elden Ring a little while back.

I'm 28 and I'm a young-un in my Elder Scrolls Online guild lol

Late 60's here and my first game was technically Pong. First one I played on my own PC was hunt the wumpus

if 30s is grandpa then what the fuck am I.

My back and knees hurt just thinking about this.

You can have my game controller when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. And I'm not alone. We are many. We are legion.

You've heard of dementia villages that mimic old city neighborhoods? Gen-X is gonna need that to look like a mall. A video arcade would make sure over half of them never try to leave^1^. We're not done gaming, not by a longshot.

^1^ - The rest are going to tend to cluster up in the food court or Tower Records.

Lets sit down and discuss what constitutes a rogue-like

I have systems older than grandpa!

Turning 40 this year.

37 Guilty as charged

38 and still gaming regularly on PC.