Any still play video games?

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User013579@reddit

53 here. Currently playing Borderlands 3 again on Xbox live. Big Halo fan. I really enjoy shooting games.

There was never a time in my adult life when I didn’t have at least 1 console. I’ve played a handful of online games and used to play on a MUDD )along with some dabbling in coding)

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Much-Chef6275@reddit

An XBox Series X, 2 Series S, 2 Xbox Ones, a PS 4, 2 Nintendo Switches, plus various old consoles/handhelds and my phone. Currently working on LoZ Echoes of Wisdom.

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I just turned 50 and have been gaming almost all my life. I was big into WoW in my 30s. In my 40s until now I like easier games where I can just chill. Life is hard enough, my games don't need to be.

With how fast technology developed in our lifetime, by then they surely will have inented something ingenious, that will bring people together easier

A girl can dream, at least

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PeaTearGriphon@reddit

That is true, we do have video phones now. I remember when they were a thing in the 80s but it was on a TV attached to the phone. It never really took off. Now we take it for granted that we can just use our pocket rectangle and see anyone we know in the world instantly.

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OldBrownWookiee@reddit

Star Wars Galaxies had me during the WoW days. You can probably tell by my username I played a Wookiee.

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MrsHorrible@reddit

I played a Bothan and was a creature handler until the devs messed with it and made it unsatisfying.

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OldBrownWookiee@reddit

Wookiee Ranger/Creature Handler here. I re rolled my specs a couple of times, I stopped playing when the Jedi class popped.

Everything became a grind for most of my guildies to get the Holocron. Lost interest soon after. I played on Kettemoore and I’m still buds with a couple of the folks in the guild.

I’d start playing at 10 after feeding my infant and then run till he had to eat again around 2ish. I remember this time fondly.

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PeaTearGriphon@reddit

I've played many Star Wars games over the years but stopped around the early 2000s. I just found they got really hard and I would butt my head against a wall. The first I played was X-wing on PC, I got to the mission where you have to protect a frigate from tie fighters and I could never figure it out.

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OldBrownWookiee@reddit

If you have a console the Jedi Survivor games are well done.

Sounds to me like you'd enjoy Dave The Diver, they did a Dredge crossover event that ended up being a permanent feature in the game.

Balatro has killed whatever social life I have left, it's a really good game once you get the hang of it.

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PeaTearGriphon@reddit

lol, I played Balatro and Dredge last night.

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Pavementaled@reddit

At 52, your comment parallels mine. I started playing in 1976 at home with Pong, and havnt stopped except for a brief time in the 90's when I was out there actually living and shit...

Electronic_Common931@reddit

Same here.

But which version of the level one? The old school TF where you were able to use concussion grenades to launch yourself across the map, medics could infect/heal and demomen had the time bombs, or the current version?

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Puffpufftoke@reddit

The current version.

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Getting a Steam Deck helped me get rid of a bunch of guilty buys by actually finishing games, especially when I'm often on the go.

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gurl_2b@reddit

I click the filter that only shows installed games. It makes me feel better. Apparently I only have 6 games....

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Askmeaboutmy_Beergut@reddit

Ay Guuurl! 🤣😂

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MunkyDawg@reddit

Just the 1000s of hours on steam games here

On the other hand, I'm too busy these days playing video games to have time to play video games.

It was pretty cool.

I wonder if there is any way a “That 70s Show” kind of sitcom treatment could ever be written about that culture? It’s so foreign of an idea today, I dunno how they’d make it relevant to people today…

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JelloBooBoy@reddit

Me 57, I mostly play Fallout 4/76 and Starfield. Occasionally play other types of RPG’s too.

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MadMatchy@reddit

Played 76 from day 1. I have 4 OP endgame enclave plasmas and ap refresh scout. I can get so close to Earle and the Queen with aa5025 I can see what they ate for breakfast.

While it was the post-apocalypse shooter style that brought me to the Fallout franchise, I now play Fallout 76 online and almost entirely dedicate my time to building camps and selling stuff to other players. I'll even sneak past enemies instead of shooting them, nowadays.

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southernrail@reddit

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NothingGloomy9712@reddit

Once Human. I used to play wow 5 years ago, I enjoy survival games and Once Human gives you a casual experience in both those types of games. There are also rewards for casual farms so you don't have to grind an unreasonable amount. There are a lot of 30 or 40 plus gamers on the PvE servers, on NA anyways.

The new PvE season is starting on the 17th, anyone interested in grouping on NA is welcome to send me a message. New players are great, I am staying away from the try hard vibe. I minmax my own gear because I enjoy it, but I don't expect other to and don't get my panties in a twist if they don't.

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seymour5000@reddit

I’m still a Nintendo and Sony PS fan. I am picky on my games and like fun games like Mario and Sly. I cannot do first person or realistic games; they give me nausea. I go gaming in winter bc I live in a four season state and there isn’t much to do when the sun sets at 5:30pm.

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Emotional_Channel_67@reddit

I play Betamax! Just kidding. I used to like WoW and CoD in my 30s but I stopped playing in my late 30s. A few reasons. Main one was my wife as she hated it and called it a waste of time. I am glad I stopped but when I get older and I am less mobile, I will probably go back to playing.

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pandagirl47@reddit

GandolfMagicFruits@reddit

For sure.

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TonyStark100@reddit

And B Dalton!

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South_Dakota_Boy@reddit

I called a few times over the years. It was never a long call and cost a few bucks each time.

I knew it was long distance so I always asked permission and was pretty conscientious about it.

51M here, still play, but I limit myself to never more than 1.5-2 hours per day…otherwise I’d be up till 4am!

I’m single now, but I was always amazed at how much shit my ex-wife would give me for playing video games for a couple of hours each day. Sure, she could go get a manicure/pedicure that would take an hour, or go shopping for a similar amount of time, or watch some brainless housewives show on TV…but somehow I’m the asshole for playing video games?

Hfcsmakesmefart@reddit

Hell yeah, I love building these fancy Lego sets too. Optimus Prime Lego set is the genx wet dream!

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aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

I love scrabble and GO! Though I usually have to play GO online because know one I know plays it.

Don’t get me started on legos, I have almost all of the Botanical sets hahaha

Guess we are all kids at heart

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Lucky-11@reddit

The best part of being an adult, buying the toys you couldn't get as a kid.

Notice I said adult and not responsible adult 😉

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aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

Truth!

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Successful-Gift-3913@reddit

Only Clash Royale on my phone!

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Adam_n_ali@reddit

Currently enjoying Golf+ in VR, and UFO50 on steam!

UFO50 is a collection of 50 8-bit Nintendo style games, I'm having a real blast with it. Soo much value!

I got bit by the golf bug last year, and can't get enough, so I practice in VR at night or days where the weather isn't cooperating 😆

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Hfcsmakesmefart@reddit

I just started playing again, this year, I had actually stopped when Covid hit. Now I’m playing until 1:30AM again. This obviously not sustainable.

I play open world games and I love them, I’m not into multiplayer games, I wonder if that’s a generationsl thing. However, the latest one I’m playing—Assassins Creed Valhalla—I’m 100+ hours in and probably only half way through. I mean that’s crazy when you think of the opportunity cost of all that time, but I can’t say I’d really be spending it much better if I wasn’t playing. I’d probably just be watching tv until late which is much worse because then your hands are idle to do things like snacking or drinking. Thats basically what I did in the 3 years i didn’t play.

I do have a wonderful time in these worlds, Fallout: New Vegas is an especially satisfying game, for anyone reading looking for recs, I highly recommend that one.

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Supamazzive@reddit

So cool to read this!

I'm comin' at gaming from the other side. I was really into arcades, pinball, a friend had an Atari and later came Asteroids, Tempest, etc... But my interests moved to music. Here I am... A lifetime later... As an old git, I found myself watching and enjoying my youngest kids (in their 20's) play games on their PC's for HOURS! So much fun.

aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

No reason to be sownvtotes. It’s an Understandable situation. Sad to read that you had to deal with that.

fiascokittens@reddit

49 and I play everyday if I can. The weekends, I play with the nephews and nieces, even my parents play and they are in their late 70's. Our generation, and I give credit to our parents for buying in, invented this lifestyle.

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Drillerfan@reddit

One wall of my "museum"

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aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

That’s awesome

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Crazy_Drago@reddit

I’ve been playing my whole life and used to be a huge gamer. I played WoW when I was younger. I was in one of the the top raiding guilds on my server. Came home from work and played until 2am. I quit when I realized it was basically a second job that I wasn’t getting paid for. I also played a lot of League of Legends and Call of Duty type games.

These days, I really only play single player games that are a little slower paced. I love single player RPGs. Elder Scrolls/Fallout are favorites. I played Elden Ring for like 1000 hours. I no longer like competitive multiplayer games. I’m too slow, the kids are too fast, and I never was very good at them anyway. Now I’d rather find all of the shiny things or go on quests. And now, instead of playing every night until 2am, I play a few hours a week.

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Money-Cranberry777@reddit

Was just playing Witchfire this morning before work

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Intelligent-Exit724@reddit

I will challenge anyone anytime to a game of Ms. Pac Man.

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pandagirl47@reddit

Not much

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fluoxetine13@reddit

I collect games and currently have 10 different consoles hooked up to 3 different TV’s in my house, with another 4 or 5 ready to be swapped out. Everything from the Atari 2600 to the PS5, plus a few handhelds in my nightstand drawer. Precious little time to enjoy them. Usually only get a couple of hours a night before bed. Sigh.

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MorningNorwegianWood@reddit

My dad worked in sales and brought home an odyssey ii one day out of the blue and that thing ripped. Still had Nintendo etc. I intend to play every once in a while but it never seems to happen

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Sergeant_Crunch@reddit

I grew up in the country, but vividly remember pumping quarters into the Pac-Man and Donkey Kong machines in the 7-11 near my friend's house. Eventually my Dad brought home an Atari 800XL and later a PC. I've mostly been a PC gamer with a few forays into console gaming.

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EnergyCreature@reddit

I still play fighting games often. Mostly

Virtua Fighter 3TB
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
The King of Fighters '98
SoulCalibur

From the modern age

Skullgirls

I did not grow up on consoles. I was an arcade kid and then computer gamer. I did get a Dreamcast but only to play the arcade games that were my favorite and I'm still playing on that.

58... still play and currently own all the Xbox - PS series (except PS5)

Grew up on Atari 2600 (1981) built my first computer Sinclair ZX81 (1982)

Owned a series of 8 bit and 16 bit Atari (StE was my favourite with 4 MB Hard drive) Atari XE65

By the time I got to take computer classes in high school, I was ahead of the class (and teacher's as well) and was consider disruptive and spent a great deal of time in the corner ( because I was helping everyone around me with writing their computer programs) - was hoping to work in the computer sector and decided that is who I didn't want to be...

But I still enjoy playing games and it is a great way to connect/talk with kids... which is what I do now....

SarahZona97@reddit

Very cool! I met my husband through mutual e-friends on a gamer trading website. It was based on one specific game, but it had trade subforums for a bunch of different games. Most people who used this site played online computer games. I never got into console games for some reason. My husband is younger than I am and played on consoles, but while he has a Switch and other systems, he's an online gamer like I am.

We started playing a couple of games with the same people while chatting on Vent (it was a while ago; we all use Discord now). We've known each other (online) for 16 years, got together & moved in together in the same year 13 years ago, and got married 10 years ago.

Divtos@reddit

I’ve been playing BG3 on my 70inch home theater full time since I retired…

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MarcTraveller@reddit

I have an XBox, PS5 and gaming computer. I’ve played lots in my life.

TBH, I’m getting bored with them, nothing new really, all the same game mechanics for the past 10-15 years.

Oh, and I can’t compete against the under 25 crowd anymore, and don’t play the same way as them anyways.

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stinkyrobot@reddit

God damn your gaming history mirrors mine a lot. Before we got an Atari I was at the arcade as much as possible. Or in front of the Safeway playing whatever game they had.

No, I haven’t been enjoying the hell out of Deadspace 3 the past few days.

I certainly don’t play Rocket League almost every day.

HumanMycologist5795@reddit

Agreed. How is LA Noir and Outer Worlds? I was thinking about getting them.

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SubBass49Tees@reddit

LA Noir is an open world game but has a scripted storyline. It's a really challenging game to play (especially the driving sequences), but the 1940s Los Angeles noir cop vibe is great. Not for the sensitive types, it uses period-accurate language, including racial slurs, in the dialogue.

Outer Worlds is cool to me because it has a compelling storyline and what feels like infinite possibilities for game play. It's open-world, but there are some scripted sequences. Great sci-fi stuff. Awesome weapons. You get to make moral choices, so as a GenX guy, it reminded me of an interactive Choose Your Own Adventure book.

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HumanMycologist5795@reddit

Thanks. I'll look into both. Have a great weekend.

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SubBass49Tees@reddit

No problem at all. Hope ya have a good time.

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parveenj@reddit

I game daily on my PS5. I built a gaming PC but its also at my work desk and doesn't let me break from the office so I like the couch experience. I play story based games and like to play 30 minutes to 1 hour each day like reading chapters in a book. This way, I tend to only play 6-10 games a year but build a thorough relationship with each one. I have my next few games planned so as soon as I finish one, I have my next one immediately without skipping a beat. I am playing Witcher 3 now for the first time and just finished the Resident Evil 4 remake.

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ionV4n0m@reddit

still a STRONG pc gamer here. Currently it's between Nova Drift, RType Finals 2, Space Marine 2 and Diablo IV

Here ya go. It even lets me use my ps4 controller

https://openemu.org/

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Sufficient_Top_3877@reddit

Thanks

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aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

Yessir! Oh yeah it also lets you save your game play. Which is fantastic for old school games.

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mothraegg@reddit

I retired in June, so I finally bought myself a Switch. I love to play Donkey Kong and Pokemon games. I also enjoy playing with my grandkids. Luckily, one of my grandsons beat a bunch of levels in Donkey Kong, so now I just wonder around playing different levels.

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HumanMycologist5795@reddit

That's cool. That's another thing to bond over.

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HumanMycologist5795@reddit

I'm with you 10000%.

Grew up on Comm 64. Had Nintendo, Gameboy, SNES, PC, PS4. I'm living alone, and I'm not big into TV, so I do video games if I'm not busy with something else.

I have all Sony PlayStations from the first original PlayStation to my 5, both VR headsets, PSP, Playstation Vita, original Nintendo, super NES, N64, GameCube, a few gameboys, a few Nintendo lite, DS, 3DS, Nintendo Wii, Switch, and a Switch OLED.

Also I never got into Xbox and I also have a ton of hours in many steam games.

trekin73@reddit

Oh yes 🙌

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Pennypot@reddit

WoW, FFXIV, various PC games. My husband loves classic JRPGs and we actually do the voices in character for the games that don't have any voice acting. It's actually a whole lot of fun, lol.

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Puppiessssss@reddit

I play every night. It’s the only way I can kill people and not worry about hiding the bodies.

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OldBanjoFrog@reddit

Only if they take tokens

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Valsury@reddit

58, gaming is my preferred pastime.

The short version for me: totally enthralled with the early 80s Arcade games. Got a ColecoVision when they came out (lucky me :) ).

Then it was on and off for awhile. When the PS1 came out, that (and the family 48/Pentium) started a whirlwind of gaming PCs and consoles. I'm sitting here staring at 3 of them + my emulation box right now, trying to decide 😂.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Only City of Heroes. Last game I really cared about.

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Harkonnen_Dog@reddit

Hell yeah!

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Mission_Star5888@reddit

I haven't played video games since the PS3 came out. All the video games going online kinda killed it for me. It's not like it was playing Mario or Final Fantasy 3. You have to be online pretty much to play anything. I just like going home and playing my games. I play apps on my Smartphone and find games like Civilization on my laptop fun.

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tpittari@reddit

55 here, I work the night shift babysitting servers (from home) so I have a lot of down time. I play atleast 2-3 hrs a day.

I love all kinds of games but right now im playing Civ 6, Star Trek Online and Destiny 2.

I never know when there is going to be a fire I need to put out so I tend to play games where I can quit at any time and not care about it.

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Creaulx@reddit

Used to have MAME working on my old laptop along with hundreds of classic ROMs. Loved it!

I really need to do that again but it's been so long, I can't even remember how to do it. Anyone got a simple tutorial?

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IceLapplander@reddit

Yeah i have a few games on steam that are in the 4 digit hours and then an ungodly amount of time on some mmo's...and then there is Diablo 3 where i have spent more time than i would want to admit.

clorox2@reddit

I like Pole Position, Frogger, Dig Dug and Galaxian.

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My guess is the paycheck$

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Suntzu_AU@reddit

Shit yeah! Im on Supreme Commander, Battlefield franchise, Beyond All Reason, VR games and flight sims.

I remember the original pong but Atari 2600 and then Commodore 64 were my favourites!

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3dgarrr@reddit

COD Baby. Trying to keep up with the 14yo sweats.

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Past-Butterscotch-68@reddit

I’m getting close to 50. My wife won’t let me have a console on the account of my OCD with video games lol. When I was younger I would stay up all hours of the night playing my PlayStation or PC games.

I am down to whatever is free on Apple Arcade now 😭

Pfft. Still building my own gaming PCs and I picked up a steam deck over a year ago.

Going to be gaming in to the old folks home.

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birdguy1000@reddit

Would love quake with skins at the old folks home someday

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MrRemoto@reddit

Someday wifi speeds will be a consideration for nursing homes. It would be a mighty relief if by the time we're checking in they have MMOs you can play with just the people in your building.

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I restored a Ms Pac-Man cocktail and put in a 60-in-1 unit with all the early classics. Then as a pandemic project, I found a non functioning Taito Double Dragon cabinet and put in a Raspberry Pi with 12,000+ console & arcade games (from 1975-1999). Then I kit built a gameboy clone with 20,000 games in it.

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mylittleplaceholder@reddit

Awesome. Love the hangout room!

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RVAblues@reddit

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BallDiamondBall@reddit

I think about pluncking down with the original Goldeneye every now and then. Loved that game, but all the equipment is long gone.

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I_Dont_Like_Rice@reddit

I'm 53F and have been hooked on video games since we were the first on our street to get Pong. I think my proudest moment is when I beat Earthworm Jim on Sega in the 90's.

Currently, in play, I have a PS4, PS5, Switch and an Oculus Go. I've been playing Hogwarts Legacy every day since it came out and I'm on my 10th run through.

My Wii bricked up, but I still have the Sega and a PS2 somewhere. I wish I still had my Atari console and games. I wish I could find someone who enjoyed playing, I feel like the only dork in my world.

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joefatmamma@reddit

Oh yeah got my kids playing Nintendo since they were little. Playing TOTK, albeit slowly.

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OhSoSoft@reddit

I'm 46F. Love video games, on console, or my pc. Gaming is my escape, a way to help me unwind. Mostly simulation or crafting/survival games.

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FloozyFoot@reddit

Hell yes.

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Fight_Tyrnny@reddit

Never was huge into consoles after the 90's hit even though I grew up with the first Atari 2600 and Nintendo and almost everything since.

But I sure as hell grew up with computer games starting with the c64 in the mid-80's.

Ive played ever PC game known to man going way back when you could fit 4/5 of them on a floppy on your c64. First favorites I remember are D&D Hillsfar and Pools of Radiance.

Today, my active games in steam (and others) are:

Diablo 4 (currently playing the new update)

Baulders Gate 3

Amazons New World

Starfield

Kinda trying Throne and Liberty but not rally liking is

Civ 6.

2 consoles, VR headset, 2 Nintendo Switches.

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inkboy1969@reddit

I still play and probably always will. My son, age 9, also loves video games and we often play together. We are just about to finish Satisfactory this weekend I think. We've played Minecraft and Palworld together too.

Myself, I love BG3 and Assassins Creed, but those are too violent to share with him yet.

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At my age I can only find 15-20 hours a week to play so I've had to cut out the aimless wandering & become more task oriented and goal focused, Just like real life.

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Eclectic_Barbarella@reddit

I’ve been playing Detroit: Become Human, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Galaga and GTA 5. I also bought a Woojer vest just for the fun of it. My kids love telling their friends that their mom plays GTA. 🤣

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Dude. 54 here. Play Baulder's Gate 3. Best game ever. It will ruin you. There are sub reddit dedicated to it. Several. Play it and every other RPG will be like 8 bit Pac-Man.

I'm on my 5th run through, 120 to 180 hours. Different every time. Excellent writing, over the top gore, funny, heartbreaking. Amazing soundtrack and first rate graphics. After playing it, fuck Elder Scrolls.

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theycallme_hans@reddit

Mostly stopped playing on console in my 20’s and 30’s but now my kids are playing them so I’ve picked up Fortnite with them. Definitely love the game.

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ATX_native@reddit

Heck yeah.

I play games with IRL friends every few weeks and play some FPS games and am enjoying NCAA FB 2025 right now playing some solo Dynasty.

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YellowBreakfast@reddit

I never really stopped.

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browncoat47@reddit

Splatoon 3 baby! Hardcore Grizzco worker here. Love every second of it…

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QueenofDucks1@reddit

I didn't have video games as a kid, because my parents would not buy us a gaming system. So the only time I got to play was when I baby sat, and the kids had gone to bed.

My wife had covid this week so I got to play like 20 hours of Cyberpunk 2077. I also like playing age appropriate co-op games with my daughter when she's not playing Roblox.

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supermouse35@reddit

58 and still playing every day. :D

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OldManOwl@reddit

yup, same.

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54 here , still play, still rubbish. If you want something of a nostalgia trip check out UFO 50 on steam. 50 games from legendary games developer UFO soft who made games for the long forgotten LX console....

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DeezSaltyNuts69@reddit

ah let's see - got started at the arcades

at one point have owned and played

Atari 2600, 5200, Jaguar
Sega Master System, Genesis, 32X, CD, Saturn and Dreamcast
NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, Switch, 3DS
Playstation, PS2, PSX, PS3, PSP
Xbox, 360 original, elite and slim, Xbox One, Series X
3D0
Neo Geo
Turbografx 16, PC Engine
Amiga CD console
mini sega, playstation and pc engine
Ouya
1up Arcade Mortal Kombat
PCs of course going back to the DOS era for O/S

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Purple-Construction5@reddit

Yes A PS5 player here.

But can't play as late as I used to. 10pm and I'm too sleepy 😴

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facemelter124@reddit

Any Dota2 players in the house we need an over 50 team?

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QuickMartyr@reddit

40 years since my dad gave me my Atari 2600. And yes, still playing.

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facemelter124@reddit

Love gaming, still game and my kids are gamers. It’s great!

If Baldurs Gate 3 had come out in 1983 when I was thirteen I would probably still be playing it. That game is what I imaged RPGs would be like when I was playing Zork Ultima and Wizardry.

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knkarm@reddit

Turned 50 this past summer. Usually game 4-5 times per week. Prefer to be immersed in a game than watch a show. Still own NES, SNES, Genesis, Turbo Grafx, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1-5, N64, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, Switch….even a Virtual Boy. Retro all connected to a CRT. Try to alternate playing between modern and retro consoles but probably tilt more modern lately. Don’t see myself stopping. It’s a nice way to relax while still being engaged.

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No_Possession_5038@reddit

I still play and still have a nes and genesis hooked to an old crt tv. It’s kind of one of our things

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YouAreStoopud@reddit

I got an Xbox series X, a PS5, a gaming PC and a MAME cabinet. If only I had the time to play all of them!

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goldenratio1111@reddit

We are the OG gamers.

And I am rocking my gaming desktop and XBox Series X with.... Minecraft, Skyrim, Stardew Valley?

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Big-Sheepherder-6134@reddit

I don’t play anymore and I was an OG with Pong. Had most of the old consoles. Built a gaming PC in 2005. But sometime maybe around 2012 I retired from gaming. I just have very little interest these days. I also have been putting most of my income towards retirement and that may have a lot to do with it.

I’ve been too busy lately and have only been able to play simple mobile games but hope to get back into it more. I have a steam deck and a PS4 and hope to get the 5 soon.

I love platformers and puzzle games and am a huge fan of the Portal series. Tons of fan levels to play.

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VanGroteKlasse@reddit

44 here, so just at the tail end on GenX. I play less frequently now, stuff to do you know, so I go for quality over quantity. I like good story driven games that I can play at my own speed, usually on the easiest setting lol. Games like God of War, the Last of us, Resident Evil.

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Unusual-Doubt@reddit

Hmm I got less photos but more games on my phone. Have my diy flight sim and play regularly. So yeah, I dig games. I’m worried abt how to move my sim rig when I move to care home!!

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Ryyah61577@reddit

Yep. Me and my friends get together once a week to play co-op games together. Right now we are going back through all of the Borderlands games before 4 gets released.

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foilrat@reddit

PC games with a self-build. - Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Zero Dawn, etc

Switch, and an emulator on the PC (Botw and TotK are amazing at 60fps/4k).

Its_The_Water360@reddit

I just gently set down my controller to say yes. Still and always. If you don't play and think it is for kids, boy are you missing out on a good time. It's like saying movies are only for kids at this point which most would consider ridiculous.

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StangRunner45@reddit

Hell yeah I still play!

Daily, Xbox and PC games.

PC for the strategy games like CS2 or CK3 or HOI4 BG3, etc.

Console for the rest.

First system was a ColecoVision; but it broke so we sent it back and got an Atari. Then a few years later my step dad showed up with an Intellivision.

Then we had all of the Nintendos up until N64, didn’t get the GameCube or anything after.

Switched to Xbox after college and have been there since.

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TomToe420@reddit

51 with ps5, xsx, switch, xbox 360 and race wheel for ps5. i use the 360 for my past guitar hero games. also subscribed to game pass for 2 years and ps+ is monthly atm until I find a decent yearly black friday deal

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reignoferror00@reddit

56 M - so I guess I'm an "Atari age" GenXer.

Not much game playing now. My old computer likely couldn't handle modern games, the emulator MAME is probably its limit. I'm guessing nothing beyond the level Duke Nukem 3D would be playable on it.

Also had a pong game as a child for a while (before my dad's concerns about images being burned into the t.v.). Went in with my brother on an Atari 2600/VCS. Neighbour kid friend of my brother has an Intellivision, and a later friend had a Sega Genesis and Colecovision. Friends of my parent's kid had the Magnavox Odyssey 2. One old system I've never seen in person is the Vectrex system; closest I got to that was the old arcade games with vector graphics.

After the Atari we had a Vic 20 and then an Apple II clone later on. In high school was the Commodore PET computers (dungeon a favourite game).

I see the games being made now and they seem hyper complicated. Ah for the days of yore playing the Atari 2600 - it was like video games but you had to use your imagination.

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therealgookachu@reddit

Todd Howard is my god. We won’t discuss how many hours I have into Fallout, Skyrim, and Starfield.

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Popcorn_Blitz@reddit

Not as much as I used to but I still do from time to time

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BlownCamaro@reddit

I had a guy at work a few years ago who was about 10 years older say to me, "I can't believe someone your age plays video games." He said he likes to watch movies, so I explained to him that many games are like interactive movies where you are PART of the movie and decide how it ends! His response was, "Wow. I had no idea!"

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Heh. I play games on my phone but not on console but my eye hand coordination for video games sucked when I was a kid too.

My husband and a male housemate still play video games though, on multiple platforms.

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oldfogey12345@reddit

Totally unfounded bullshit theory time.

The whole video games are for kids stuff came from a time when parents were watching their kid move large blocks around a screen on their Atari game and could not imagine an adult wanting to do that more than watch TV.

Nintendo comes along and really leans into the whole kid friendly thing. Big, noisy, flashy arcades attract way more exitable kids than tired adults.

Video games have grown up now. Warnings to keep kids of a certain age away from some games are a thing.

It's just an old, incorrect belief from our past. Video games are no longer for kids.

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DeezSaltyNuts69@reddit

They never were just for kids dude - who do you think filled the early arcades and invented all those pinball and arcade machines it was boomers

kids couldn't afford the early home consoles, that was adults buying them for the family to use

so many of you seem to want to rewrite history because you were too young to know what was happening in a given decade

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oldfogey12345@reddit

Yes, adults build and produce a wide variety of things for children from diapers to toys to clothing. When children produce those things, people start talking about child labor laws.

And yes, parents buy things that kids can't afford, from diapers to clothing to toys to games.

All of the video game marketing had kids in it. I may be missing something but I don't ever remember seeing a video game ad with anyone older than a teenager before 2000 or so.

Video games were meant for kids at one point. They no longer are. If you are like me and love them regardless, you probably played them as an adult when they were looked at as childish.

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DeezSaltyNuts69@reddit

I may be missing something but I don't ever remember seeing a video game ad with anyone older than a teenager before 2000 or so.

Got it, you're one of those if you didn't see it, then clearly it didn't happen

How many examples from the 70s, 80s and 90s would you like?

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https://i.insider.com/55b99b5cdd0895307e8b4622?width=300&format=jpeg&auto=webp

https://www.andysowards.com/blog/assets/untitled-15-383x450.jpg

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oldfogey12345@reddit

OK crap you are right. I had forgotten how many adults got in on the act when they marketed to teens.

It's hard to say no to a cheerleader or a dude in a spider man suit.

PghFan50@reddit

I got a ps5 a year ago after never buying a PS4. I just play sports games. Football, baseball, hockey, basketball. I probably play 2 games a week. My 25 year old son, on the other hand, can sit on his butt and play for 12 hours straight.

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FluffyShiny@reddit

I play daily and actually also stream on Twitch. PC only.

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smittykins66@reddit

I play MLB The Show and the original DOOM on my PS4. I’m not buying a PS5 until I absolutely have to.

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vividtangerinedream@reddit

Of course I still play video games!

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tmphaedrus13@reddit

I currently am playing Dragon Age, Diablo, and Final Fantasy XIV on a PS4.

I also am still playing D&D and various other tabletop rpgs as well.

Growing up doesn't mean growing old. 🙂

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FigAware493@reddit

I raised my child on the original Final Fantasy VII. He wept at a certain cutscene, just like I did when I was young.

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JeffAlbertson93@reddit

I used to have a computer that was dedicated to MAME, as well as pretty much every other emulator I could find and there's no real need for that there's a site I go to that let you play a lot of the old retro games in the browser.

I've been playing Genesis games recently via an emulator.

I like the early 90's stuff. TG-16, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD

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prophet74@reddit

50 here. Started when I got my Atari 2600 and never stopped. Pretty much owned most consoles up until the SeriesX/PS5. Mainly PC. Currently replaying Satisfactory now that it's out of Early Access.

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paranormal_junkie73@reddit

I just keep to steam these days (current favorite is slay the spire).

Yeah but all I really have time and attention for is First Person Shootrers. Used to love RTS, RPG, but I don't have time to sit there for hours on end and learn a new complex technology / character progression system.

I bought Starfield, played for 4 hours and abandoned it.

I played it on PS4 and obtained all the trophies. It was rubbish when first released but their updates really saved this game. Being an open world sandbox game, I didn’t have a reason to keep playing once I completed everything. I kept hoping the releases would bring new trophies but they never do.

Anyways hope you have fun!

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saint_ryan@reddit

Never had an Atari…been making up for it ever since.

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Hertje73@reddit

Oh yes.. I can't get enough of Satisfactory.

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littlerabbits72@reddit

Never stopped and don't intend to - made me the coolest Auntie amongst my families offspring!

Astrowars was my first computer game Handheld pacman Commodore Vic20 Commodore Amiga PS1 PS2 Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox One X PS4 PS5

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Accomplished_War_805@reddit

My (52) wife (44) and I play regularly and have six different consoles to choose from. I had the atari 2600 as a kid and have been looking to add some of the older consoles to my collection. I really want an intellivision. Was so jealous back in the day.

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TobyHensen@reddit

Old School RuneScape

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thejake1973@reddit

We have his and hers PS5s and PS4s, new Xbox, and switch. I have the PSVR and PSVR2 with a decent driving setup and flight stick.

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MarvinHeemeyersTank@reddit

I still have all my Playstations.

PSOne
PS2
PS3
PS4
PS5 (swapped to black console covers)

Still play the games we grew up with. I converted an Arcade1Up (from Walmart/best buy) into a retro gaming platform. Old school arcade (1979-1993 or so), NES, and SNES.

I don’t watch TV either. Best part about the old arcade games is that they don’t suck you in. You can play for 20 minutes and it’s good. You can play for 2h and it’s good.

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JoJoGranum@reddit

Omg yes. I play Warframe as a current game. It’s cross save and play on all platforms. Warframe is from my home country (Canada). I’ve played games since Atari days in the 80s

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49 here, and these days I mostly play single-player open world games. Not that many from the past 10 years or so. Been hitting fanmade romhacks of older GTA games through an emulator more lately, some Elder Scrolls series, and (somewhat belatedly) getting into messing around in Project Zomboid lately. Also been enjoying some Pokemon romhacks, even if we were a bit old to be in the target audience when the originals came out

Yes, but the games I play have changed. I used to like FPS and action/adventure games, but now I prefer puzzles/adventure games like "The Suicide of Rachel Foster." I get much too stressed out with action games now, but I'll sit on my arse playing Little Kitty, Big City or Superliminal for hours.

Also, recommendations are welcome for Xbox Series X or Switch games like the ones named above (I've already played The Stanley Parable, Sagebrush, Gone Home, and I tried to get into Firewatch but got a bit bored.

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Confident_Neck8072@reddit

my girlfriends grandma has 100s of hours in skyrim

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HiPwrBBQ@reddit

No time for that stuff... Unless someone challenges me to old school Mario Kart then it's on!

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therelybare5@reddit

Are you talking stand up arcade machines or home consoles? Funny story, my wife and I were visiting our Alma Mater (UNC-Greensboro) and in the University Center, we found a room filled with what looked like black lights. We entered to find an E-Sports Room filled with Game Consoles and Large Screen monitors. My eye opened wide at the sight. The managers said that they had all the major consoles and often had tournaments there as well. I looked at my wife and said that it was probably a good thing that they didn’t have this place when I was here, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten any schoolwork done! It was bad enough that they had standup machines! 😂

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Yeeaaaarrrgh@reddit

Mostly Skyrim, GTA5 and Far Cry 5. Those are my go-to's when I game. Very much looking forward to ES6 and GTA6!

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DevonSchaffer1234@reddit

I’m 31 years old and yeah, I still play video games on my Xbox 360 and my PS4!

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TakeTheThirdStep@reddit

What even is life without video games?

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proscriptus@reddit

Built my rig three years ago, it's still crushing AAA titles so I haven't even upgraded yet.

Absolutely. My wife got "the kids" a PS5 for Christmas a couple years ago, and we've all had a blast with it. I'm in the midst of playing Baldur's Gate 3, and I've also played Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Gotham Knights, The Witcher series, Skyrim, Fallout 4, and some of the other Batman: Arkham series. Great stuff! It's like playing your favorite movie.

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HurtMeSomeMore@reddit

I still play quite a bit. My main gaming is on the Steam Deck but I do stream from my XBOX also for games that aren’t able to run on the Deck.

I prefer open worlds so the bulk of my games are those, in no particular order

Cyberpunk 2077

Starfield <== XBOX

Skyrim

Horizon Zero Dawn

Witcher III

No Man’s Sky

Elite Dangerous

Red Dead Redemption 2

Batman Arkham City

Hogwarts Legacy

GTAV (story mode)

Ghost Recon Wildlands and Breakpoint

The Division 1 and 2

Stray and Little Kitty, Big City

Caravan Sand Witch

The Ascent

Very much so.

RPGs, FPS games, mindless games. High intensity job and it’s my favorite way to unwind.

On PC, playing Cyberpunk2077 mainly. On iPhone/iPad, I’ve been playing Slay The Spire.

I used to okay MMO games but am too inconsistent, schedule-wise, so I stopped.

Similar background to yours. Pong, then a 2600, intellivisuon, NES/Genesis, then I jumped to PC gaming. I have an Xbox X with less than two hours on it.

Girlfriend mostly games on PC or a Switch.

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jenorama_CA@reddit

Man. I quit my job in 2022 due to burnout and video games have been my life. I’ve always played and used to be in a raiding guild in World of Warcraft but now it’s just ridiculous amounts. I still dabble in WoW, but since leaving my job I’ve completed both Horizon games (and NG+), both God of Wars (and NG+), gotten several seasonal Diablo 4 toons to level 100, I’m on my fourth play of the Witcher 3 and I’ve fully completed Baldur’s Gate 3 three times, plus I have several campaigns in various states. I got a Steam Deck this summer for my birthday and it’s a great unit. My husband and I are doing a co-op BG 3 campaign on our Decks and it’s been fun.

I grew up with video games. My parents had one of those early TV pong machines, then we got an Atari 2600 around 1980, then a basic Nintendo system when those came out. I played Carmen Sandiego & Oregon Trail on Apple II's, tried Bard's Tale on our Apple IIgs. Loved Arcades and a quarter still means 'video game' in my head. Even worked in a food & arcade place my last couple years of high school. Played Syndicate, Wolfenstein 3D, & DOOM on a 386 I'd gotten for college. Had a home network set up by an IT roommate of mine and we'd play Command & Conquer, Warcraft II, and Hexen over the network. I've owned a SNES, PS1, Dreamcast, & XBoxes original through XBox One. I would still love to have a MAME cabinet & a virtual Pinball machine.

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8_piece_n_biscuits@reddit

51 here and I play Fallout 76 on PS5 most evenings with a friend.

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Progshim@reddit

I still crush Galaga once in awhile. About 15 years ago I flipped one at an arcade and a few kids were watching, they acted like I was a god. It was awesome

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nocturneOG@reddit

Every single day

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Taira_Mai@reddit

I always played video games. Anyone who says they are for children is just being a Karen.

Anxiously awaiting; GTA 6 Mafia 4 Ghost of Yotei AC:Hexe

Mulliganplummer@reddit

Gotten really into modding Skyrim and Fallout 4, both using and creating.

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Tollin74@reddit

I’m geeking out up the following:

Cold Waters

War on the Sea

Wow

Anxiously waiting for Seapower, dragon age 4, and the Diablo xpac

Just finished a 3rd play through of Bauldrs gate 3

I’d rather play than watch tv as it’s Pavlovian to want to snack while watching tv and I am trying to lose weight, down 20 lbs in the past few months

Playing video games I’m too busy to eat.

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F-Cloud@reddit

I'm 56 and will never give up gaming, it's one of the most enjoyable things in life. I started with Pong and the arcade games in the '70s, console gaming throughout the '80s, and PC gaming since the late '90s. I took a break for a few years in the mid-'90s but missed gaming so much it made me sad. Once I got my first PC I was right back to it.

Right now I've just finished Fallout 4 and have begun a nostalgia run through Fallout: New Vegas, using the Viva Las Vegas mod. I don't want to leave the Fallout world for a while.

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Ebo_72@reddit

We (52m and 50f) finally relented and allowed our son to play GTA5. He’s 12, and the language isn’t anything he hasn’t heard before. He loves games, and it’s hard to argue that it’s not one of, if not the, best games ever. The violence isn’t as bad as I remembered it. So it got me playing it again. Just started the a new game from the beginning.

Still love the Zelda games. Red Dead Redemption is amazing. No mans sky is literally infinite. Have gotten really into several different Lego titles.

But I don’t play all the time. I seem to get into some game or another in a big way during the winter months. When the days get warmer and longer I start to lose interest. With my ADHD I’ll get into a new game and put a couple hundred hours into it, only to stop at some point and never pick it up again. I’ll play games until I die, but it’s not the main focus of my life.

One of the things about being older and still into gaming is having the financial resources to get what you want. The only reason I don’t have a PS5 yet is because I’m still happy with my PS4, but I can see one in my future. Theres a new switch coming, and I’m sure we’ll snap up a couple of those.

Things I’ve never gotten into: wearing a headset and playing online with a bunch of other people, and VR. My son has a VR and I’ve used it, but it’s not my thing. I’ve said for a long time that VR is the first major tech change that GenX is missing out on. I know very few people in our generation that have really jumped into that. For our 22 yo old daughter that’s like her whole social life, and she’s not unusual for the age group. I can only imagine how much our 12 yo son gets into it. Our (hopefully) grandkids will probably look back on today’s VR like our kids look back on the NES.

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jaywright58@reddit

Yes, Xbox series S. I don't play every day but I enjoy it to kill time. Just play Battlefield series.

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snarkdiva@reddit

I’m 59F and I play survival games mostly, like Don’t Starve and Oxygen Not Included, both by Klei studios. I also play a bunch of mobile games. I’m really into the FPS type games. I played all the LEGO video games with my kids when they were growing up, and one of them now works as a narrative writer for Dice.

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industrialblue@reddit

I do but I took a looooong hiatus of about 15 years from my late 20s to mid 40s for various reasons. Then during the pandemic I played Cyberpunk 2077 and was completely blown away by what games have become since then. I literally felt like I got to live in the kind of world I imagined playing tabletop Shadowrun as a teenager (minus the magic). It’s a great diversion especially from work stress, but it can still be a distraction/addiction which gives me some direct perspective on what my gamer kids are dealing with.

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cmt38@reddit

Yes, I have the original Nintendo, a Sega Genesis, a PS 2 and 4, an Xbox, a PS VR and a Meta Quest 3. There's a Nintendo DS and a Sega Game Gear kicking around somewhere, too.

I'm mostly on the Meta Quest these days, at least until GTA6 releases.

Husband and I game together daily.

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Reales_BS@reddit

Of course! That was my first Amiga 500! Still running!

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McGruffin@reddit

Yes, I play all the time. I recently competed Star Wars: Outlaws and Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and have started up the new Vessel of Hatred expansion for Diablo 4. I'm 54.

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space_wiener@reddit

Yep! Right now I mainly play Destiny PVP for a hour or so every day. There are some good games coming out soon so I’ll probably take a break and play those.

If I have the stones I might play the new silent hill remake. Maybe. Haha

If I have a good game I can easily sit and play for hours.

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zenomotion73@reddit

Im an anomaly I think. 51 female gamer with 5 consoles I’ve acquired through the decades. I average about 2-3 hours of play per day, more on weekends. It’s such a stress reliever from adulting all day. My online gamer friends call me their digital mom and I’ve never heard another older female voice in VC unfortunately. Currently, I’m obsessively grinding overwatch 2 and new COD. Just downloaded FarCry5. If anyone wants to play my pS gamer tag is zenomotion1 and my overwatch name is PearlBeast. An older gamer never dies they just respawn 😉

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mndsm79@reddit

I joined "The Older Gamers" in my 20s for WoW and a few other games. You had to be over (21 at the time? 18 now) to join. Their argument wasn't that older people were more mature, certainly there are plenty of mature teens and immature adults; but that 'older' gamers had more in common life experiences. In my raid group there was a retired father and adult son, husbands and wives, etc. If someone said, "My girlfriend just got home, I have to quit the group to bring in groceries" they would get a kind, "Ah, that sucks for us, but catch you next time" rather than harassment. They are still active for many games.

Loved listening to Madden while watching games but never got into the series.

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FlexibleIntegrity@reddit

I'm 54M. I play various games on the PC (mainly RPGS and ARPGs) and on mobile (match 3 stuff usually...too many of them out there!). We had an Atari 2600 growing up and I loved visiting the arcades to play the cabinet games and pinball machines. I still have an NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and a Gameboy Color. I do very little with the old consoles nowadays.

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Boogra555@reddit

I play World of Warcraft with my kids, who are still teenagers (I started late). Tons of fun and one of the things we do for some great bonding time.

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Apprehensive_King914@reddit

Started out on atari and have been playing ever since. I'll play anything that looks like it would be fun to me from about any genre

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eyehate@reddit

I discovered videogames when a local pizza shop in Tucson set up Space Invaders. I was drawn like a moth to a radiant light. Atari 2600 was next. Vic-20, programming my own games. Nintendo. Arcades. I eventually started writing for a gaming website and went to E3.

I love games. I have a PC with tons of Steam titles. VR. Just finished Wukong recently.

52 and happy. I am a vet and active. I run. I am not sedentary. I think I am doing it right.

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48m

I am currently at 1,000+ hours into Civ VI.

KissMyPooh@reddit

Every day!

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stomith@reddit

Play some video games here and again, but not religiously. Partner and I are heavy into board games though.

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aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

I love scrabble! Even bought a special edition with the case made to look like a book. It fits nicely on my bookshelf haha

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tdawg-1551@reddit

I play games on my cell phone but nothing super advanced. Don't think I've touched a console game game since the first PlayStation.

So, yeah, I am.

I even loaded up Actraiser just to hear that first level jam. Fillmore

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Lopsided-Painting752@reddit

I used to be into indie horror games on PC and then sort of petered out. I played Animal Crossing RELIGIOUSLY during the first part of the pandemic. My son got the game and gave me a place on his island but I finally got my own last year. Yet once again, it has petered out and I rarely play this year. I still have a Steam account but just...don't play much.

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aluminumnek@reddit (OP)

Same. Though if it’s a rainy, dreary day and I have not much to do, I’ll have a game day to myself

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