Am I the oldest gamer at Anandtech?

[FalseChristian]

I'll be 49 in February, 2012. Is there any gamer older than I?

 

[BD231]

I can't wait till I'm 100 years old blastin folks in BF 2942 .

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I doubt it, I'm sure there are guys in their 50s on this board that game fairly regularly.

 

[Phynaz]

I'll be 49 in February, 2012. Is there any gamer older than I?

I have you beat by a year.

 

[Northern Lawn]

I'll be 49 in February, 2012. Is there any gamer older than I?

I'll by 49 feb. 6 20[bold]13[/bold].

 

[LongTimePCUser]

I will be 70 in October.

 

[SpunkyJones]

you win old timer. I'm only 46ish.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I will be 70 in October.

Cheers! you got me beat by a few.

 

[Gothgar]

Damn, and I thought I was an old(er) gamer. In my 30's here...

 

[IAteYourMother]

Damn, and I thought I was an old(er) gamer. In my 30's here...

Don't worry, you are still old. :'(

 

[Zenoth]

Don't worry, you are still old. :'(

Please don't remind us...



I had my 30th birth day only two weeks ago. I tried to pretend that it didn't affect me at all (as convincingly as I could and it seemed to work for a few days). It does... it does. I still like video games though. I'm not sure how long I'll care to play them though.

 

[rgallant]

59 here
-built my first system for video in 2006 , downloaded the bf2 demo to test it , it blew me away and been playing games and building faster systems from that day .

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I was going like 160-43 in a bf3 metro server and everyone was screaming "this kid has no life, and he's obviously cheating." "What are you some 14 year old virgin with no life?" etc. Didn't have the heart to tell all those kids they were getting destroyed by a 28 year old.

Gaming isn't as taboo as it once was. It's good to see all the older gamers chiming in.

 

[Albatross]

Why is acceptable to watch TV at any age,but when it comes to gaming; OMG you are wasting your time.
30`s here.

 

[Mem]

I'll be 49 in February, 2012. Is there any gamer older than I?

You are 3 months older then me,remember the old Commodore 64/Amiga days when games were games,good old days .

 

[HydroSqueegee]

Why is acceptable to watch TV at any age,but when it comes to gaming; OMG you are wasting your time.
30`s here.

pretty much this. theres very little on TV that i will sit down to watch. Id much rather fire up a game (even a board game) than sit and veg on the couch.

It kinda work out for me since my wife likes to watch shows. she watches tv, i game.

32 btw

 

[nsafreak]

I'm in my 30s as well and I'll probably be gaming for a long long time yet to come. The thing about gaming is that even the simplest game engages your brain to some degree while TV has about zero engagement for the most part. I look at it as a better mental health alternative .

 

[chimaxi83]

Smells like Bengay and moth balls in here... :sneaky:

I kid, I kid. I'm only 28

 

[imaheadcase]

Every year it turn 30 again.

 

[festa_freak]

I'm getting there. I'm only 26 but I don't think I'll ever stop gaming.

One thing that's funny to think about, how old folks homes will look when I hit 80 or so. Gone will be the days of pool and shuffleboard and puzzles. We will have rooms set up for lan or xbox 847380's set up to play together. Although by then, VR will be a thing and we will just sit in chairs controlling characters like surrogates.

 

[waggy]

one of my guild members in WoW is 73 and his son plays 50something AND his grandson early 30's.
He has a kid too but he is only 6. we keep trying to get them ALL on at once lol.

The old guy is a hoot.

Im 37 and play games.

 

[DeadFred]

Well now I dont feel quite as old.....me being only 40.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

<-- 30, but years of grad school have turned me into a mental codger.

 

[mindcycle]

Why is acceptable to watch TV at any age,but when it comes to gaming; OMG you are wasting your time.
30`s here.

QFT! I'd much rather play a video game than watch TV. Even the dullest of video games requires some sort of hand eye coordination, which is much more productive and rewarding than staring at over privileged whiny morons on some reality TV show.

I'm 32 BTW. I'm very happy to see others older than me are still gaming and having a good time doing it! Never quit.

 

[Texashiker]

I'll be 49 in February, 2012. Is there any gamer older than I?

You have me beat by 5 years.