Gaming

I'm 33/m and also dating. From my experience, women my age vary around attitudes to video games but generally appreciate that it's a valid form of entertainment alongside movies and TV. I don't think it's an age thing as much as a generation thing - nowadays they're part of popular culture whether you're into them or not, so most people up to mid-30s grew up around them.

There is no age restriction on finding joy in playing games.

I am f/40+ and I am a gamer and plan to remain so for the rest of my life as does my partner. There is no cut-off. There is just people not part of a hobby that will always not quite grok why you would spend so much time with it. That is not a bad thing, you can always educate someone if they are willing. I love connecting with others through my (gaming) hobbies.

I am a little older than you and video games are my main pass time. I think Gen-X'ers are in a bit of a wierd place in that we were the generation that grew up with home video games but it had not also hit main stream yet. It does not seem to be as big of a stigma with younger generations.

Anyway, I do not ever plan on giving up on them so one day I might be a 100 year old gamer I guess. lol

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I think there are some people who get out of touch due to things like kids or work and it was just seen as something you grow out of. But I think people generally have more of a work/life balance now. And they also realize that you can play games with kids when they are old enough.

I know for me personally, what will most likely happen is that I will always love and cherish video games as an artform no matter what. What will change is the amount of time I have to play.

As long as you are still enjoying gaming. Keep going!

I just dinged 50, and while my wife isn't interested in anything that moves faster than Minecraft, I just finished Diablo 4 with one of my mates.

It's about finding your people, but it can also be about setting boundaries for yourself and your own behavior. I spend quite a bit of time playing games, but when my wife wants to spend time with me, or we have errands to run (both social or practical), I have a choice.

My partner and her mom both play games, way more than me. They're out there!

I don't think there's an age cutoff, or even a strict limit of social acceptability, but I do feel like the older you get, the less time people your age will devote, on average, to gaming...or at least the less focus they'll give gaming.

It's not necessarily a bad thing to still be super into video games in your 40s or 50s, but since there will be fewer people your age as invested as you, this will stand out, and one should reasonably expect this to have an impact on how some age-peers view and interact with you, for better or for worse.

The fact that a focus on gaming is more prevalent in kids than adults may carry the connotation that someone has failed to grow up in other ways as well, since they never moved past their gaming phase. It's not always accurate or always negative, but subjective opinion might be both of those things.

200; It's pretty hard to play if you're dead

Anyone who thinks differently is not for you. People can do almost whatever they want for fun, as long as it's legal. Labeling someone childish because they like something is stupid; what am I going to do, drink all day, go to bars, hike, travel, play sports, do n'th paid activity, etc? Some people have the time, money or health that allows or disallows them to do these things, and some people do or don't have the interest. Tons of people enjoy watching tv shows. Are we supposed to grow out of that too? By that logic, we shouldn't enjoy anything we did as kids and just do things only relegated to adults.

Id say most people regardless of when they were born think like this unless they themselves play games. It's more socially acceptable amongst the younger generation right now (e.g. college graduates) and probably because they're still considered young. Kids have more free time than adults and the barrier to entry for them is low. Parents often see their kids playing games and in genral have a negative attitude towards them for consuming time. Id say as people go into their 30s and 40s its considered less acceptable because societal expectations are that people will work and get married and have kids by then, and they'd have less time for solo activities. Going to the bar while having young kids or other activities is less acceptable. As kids get older their parents have more time for fun, but playing games is seen as childish because they either see their kids playing or because its something from their own childhood and other ventures that cost money like travel are now available to them when they werent as kids

Do what you want. I'll play until I'm dead.

Around 26, it's biological adulthood.

Do what you want!

Assuming you aren't ignoring other obligations, gaming is completely acceptable.

Anything else is pretentious.

My dad is 59 and besides being the one that got me gaming in the first place, he still plays to this day. He is naturally not really into very competitive skill based games (esports) but MMOs or ARPGs and the like he loves those.

I built my first computer with him when I was 5. And today I'm working in an IT field, largely because of him.

He first got me started with Diablo. I've played DII with him, DIII too. DIV he said it's very expensive for now and he'll wait for a discount or something, but I did buy it. He also plays a lot of Guild Wars 2, WoW and some titan quest among other rpgs. He also plays on his phone Diablo Immortal and some other crappy time wasting games 🤷‍♂️

I’m 30 and already looking forward for LAN parties at a retirement home in my future.

So the question, there must be some sort of cut off age at which video games are no longer an acceptable pastime.

When you no longer enjoy it