I'm 35, and I would almost say that my passion for gaming has increased. Sure, my spare time is much less and I can't play games as often as I'd like, but thats what makes my gaming time more rewarding to me.

I went through a few years with out a console of any sort. Then I got an original Xbox and played with that for a while. Then I bought my own house, started a family and all and didnt game much for a few years. Now that my daughter is 5, I have started gaming again, and when the weather is bad out, we game together with the Lego games among others. And when everyone's in bed, sometimes that's when Saints Row 2 and Gears 2 make an appearance!

I guess for me, what's kept me interested its the occasional breaks from gaming that I've had. When you come back to it, there's lots of stuff to catch up on! Sure the Xbox 720 may be around the corner, but as I've only had my 360 for less than a year, I've got a few years of catching up to keep me occupied!

 AceOfSpades 274 wrote:

Not to be a doosh, but how is this a "touchy subject"? It's not like you lost your dog Sparky.  Now that would be terrible.

he has a point it rlly isnt a touchy subject. haha we have same name:D and as for the pittsburgh teams...yes we are the city of CHAMPIONS

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 AceOfSpades 274 wrote:

Not to be a doosh, but how is this a "touchy subject"? It's not like you lost your dog Sparky.  Now that would be terrible.

he has a point it rlly isnt a touchy subject. haha we have same name:D and as for the pittsburgh teams...yes we are the city of CHAMPIONS

Woot! *hi 5!*

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I'm 30, been married 13 years, and have 3 kids.  I've been playing games my whole life. I play almost every day and I always will.  My wife and kids all play so having gaming as a hobby is not a problem for me.  My friends list is populated with several 30+ guys who all have families.  Some of them I went to high school and college with and would probably not be in contact with if it were not for gaming.  I know more people who play games than do not. My point is  that you can use your hobby  to enhance other areas of your life.. 

 Tollett3796 wrote:

I'm 30, been married 13 years, and have 3 kids.  I've been playing games my whole life. I play almost every day and I always will.  My wife and kids all play so having gaming as a hobby is not a problem for me.  My friends list is populated with several 30+ guys who all have families.  Some of them I went to high school and college with and would probably not be in contact with if it were not for gaming.  I know more people who play games than do not. My point is  that you can use your hobby  to enhance other areas of your life.. 

You've been married since age 17?

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I'm 20 yrs old in college as well I still able to enjoy playing some video games at my spare time. Now I spend less time playing video games now because I'm always to busy studying or spending time with my family, but I try to squeese some time playing if I could. It's depend on the person, but there's never to old to play video games either. Probably take a break or something to see if you still interested.

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I'm 40, married with 2 kids. As I've got less and less time for gaming these days (lots of other priorities) I have become more and more jealous about making sure that I'm always having fun when I play. Every year or so I seem to go "off" gaming for a couple of months, but there's always some big release to drag me back in (a big shout out to Modern Warfare 2)!

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 AceOfSpades 274 wrote:

 Tollett3796 wrote:

I'm 30, been married 13 years, and have 3 kids.  I've been playing games my whole life. I play almost every day and I always will.  My wife and kids all play so having gaming as a hobby is not a problem for me.  My friends list is populated with several 30+ guys who all have families.  Some of them I went to high school and college with and would probably not be in contact with if it were not for gaming.  I know more people who play games than do not. My point is  that you can use your hobby  to enhance other areas of your life.. 

You've been married since age 17?

Yes.  Turned 17 August 1995 and got married in October 1995.

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 Bloody Diplomat wrote:

Its fun having older folk on your team because you can blame them for sucking at a game

That's funny ... I usually blame the young ones for dragging us "old folks" down. :)

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We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

If you think its childish to play it how bad is it for me to work in the Competative Gaming industry?!

The long and the short seems to be if your feeling like you have lost your "mojo" then find another game that interests you.

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It's strange, I feel almost the opposite. I use to play games and enjoy them, but I feel like I'm becoming a more avid gamer as I grow older. I'm sure the biggest part is the fact I now have a vested interest and the ability to purchase things, but it all adds to the fun and novelty.

In the long run, enjoy your gaming :). I'm sure you're like me and you prefer to be social when on the internet and/or playing games, but not having your friends playing should not stop you from having fun.

It'll all work out, and like people have said, the partying and stuff will go away later.

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I'm not playing xbox when I'm in College because there would be one thing on my mind, College Girls, lol and making the basketball team





Also, How the heck is this a Touchy subject, A touchy subject would be, a loss in the family, some1 in your family ill or sick, this is nowhere close of a touchy subject.

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 Armysniper23 wrote:

I'm not playing xbox when I'm in College because there would be one thing on my mind, College Girls, lol and making the basketball team





Also, How the heck is this a Touchy subject, A touchy subject would be, a loss in the family, some1 in your family ill or sick, this is nowhere close of a touchy subject.

Exactly what I was wondering lol..

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I'm 28, with 2 kids, and been gaming since my first atari back when in the 80's. If anything I think I've become more involved in video games over the years. I can only say it's because the games have just gotten better and better. Now I find myself playing games on the 360 with my 9 y/o son.

But sometimes I wonder. Since I gradually worked my way up over the years from the 1 button atari games to the much more complicated 360. What if back in the 80's I was handed a 360 controller and told to play one of the first person shooters. Would I have been able to pick it up as fast as my son does? I remember when my elementary school got those first apples and I was playing organ trail. Now my 5 y/o can log on to the internet and play games by himself. Of course he has super restricted access to only a handful of kids games sites, but still. I'm not old, but the swiftness these kids show at understanding new technology is amazing to me.

If anything, I'm into gaming more than ever though.

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 Silvercube wrote:

 aixla wrote:

I'm 29 and I'm not a parent, but I am a therapist who works with traumatized kids. After a day with those guys, I really, really need to unwind. My xbox is a great tool for that.

I really respect you. As a traumatized kid myself, it's nice to see there are people out there helping kids. I never got any help when I was a kid. It was only until I got robbed at gunpoint in April that I started going to therapy and dealing with all of the issues.

One of the many things I'm doing in college is minoring in psychology, specifically with helping children as I'm very sensitive to notice and pick up things others might not see in children. It's the worst when they are screaming for help inside but don't know how to express it or deal with it (letting anyone know that there's a problem).

The Xbox is a great tool for taking a break. Video games has been a huge part of my life ever since I was a kid that kept me alive during the tough times.

I'm really sorry to hear about your past and I think its great that you are using it as a tool to help others in the future, very commendable! Good luck.

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 XLeviathanDeadX wrote:

Im 19 years old and i'll be 20 years old coming up in september. I've always been a gamer, since i was 4 years old its just been an obsession or extreme hobby of mine to buy/collect video games. Now that im in college and everything is far/vastly different, the world of video gaming seems so different to me. I feel like an "old" gamer, like i've lost my spunk or lust of the gaming industry. I promised myself when I was a kid, I would NEVER grow up, and always keep to the hobbys that made myself the happy kid i used to be growing up. The point of this post is, I wonder if any of you other adults who are even older than I am, and parents (which i admire) feel like you are losing that "passion" for video games you used to have or you feel like you are "immature" for playing them. Thanks a bunch, looking forward to some deep replies!

very good questions and a very good at self examination...what is happening is, you are just maturing not that the gamers like myself and others here are immature...but you are young, the world is at your fingertips, you are experienmenting new things of interest.

I have noticed that when i was a kid I played alot more, but as I grew with more responsibility having kids of my own and doing things, I have slowed down alot.  When I was a kid I was care-free had nothing to worry about, and had alot more time on my hands. 

You will never grow completly out of love of gaming, but you will have more things to do as new things come your way to take your time from gaming. 

You are just experiencing life that is all, and you are young adult but you wont lose the love of gaming, but you are learning to do things more out of life and playing less.  it isnt that you are losing the passion you are just having doors of the world open up to you.

nothing wrong with that.  I may play less than I did when i was a kid, but i still love to play.

I felt like I was losing touch with gaming too for a long time.  But then it occured to me that I still liked it, but my interest in it had changed.  I liked different types of games.  Maybe you can still be into it if you also have other hobbies too.  It could be that you are sick of the same thing over and over, and broadening your life by reading books, doing outside activities when your not gaming is the key.

I've been enjoying video games for about 25 years now. All the way back to Montgomery Wards game boxes, A:\ PC games to today's consoles. Gaming always puts me in a good mood and is great nostalgia. The only thing about getting older that puts a damper on my enjoyment of gaming is having to pay 60-50$ for games when I have other monetary responsibilities.

going back 20-30 years it may have been considered childish to play video games.  Video games were targeted at younger kids and did not have the material to bring a more mature person to play.  Althout many of us play Super Mario or Donkey Kong just for the nostalgia and because they are fun.  Back then noone would have pictured a 70 year old playing any type of video game.  Now, that has changed.  People in nursing homes are bowling with their Wii's and 45 + year olds are getting head shot after head shot with a sniper from a great distance.  The great thing about video games today is that there is so much that everyone can find something that interests them, no matter what their age or maturity level.  I have been playing since I got my Attari and it has progressed on since then.  There was a time period in my life where I was doing other things and didn't game as much.  Up until last year the most recent consol I had was the original xbox and I didn't play that much.  Last year I got excited about gaming and went out and bought an elite with rock band and gta4.  I was hooked all over again.  There is nothing childish about playing video games as long as you are responsible.  As many people have said, resposibility comes first.  But once you completed your tasks why not sit down by yourself or with a friend and play your favorite game.  I am 25 going on 26 the end of this month and I game as much as I can.  I work during the day so normally once I get home and complete my tasks I spend the rest of the night playing some games.  Some weekends I even find myself (gaming like I used to as a kid) spending several hours on the xbox.  Gaming is a great way to relax and enjoy what you probably have enjoyed since you were little.  Just because your age is increasing doesn't mean that you can't sit down and have fun doing what you love to do.

 XLeviathanDeadX wrote:

Im 19 years old and i'll be 20 years old coming up in september. I've always been a gamer, since i was 4 years old its just been an obsession or extreme hobby of mine to buy/collect video games. Now that im in college and everything is far/vastly different, the world of video gaming seems so different to me. I feel like an "old" gamer, like i've lost my spunk or lust of the gaming industry. I promised myself when I was a kid, I would NEVER grow up, and always keep to the hobbys that made myself the happy kid i used to be growing up. The point of this post is, I wonder if any of you other adults who are even older than I am, and parents (which i admire) feel like you are losing that "passion" for video games you used to have or you feel like you are "immature" for playing them. Thanks a bunch, looking forward to some deep replies!

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 XLeviathanDeadX wrote:

Im 19 years old and i'll be 20 years old coming up in september. I've always been a gamer, since i was 4 years old its just been an obsession or extreme hobby of mine to buy/collect video games. Now that im in college and everything is far/vastly different, the world of video gaming seems so different to me. I feel like an "old" gamer, like i've lost my spunk or lust of the gaming industry. I promised myself when I was a kid, I would NEVER grow up, and always keep to the hobbys that made myself the happy kid i used to be growing up. The point of this post is, I wonder if any of you other adults who are even older than I am, and parents (which i admire) feel like you are losing that "passion" for video games you used to have or you feel like you are "immature" for playing them. Thanks a bunch, looking forward to some deep replies!

...sure, I lost the all-consuming passion that I use to have for games, when that was all I did. Priorities change. Now, I'm 42, two kids, married, job, mortgage, bills, soccer practice, baseball games, home maintenance, friends, family, religion....wow...its a wonder there is any downtime at all. But somehow, I still fit in a few hours a week to conquer evil and set the world right on my 360. <sigh>...still LOVE it.

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All I can say is... life goes by quickly, so don't think too hard about it.

Being a man isn't about making the right choice.  There is no right choice.  There is a decision.  There are consequences.  Being a man is making a decision and making the best of the consequences.

Do one.  Do the other.  Or try to do both.

Whatever you do, decide now.  Diddle around too much thinking about it and you won't  have any time to actually do any of it.

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 Mkadt wrote:

When I was a Child, I thought, spoke & acted as a Child. When I became a Man, I put all Childish things away. 1st Corinthians 13:11.

The fact is you are and have become a Man. You are thinking and acting more responsibly/maturely. Finding things to do that cause you to want to venture out and seek a more mature audience is also coming in to factor with you.  I think you are seeking yourself as a man now rather than holding on to that boyish childhood.

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I'm 14 and been gaming since I was 8 or 9. I've had xbox live ever since I was 12. Then moved to somewhere where I can't get high speed internet. And the boredom is killing me. I plan on gaming till the day I die.

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 Sergeant Kolhom wrote:

I'm 14 and been gaming since I was 8 or 9. I've had xbox live ever since I was 12. Then moved to somewhere where I can't get high speed internet. And the boredom is killing me. I plan on gaming till the day I die.

...hold off on that pronouncement at least until your voice changes..

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 XLeviathanDeadX wrote:

Im 19 years old and i'll be 20 years old coming up in september. I've always been a gamer, since i was 4 years old its just been an obsession or extreme hobby of mine to buy/collect video games. Now that im in college and everything is far/vastly different, the world of video gaming seems so different to me. I feel like an "old" gamer, like i've lost my spunk or lust of the gaming industry. I promised myself when I was a kid, I would NEVER grow up, and always keep to the hobbys that made myself the happy kid i used to be growing up. The point of this post is, I wonder if any of you other adults who are even older than I am, and parents (which i admire) feel like you are losing that "passion" for video games you used to have or you feel like you are "immature" for playing them. Thanks a bunch, looking forward to some deep replies!

I'm 18, going on 19 and I still love playing video games. I've been playing them since I was but a wee child, back in the days of SNES, though I also played NES... But anywho, I am in no way shape or form losing any "lust" for video gaming. In fact, its quite the opposite, in fact, when I was younger, I used to play only casually. Now, I'm on the verge of addiction! lol Also, now that I'm older and have some more money, I can buy more games/accessories! As long as good games are being made, I don't think I'll ever lose the spark!

 SmK252 wrote:

Video games is a hobby.

Human relations is a physical -need-

Why this is true... your hobby is also a need.. and if your other loves you they will accept it and some will even enjoy the hobby with you!

I am older too, and I still play video games, I still wait inline at midnight for Madden to be released! lol.. But I play video games with my daughter, mostly Wii, but Xbox or PC games are my release and I make it so that I can enjoy a few hours every night..

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I started playing console games this year and I am 42. I think it's healthy for you to see there are other things to do besides gaming. Like many of the others I use it as a great stress relief. Gaming is still a part of many of my friends' lives. I don't feel immature at all. In fact it has helped me to feel a little younger. I decided to start gaming as a goal. Learn something new so to speak. Since I am still a ways off from being ace with the controller I started out with 'younger' games. Heck, I even started off on XBL in this forum so I could see what games would be suggested for a younger/beginning gamer.

 AceOfSpades 274 wrote:

 Armysniper23 wrote:

I'm not playing xbox when I'm in College because there would be one thing on my mind, College Girls, lol and making the basketball team





Also, How the heck is this a Touchy subject, A touchy subject would be, a loss in the family, some1 in your family ill or sick, this is nowhere close of a touchy subject.

Exactly what I was wondering lol..

Perhaps it's a touchy subject for the OP so he's trying to reach out for answers. Also... some people don't care to list their age. I know I can be shy about it at times.

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