Do you expect to keep playing vidya when you get old?

No I plan on offing myself before 40

>>378607106
I would hope that gaming as old man become norm in the future.

all my grandpa does anymore is play ace combat or diablo 3, there's not much shit you can do when you're old

>>378607151
THIS
My dad did the same thing but a little later at 49.
Why would you willingly become a useless ugly sack of shit?

>>378607151
just do it right now you fag

>>378607319
I still got 15 years to go champ

>>378607151
Even 40 is too much, I plan on <30 tbqh famalam

>>378607420
>25 is 15 years from being 40
Never consciously recognized this, makes me feel sad

>>378607106
Yes.

>Reason

Full body cyborg in the year 2099.

>>378607298
I only plan off myself only when I start falling part and become burden to the few family members who are willing to tolerate me in the future.

what else am I going to do when I'm decrepit and unwanted

>>378607696
You won't be alive when that happens

>>378607106
At this speed, no. Games are shittest every time.
I dont expect to reach old age.

>>378607904

No, he will be a Cyborg.

OT: I am old already.

>>378607106
It's either that or watch tv all the time. Not like you have much choice.

>>378607696
Hate to break it to you but Deus Ex style cybernetics will never happen because it makes no sense.

>>378607995
18 is not old....

>>378607904
>You won't be alive when that happens
>alive

[extreme citation noises]

On a serious note, I intend to advance my own being until I become a flying orb of plasma, zapping and hovering, possessing cyborgs all day every day, and then enjoy the Heat Death of the Universe, or some other retarded End theory bullshit that we think about.

>>378608070
you can say it won't happen in our lifetimes, not that it will never happen at all

>>378608096

(18*2)+4

>>378608070
>it makes no sense.

Do video games make sense?

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>>378608214
72 years old holy shit elderly people on /v/ it's already happening

>>378608358

(18*2)+4=40

>>378608358
>>378608451

18*2+4
18*6
108

basic math you retards

cmon it's basic math

>>378608185
They may have a place in the field of prosthetics to replace missing limbs etc. but robo-arms that can lift a car would destroy the organic torso they're attached to. I know that guy said "full body" but honestly enhancement of the existing body with nanomachines seems much more likely than replacing perfectly fine body parts with full prosthetics.

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>>378607106
No, I'm already playing way less than I did in my early/mid 20s and that trend will likely continue.
Every once in a while a good game comes out, but there's nothing to keep me playing regularly.
MOBAs and most MMOs are pointless unless you dump hours upon hours into them (time I don't have because of work) and it's pretty much impossible to play them only from time to time.

>>378607209
It kinda is.

I might but mostly depends if I still have an interest.

It's going to be kind of weird in the future when we have 80 year olds playing vidya in nursing homes, but also kinda cool i guess.

Next gen kids will be so spoiled because their parents/grandparents will understand the value of vidya and will probably spoil them with games.

>>378607106
on the odd chance I'm not dead sure
i'll probably just replay the same shit I keep replaying though

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>>378607106
Yes. I very much doubt I will ever find a woman and start a family, which will leave me a lot of time to spend entertaining myself, likely done by playing video games.

>>378609330
sad life

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>>378608625

got 17k saved up.
what should I do before I off myself?

>>378609407
Most of it takes place in video games, which aren't sad but instead filled with excitement.

>>378607106
>implying I'll make it to old age

>tfw wasting youth playing vidya when I can do that shit when I'm old

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I'll probably use that time to catch up with all the turn-based rpg's I've missed. Can't imagine being fast with the mouse at that point. It's gonna be sad when I realize there is a definite last time I'll ever play like I used to.

>>378608146
Normal people won't have access to that technology.

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>>378609665
holy shit just got redpilled

>>378607106
I don't play games right now.

>>378609494
Experiment with the craziest of drugs towards the end. Permanent damage? Lol, like that's gonna matter in 2 weeks.

>>378609494
Go to the Caribbean and swim in the ocean, try out a yacht, and then get a gold digger to follow you around

https://www.flickr.com/photos/42708110@N00/sets/72157684228452635

>>378609509
>pretending to be a hero in games when people are out there suffering
That's the way anon

>>378608983
Then don't play shit games like MOBAs or MMOs.
Problem, mostly solved.

I'm already old and I feel like playing games less than ever.
I think it has to do with taking on real life challenges and responsibilities.
It makes some aspects of games much less appealing. I feel much less competitive. I feel like playing for the story. I feel like being a casual.

Anyone under 18 is a baby.
Anyone older than 18 is old.

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>>378609689
>tfw can't play FPS when old

>>378607106
I would fucking love being old as shit and demolishing kids at video games.

>>378609879
If I'm old an unloved then escapism is the only thing I would want. Hell, even now that I'm young and unloved it's the only thing I want.

Some people lose interest in video games when they finish college and get a job, but if you go through that and you still play video games, it's probably gonna be a hobby for life. There's not much that could change from there on to make you abandon a major hobby.

>>378609923
Playing a game for the story doesn't make you a casual. Video games are excellent story telling media.

>>378609494
https://youtu.be/N1eNW7GG_Q8

>>378610062
Sweet, turning 30 soon and getting married in a month. Have been living with fiance for a year and I play video games for 12 hours a day on the weekends unless something's going on.

>>378609923
When you don't have time to dedicate and git gud at games you have to accept turning into a casual

>>378610190
that's a book not a game

I seriously doubt I'll reach 30.

>>378610356
It's more of a movie really, but it's still not the same. I'd rather play Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild than watch a movie about it, because player input makes me immerse a lot more. And more immersion makes it a better story telling medium, at least for me.

>>378607106
it's good for the mind.

>>378609330
I have a woman, I play vidya everyday, I still want to die. Sometimes life doesn't improve.

>>378610263
I honestly don't know how much changes with marriage, but I find it hard to imagine someone who finds time for video games while having a job and a relationship suddenly can't manage anymore just because they got married.

>>378610281
Yea, pretty much.

If this e3 has nothing appealing I'm donewith gaming. My backlog is complete and I will be 30 in 2 weeks

>>378609134
>bought my son a high end PC, and went the extra mile by downloading tons emulators with the best games from the 8th gen and bellow for him
>he still won't stop watching let's plays of Pewdiepie Jr and messing with his dumb holo-neo fidget spinner all day long

These damn kids, I swear.

I'm 30.

I'm not sure why I let myself get this old.

>>378607106
No, i pretend to kill myself the moment my hands stops reacting properly
>My favorite genre is Rhythm
Its not fair

>>378609923
Video games are really good at simulating the feeling of progressing towards a goal, which seems to be a really basic human need. Just think of how much someone is willing to grind in an RPG, or to practice gitting gud at a competitive game. But when you're already doing that with your life, you don't really need it from video games anymore.

At least that's something I've noticed myself. When my life is going to shit, I get really hooked on chasing pointless achievement in video games, but now that I got my life more in order and I have goals that I'm moving towards, I prefer to see video games as a fun experience that I can relax with.

>>378609780
>become potato
>cant off yourself

>>378607106
Yes if I don't have crippling arthritis by then.

>>378609689
>>378609995
My grandpa's the one who got me into computer games and he can't play anything stressful for more than a few minutes at a time now, plus he's too forgetful and set in his ways to try many new games.

When we get old there's going to be so many great games but we're all going to be two decades behind the curve because we can't be bothered to figure out the new stuff.

>>378610845
Yea, I've been playing Vidya for years and she knows and accepts it. I don't have a problem not playing if she wants to go out or hang, and she values her own personal time so it works out.

yeah when I can't move for shit, I'll go through that backlog of turn-based shit

>>378607151
What the fuck, dude

>>378607106
When I'm sixty I'm gonna play high all the time.

>>378610263
>>378610845

Married anon here.

If your partner understands/respects you or shares the same hobby (which is even better), not much will change within the dynamic of your relationship. My partner and I both play our respective games separately or something together. We're cool with just being in the same room doing our own thing. However, I've honestly been the one to lose interest more. It's not because we got married; I've just fallen into that "don't have time" pit because I handle much of the shopping and stuff around the house on my days off.

What will change though is your social obligations to others. All of the sudden everyone wants to see and spend time with you and saying "nah I'm just gonna stay home and play video games" no longer becomes an acceptable reason to not show up to stuff.

I just want one weekend where I don't have to put pants on. Is that so much to ask?

>>378607106
Not like I have anything else to do.

I don't know what the future holds. I might be homeless with no way vidya to play, I might be dead, I might be a vegetable from failed attempts to kill myself. Or maybe I'll be ok and supporting my lifestyle. You never know what's gonna happen.

Im in it for the long haul.

I have

2 hacked Xboxs
2 Xbox 360s
2 PS3s
2 DS

I dont expect the consoles to work forever as much as id like them to

>>378614071
>What will change though is your social obligations to others. All of the sudden everyone wants to see and spend time with you and saying "nah I'm just gonna stay home and play video games" no longer becomes an acceptable reason to not show up to stuff.

This is part of the reason I don't seek out relationships anymore and partly because I'm too shy to ask a girl out. Everyday whenever I come home from work I don't want to talk to anyone or go anywhere, I just want to flop down in the cool dark and absorb myself in vidya for about 4 hours. I've been doing it since before and now long after college and I just can't see myself giving free time up to spend time with someone I probably won't care about as much after a year of living together. As I've gotten older there's less and less girls I find myself interested in as well so it could just be autism. I really do love having a shitload of time to invest in vidya and doing whatever I please after work and I don't think I could tolerate life without it.

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I don't think I'm going to be able to.
My mom has osteoarthritis or some other degenerative bullshit bone/joint disease, and I'm afraid it is hereditary because I'm 22 and my right hand cracks too much.


Thinking about how I am going to off myself to avoid the horrible pain of bone disease and being unable to do anything I enjoy ever again is a constant disrupting thought.

>>378614917
I can feel ya
>everyday at 3pm my gf comes home from work and when i happen to be home to or have a day off to play shit i have to drop everything and spend time with her
>even when she says she wants to let me have my free time, after 10 minutes she starts to get bored and annoys me till i stop playing.
Shes the love of my life but cant entertain herself for half an hour, it gets better but there is a long way to go, i will be grey haired before i have my time

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>>378607106
I sure fucking hope not

>>378617431
Jesus, doesn't she have an hobby ?

>>378609718
People like you don't understand post scarcity

>>378615238
not being able to fap sounds like a pain too.

>>378614917
You know, going out with friends or visiting relatives or getting dates are some of those stuff that when you're playing vidya and enjoying yourself, you think you don't want it or need it or it's not possible, but when you go out and do it it's actually good and so much easier than what you thought to be impossible.

Stop the vidya when you make plans, or specific dates you know you'll be hanging out, just rest and recharge for social interaction if you're that type of people, it's ok, just adapt a bit

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>tfw your wife shouts at you for playing games
>"all you do is play, are you a man?"
>feel big anxiety if she's about and I'm playing a game, to the point where I usually just stop playing and do something else instead
>not sure if 'manning up' would be to stand up to her, or to listen to her and do productive things instead

>>378607106
I do, but only if it meets my futuristic expectations, otherwise I'll have to fit the role of the old person angry at new technologies even though we will all be informed in how they work and how to use them, but just for the sake of it, I'll fuck with people asking "what the fuck does this machine do" and they'll believe it since I'll just seem old to them.

I got my plans for the future, don't hate anons

>>378607106
I've been playing video games since 1985. I'll die at my keyboard or on my couch, controller in hand.

>>378607298
>willingly
I didnt ask for this shit

I'm 43 and I still play video games. Started with an Atari 2600 when I was around 7 or 8.
I plan on spending my retirement completing my backlog which is gargantuan at this point.

>>378607151
Same here. Already have a living will incase anything happens to prevent it, too.

>>378607106
im 35 and im playing more than ever
i cant stand watching TV or movies, and if I do I am always doing another thing at the same time

>>378618915
Don't you ever worry that you'll regret the way you spent your time? This is a big fear of mine, even though you'll probably regret what you do either way.

i have a friend who is married and he says the best moment of his day is when he goes to the basement to play his turnbased strategy games

>>378619351
You may have an anxiety problem or ADD

>>378619360
regret is for review mirrors. have fun while you can who cares what other people think.

>>378619715
not at all
i just find that type of experiences pretty bland
i prefer being part of the action
i hate movie-games, too

>>378619360
Not anymore. I worried about that when I was younger, now I just do whatever the fuck makes me happy. I go motorcycling, do macro photography of bugs, work, play videogames, watch films, read books, shitpost on a Mongolian sweater kitting forum, cook food. These things make me happy and I figure doing whatever makes me happy is the best way to spend my time. I believe trying to attain society's idea of a "full life" is a waste of time if it's not in line with what you truly enjoy doing.

>>378617779
Not really
>no patience for complicated stuff
>gets quickly bored of easy stuff
Its like a spiral of dispair

>>378619914
this. me being happy is what matters to me, i dont feel the drive to find a partner,

>>378619914
This is pretty inspiring to read. Must be nice to have a lot of hobbies.

>>378620279
>>378619914
this is very interesting to read
i know a lot of couples, and in my humble opinion, some of them are having kids because they are bored, or worse, they don't stand for each other anymore

it is funny how, when there are problem, some people think they can resolve them by acquiring more responsibilities

>>378607106
Do you expect to keep _______ _____ when you get old?
>reading books
>watching movies
>attending concerts
Many types of media have some shit catered to children, but that doesn't mean they can't be entertaining to adults.

We'll run out of oil long before we grow old, alternative energy sources will be too precious to waste on frivolous shit like video games.

>>378607151
I plan a little before that, around 35 probably if not sooner.
I really, really don't see the point in becoming a human raisin that can't get an erection or piss without assistance.

>>378620279
Honed down over a lot of years, Anon. I've tried lots of things in my life and these are the ones that have stuck. If I can offer any advice it is if something seems appealing to you then try it, you might enjoy it enough to invest time and perhaps money in it, you may not. But you'll never know unless you try. Don't worry about failure or embarrassment, both are fleeting and not worth your time dwelling on. If what you are doing makes you happy then what others think of that is wholly irrelevant.
I've done stupid shit, made a fool out of myself, been laughed at, failed utterly and started over again. As I look back over my life none of that bothers me, none of it has made a lasting impression on where I am now.

>>378607106
Yeah sure. I'm not some kind of /r9k/ tier retard who complains about vidya and doesn't play them

>>378607106
looks like bob barker

>>378607106
I do love vidya, when a good one comes along and exceeds my expectations it feels magical every time I like to think I'll continue to get that feeling out of games for the rest of my life, but then again when a game falls short of expectations it can make me wish I'd never picked up a game-boy.

I'm a recovering MGS fan, there's a hole in my heart where MGSV should be but it doesn't fit with what I expected, so I'm just doing my best to fill that void. I've basically been scouring through the entire PC library of games to find a good third/first person shooter with strategic elements but nothing seems to fit.

Someone please end my misery.

>>378608625
>basic math
Amerilard education

>>378611173
>bought my son a high end tablet and a subscription to all the best youtubers and twitch streamers as well as a book with all the memes
>he still won't stop playing with his goddamn hoop and stick

worst generation

>>378618465
yell at her that play is the dominion of the ubermensch and that she should stop being such a pleb

>>378607106
most certainly

I'm 30. I still play games. A lot of the people I play with are 19 or 20. It feels weird.

If I don't lose my virginity in the next two years before I hit 30, I'm just going to kill myself, so I guess we'll see.

>>378608625
Woahhhh

So this is the power of common core...
Woahhhhhh

My sisters husband is 44 and is a regular pc gamer. He's also very succesful in his job, as a software engineer for a well known car manufacturer. Gaming has shit all to do with age and social status.

I'm 31 and while i'm no hardcore gamer, i don't plan on stopping when getting older.

>>378607106
Yes. Hopefully Dwarf Fortress will be v1.0 before I die.

>>378607217
Nigga I know old people that still go skiing in their 90's. You're only as old as you act.

imagine how fucking amazing it would actually be if the average lifespan of our generations got up to like 200 or more and we got to play through two centuries of video games

I mean twenty years ago they barely had invented 3D games

fuck even living just for sixty more years of games would be amazing

i just hope WW3 will happens so we can all die in style.

>>378624429
I'd happily erase my sexual encounters from my life and stay a virgin til the day I die, and I've spent over a decade being miserable and ashamed that I am too cowardly to kill myself. I hope you have the courage to do it. Good luck.

>>378625019
>Bleeding to death in a fight someone else started purely for profit
>Style

>>378624825
agreed. my first game was pong on a pre-atari 2600 "console". the progress that has been made over the last 40 years has been astounding. sure some say that we've hit a plateau and shouldn't expect to see as much progress in the next 40, but who knows?

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>>378607106
>tfw closer to 30 then 20

>>378625229
turned 26 a few Days ago

>>378607151
fpbp as always

>>378625184
there will never be a similar jump from 70's "graphics" to modern graphics, but that's just because commodore 64 shit was primitive to the point of singularity

I can play 2007 games and be amazed at how fucking ugly they really were

>>378611583
>do enough drugs to put yourself into a coma
you had a good run

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>>378625229
>tfw turning 29 next month
>still live at home

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>>378626471
>turned 24 last weekend
>still never had a job
i regret nothing

>>378625784
>I can play 2007 games and be amazed at how fucking ugly they really were
I'm always amazed by how jarring 20/20 hindsight can be. unreal, MGS, deus ex graphics were fucking hi tech back in the day, if all you knew before that was 2d scroller games. I wonder how long it'll be before we look back today's graphics and say 'wow that looked like shit!'

>>378626683
hopefully in like 2025 every game from now will look like primitive shit

display tech is also improving, I was forced to use a fucking 1280x1024 monitor from 2006 as my second monitor and holy shit, this is garbage

I imagine we'll all have 4k screens in the future

>>378607106
yes, i see myself playing games. my dad was playing games in his 50s, and that was 15 years ago. but i guess they were still a new thing to him like TV. i dont know what im going to do with myself though. i dont know how im going to live with being lonely my whole life

>>378625110
Why?

>>378607151
>>378607298
>>378607589
>>378621049
>>378625559
>retards missing out on the best time in your life when you have fuckton of free time for your hobbies, everybody treats you nice and you can finally get through your backlog and don't give a fuck about anything

>>378628404
Can you be a bit more precise?

>>378607106
Probably, since it's all I know and nothing else motivates me.

>>378608451
this is correct.

anon it´s okay. i´m 32

>>378608625
who´s the retard now

>>378607106
what else would i do playing bingo?

When I ever have children and even grandchildren I want to play video games with them.
I am 28 years old and married, but I don't think we will have children within the next two years.

>>378607106
I'm 38 right now, been playing since I was a little kid, and games have been getting better since I started. I don't see any reason to quit.

>>378607209
It will. Retirement villages will be massive LAN parties.
Alas women, like always will try and ban it.

Yes.
The more I grow old the less I will play newer games tho. Am already playing and spending money on retrogame more than last and current gen stuff. I will compulsively retrogame and complain about young people's VR.

>>378607106

why wouldn't I? Interactive entertainment is more fun than passive entertainment like TV and books, and as I get less and less physically able to do things I expect I'll play more hiking simulators to replace irl exploration.

>>378608709
Maybe the robotic arm will have an attachment to let it stick into the ground to take some weight off the body to allow lifting.

>>378607106
Yes, I've been playing for 20+ years already, I don't expect to find a reason to stop.

>>378619360
>deny yourself things you enjoy and make you happy because muh potential future regret
Aren't you afraid you'll regret chopping your own balls off and doing shit you dislike instead of pursuing things which bring you joy?

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>>378607106
Yes but the only thing in question is how often/long will I play vidya as compare to now since there might be some factors in aging that affects playing.

>>378623345
Are you me?

Metal Gear Solid was my absolute favourite series of all time, I was so crazy over it.

Then TPP came out and ever since then it's like an illusion has been broken and now I don't even have any interest in even the good MGS games now.

It's like TPP just erased the love I had for the series entirely.