• MorallyCoffee@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    I’m really sick of the age thing when it comes to gaming. Tons of middle-aged and older men spend hours watching sportsball every week, but nobody gives them shit.

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      3 months ago

      I overheard a probably-55 yo guy saying something about playing Assassin’s Creed this morning. Games are for everybody.

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          3 months ago

          Games like Cities: Skylines are perfect for middle-aged and older dads. It fits right into things like fixing up and old car or building some wooden stuff.

          But also any games for any people. I’m a 43yo dad who just got my kids interested in hotseat Mass Effect (they don’t enjoy doing the combat so much).

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        3 months ago

        I was watching youtube yesterday, and some elderly 72 year old gamer actually came up… https://www.youtube.com/c/GrandpaGaming

        So definitely. He was also part of the Navy for 20+ years… People like this and walz actually give me a whole new respect for the people in the military honestly. In the past I actually pictured it as incredibly toxic due to someone I met from the Army.

        But, at least in the case of the Navy, everyone I’ve met or heard about are so incredibly honorable and respectful… They’re literally normal people

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      3 months ago

      HE WAS WATCHING SO MUCH SPORTS AND GETTING SO DRUNK HIS WIFE HAD TO UNPLUG THE TV AND THROW THE BEER IN THE TRASH. Isn’t that quirky and relatable? Dare I say demure?

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      3 months ago

      I bet people said the same thing when baseball just started pro leagues.

      ‘It’s a children’s game, they’ll grow out of it as they mature’…