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Is it ok for grown men to play Video Games ?

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Markcusa
Markcusa Posts: 21 Member
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Do you guys think its ok for grown men to play video games ?.
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  • oberon0124
    oberon0124 Posts: 10,527 Member
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    I don't play them. Yet I see no problem with this in moderation. You would not believe the number of ladies I have talked to on here for hours. Why? Because they're hubs or SO was playing games all night. I see no problem at all. In moderation.
  • Mrj183
    Mrj183 Posts: 1,428 Member
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    why would it not be? we grew up on Atari and sega master systems. its no different than the generations before us being into books or records
  • Luke_I_am_your_spotter
    Luke_I_am_your_spotter Posts: 4,179 Member
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    as long as they are paying their bills and being responsible who cares if they play video games.
  • Tialuna18
    Tialuna18 Posts: 9,592 Member
    edited December 2015
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    As someone who was going to school for Game development. the young adult + adult market is still one of the largest that video games are made for. Those who say video games are for children either clearly have never played a variety of video games or don't like them. Gaming has become a profitable lifestyle and past time for some who've managed to make a career out of it. I know I'm not a male but my boyfriend and I will continue to play video games into our later Adulthood. There are so many different genres of games that keep up with our interests. Video games are an interactive experience. It's a narrative that can only be played out on such a platform. You wouldn't stop going to the movies once you hit adulthood so why video games?
  • andyluvv
    andyluvv Posts: 281 Member
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    Tialuna18 wrote: »
    As someone who was going to school for Game development. the young adult + adult market is still one of the largest that video games are made for. Those who say video games are for children either clearly have never played a variety of video games or don't like them. Gaming has become a profitable lifestyle and past time for some who've managed to make a career out of it. I know I'm not a male but my boyfriend and I will continue to play video games into our later Adulthood. There are so many different genres of games that keep up with our interests. Video games are an interactive experience. It's a narrative that can only be played out on such a platform. You wouldn't stop going to the movies one you hit adulthood so why video games?
    Someone give this girl a cookie!


    And op, really?
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    If you see video games as something for children, you should do a bit more reading - it became another medium for interactive storytelling. There are some amazing stories out there being written for it and it's no different to going to the cinema or reading a book.
    http://www.techtimes.com/articles/84016/20150914/how-video-games-have-become-the-perfect-storytelling-medium.htm

    On that same note, if you give this to your children I'd think you're an awful parent (as clearly it was not the target demographic) http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/until-dawn-one-best-written-horror-games-well-worth-playing-this-halloween-1526261
  • JackKopCh
    JackKopCh Posts: 8,044 Member
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    Tialuna18 wrote: »
    As someone who was going to school for Game development. the young adult + adult market is still one of the largest that video games are made for. Those who say video games are for children either clearly have never played a variety of video games or don't like them. Gaming has become a profitable lifestyle and past time for some who've managed to make a career out of it. I know I'm not a male but my boyfriend and I will continue to play video games into our later Adulthood. There are so many different genres of games that keep up with our interests. Video games are an interactive experience. It's a narrative that can only be played out on such a platform. You wouldn't stop going to the movies once you hit adulthood so why video games?

    Marry me <3

    I'll be playing games even when I'm old and can't control my poop shute :flushed:
  • SithnessQueen
    SithnessQueen Posts: 144 Member
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    As long as you don't care about being beat by a woman :)
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,369 Member
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    Why not. It's a hobby just like most others.
  • Marqiiz
    Marqiiz Posts: 707 Member
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    Of course its ok. As long as all the priorities are taken care of & no one is being neglected.
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
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    I'm 32 and play video games. I grew up on Nintendo(got an NES when I was in Kindergarten in 1988). As all other things nothing wrong with it in moderation. I still work a full time job, I'm married, I pay the bills that need paid.. I provide for my family. So really it's no different than any other hobby, IMO.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,534 Member
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    What makes playing video games any worse of a hobby than sitting in front of a TV watching other grown men run around in spandex? Personally, I work 50 - 60 hours a week. I like to spend my free time with my fiancee, then reading, then playing video games, in that order.
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,543 Member
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    SithnessQueen wrote: »
    As long as you don't care about being beat by a woman :)

    Yea, maybe at this one:
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  • JackKopCh
    JackKopCh Posts: 8,044 Member
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    Why is this all about men too? Woman now take up 48% of the gaming percentage.... it's the biggest entertainment platform, apart from porn :P
  • jlahorn
    jlahorn Posts: 377 Member
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    I'm a 42-year-old woman with a successful career and a happy marriage. I haven't stopped gaming since I first picked up Zork. More recently, I haven't stopped playing Fallout 4 in my spare time since launch day :D

    Games are fantastic entertainment. Why would it *NOT* be ok?
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    yes and women.
    I plan on playing halo tonight
  • SithnessQueen
    SithnessQueen Posts: 144 Member
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    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    SithnessQueen wrote: »
    As long as you don't care about being beat by a woman :)

    Yea, maybe at this one:
    1cbc40fb60f0cdc621bb76080ebb2dd7.jpg

    That's my favorite one. Well that and the sandwich maker.. That one gets really Intense.
  • LiftingRiot
    LiftingRiot Posts: 6,952 Member
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    Ill play hell out of some video games!!!!! Im 36.

    I laugh at those that say "In Moderation" lol. Thanks John Madden.... Anything, no matter what it is, is bad if you take it to extremes. Moderation is key in everything
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,543 Member
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    SithnessQueen wrote: »
    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    SithnessQueen wrote: »
    As long as you don't care about being beat by a woman :)

    Yea, maybe at this one:
    1cbc40fb60f0cdc621bb76080ebb2dd7.jpg

    That's my favorite one. Well that and the sandwich maker.. That one gets really Intense.

    Oh my GOD! I went from wanting to make you really mad to wanting to make you my girlfriend... :lol:
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,534 Member
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    Personally, I've put about 70 hours into Fallout 4 since launch day. I know guys who have easily spent that same amount of time in that same time span at the bar, drinking and watching sportsball. Neither of us are bothered by the other's choice of how to spend their time.

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