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I am not yet 50+ but it won't be long now. Yeah, I had a ZX Spectrum when I was ten. And I am an avid Path Of Exile player with Civilization thrown in between

by chx 4y ago

I am not yet 50+ but it won't be long now. Yeah, I had a ZX Spectrum when I was ten. And I am an avid Path Of Exile player with Civilization thrown in between leagues and play Splendor with my brother over the Internet practically daily. Completely fits.

Supermancho 4y ago
I'm in a similar boat. PoE + others, nearing 50. I had the old Colecovision AFTER I had the Texas Instruments console TI-99 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4xHXkCvto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4xHXkCvto
- nirav72 4y ago
  I got the Ti-99/4A as a bday gift in '83.Then within a few months Texas Instruments discontinued it. I still have it in a box somewhere. Been kicking around some ideas. Maybe remove the mainboard and put in a RaspberryPi 4 or some other SBC. Then wire it up to the keyboard. Someone was selling a board on tindie that made it possible to connect the keyboard ribbon cable to USB. But sadly its no longer being sold.
shever73 4y ago
I was thinking the same thing. I just turned 50, learned to code on a ZX Spectrum, and regularly play Space Station 14, Dwarf Fortress and Elite Dangerous among others.
throwaway26206 4y ago
There are many of us that grew up in the 80s / early 90s who still play games today. I think the view of gamers are 20 years behind reality and uses outdated stereotypes. Just look at the comment in another thread that assumes 50-year olds play bridge, like being old means you are stuck in a 90s cliche of what older people do. Why wouldn't we continue playing games? There may be a period in life where work and/or kids takes more of your gaming time, but once you get older you have more personal time that can be spent on gaming. The average US gamer is currently 35 years old and increasing. 46% of American gamers are female.
- watwut 4y ago
  >46% of American gamers are female Kinda depends on whether the "gamer" means "someone who occasionally plays games or "self identified as member of specific gamer culture". The word gamer can mean both. Full disclosure: I am a woman who strongly refuses the title "gamer" and occasionally playing some games. For me, it means specific culture I decided I don't want to be member of.

by chx 4y ago

Supermancho 4y ago

I'm in a similar boat. PoE + others, nearing 50. I had the old Colecovision AFTER I had the Texas Instruments console TI-99 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4xHXkCvto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4xHXkCvto

nirav72 4y ago
I got the Ti-99/4A as a bday gift in '83.Then within a few months Texas Instruments discontinued it. I still have it in a box somewhere. Been kicking around some ideas. Maybe remove the mainboard and put in a RaspberryPi 4 or some other SBC. Then wire it up to the keyboard. Someone was selling a board on tindie that made it possible to connect the keyboard ribbon cable to USB. But sadly its no longer being sold.

shever73 4y ago

I was thinking the same thing. I just turned 50, learned to code on a ZX Spectrum, and regularly play Space Station 14, Dwarf Fortress and Elite Dangerous among others.

throwaway26206 4y ago

There are many of us that grew up in the 80s / early 90s who still play games today. I think the view of gamers are 20 years behind reality and uses outdated stereotypes. Just look at the comment in another thread that assumes 50-year olds play bridge, like being old means you are stuck in a 90s cliche of what older people do. Why wouldn't we continue playing games? There may be a period in life where work and/or kids takes more of your gaming time, but once you get older you have more personal time that can be spent on gaming. The average US gamer is currently 35 years old and increasing. 46% of American gamers are female.

watwut 4y ago
>46% of American gamers are female Kinda depends on whether the "gamer" means "someone who occasionally plays games or "self identified as member of specific gamer culture". The word gamer can mean both. Full disclosure: I am a woman who strongly refuses the title "gamer" and occasionally playing some games. For me, it means specific culture I decided I don't want to be member of.