- Ponkapoag
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Well, I'm 34, and married. No family yet. But, the difference is, I never really left video games. I have played less and less, I suppose. And my gaming habits have chenged, to the point where I play now in small stretches rather than binging on games like I did in my teen/college years. Now, it is strictly for enjoyment. And I do think this separates us from the hyper-competitive kids who still binge on games with 4k games played, etc. When I have my time set aside to play, that time is important to me. So, I admit, I hate going online for a fun game on the limited time I have, and being confronted by obviously less mature people who have played far more games that go out of their way to ruin other people's gaming experience (people not really playing rocket race, team killers, betrayals for weapons, quitters). The generation that has never known life without the internet seems to treat online gaming far different than our generation, in the respect that in my experience older people tend to respect the people they play with/against far more than the generation(s) that have grown up revelling in the anonymity of the internet.
EDIT: Wanted to add that I re-read my post and wanted to say that while it may sound like I am wagging my finger at younger players, and generalizing the behavior of ALL younger players, that is not what I meant. I recently read that the internet has created one of the biggest generation gaps ever, and I have been thinking about that a lot lately. The one place I see that very clearly is on XBL. Again, not a criticism so much as an observation.
[Edited on 02.25.2008 10:19 AM PST]