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Subject: Sign here if you are part of the "New Gaming Culture"

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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.

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‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

I'm not as old as you lol.

Good luck finding some older (but still young) people to tea-bag over xbl ;-)

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Thanks for the posts so far, sorry but new to forums, accidently put this in the wrong place, how does it get moved? Thanks.

  • 02.25.2008 10:28 AM PDT
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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

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how does it get moved? Thanks.

A moderator must move it.

EDIT: Sorry, it was how.
You can PM a moderator and ask him to move it, or if he sees it he'll just move it without you asking.

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  • 02.25.2008 10:32 AM PDT

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Posted by: BLUETHISTLE
Thanks for the posts so far, sorry but new to forums, accidently put this in the wrong place, how does it get moved? Thanks.


....I actually think this IS in the right place. I guess if not it will be moved by one of the mods. I an't think of a more appropriate place, to be honest. This is specifically in regards to the Bungie community, as I read it.

  • 02.25.2008 10:32 AM PDT

It’s all cyclical...

I would agree that this is community related.

I would also venture to gues that there is a decent number of this "New Culture" of gaming out there. Obviously, not anywhere near the population of grade/high school, or even that of the college gamer. But there are plenty out there. I know and work with many late 20's-30's year olds who play regularly.
All have a place in the community man...Game on.

  • 02.25.2008 11:16 AM PDT
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Hello, my name is Matt, I haven't played a video game in at least 20 years. I'm 39 now with family, mortgage etc. I bought xb360 and Halo 3 over the holidays to play with my teenage nephew, now I'm hooked and play frequently. I have been reading a lot about this in various publications: The new gaming culture, middle age, family, returning to video games with the advent of the next gen systems and adult themed games. How many of us are out there? Sign here and give a little background maybe we can get a little anecdotal info out of this. If this topic already exsists please point me to it.

  • 02.25.2008 10:02 AM PDT

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Wow....moved to the Flood!? Sometimes I really don't know where things belong, I guess....
Anyhow, This really was interesting to me. The main points that are made that are relevant to this topic are:
The average gamer is 33 years old
The average game buyer is 38 years old

and, the really crazy statistic:
"Thirty-eight percent of all game players are women. In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (31%) than boys age 17 or younger (20%)."

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15 years old in clane have pen plas in ireland over live and have lan partes and halo tournaments i think so my tag is N Hel if you would like to send me a freind request

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Posted by: Ponkapoag
Wow....moved to the Flood!? Sometimes I really don't know where things belong, I guess....
Anyhow, This really was interesting to me. The main points that are made that are relevant to this topic are:
The average gamer is 33 years old
The average game buyer is 38 years old

and, the really crazy statistic:
"Thirty-eight percent of all game players are women. In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (31%) than boys age 17 or younger (20%)."


so you get nintendo power to : }

  • 02.25.2008 11:53 AM PDT

The average gamer is 29. Games these days are published and meant to appeal to the adolescent male audience. So, games like Halo, Gears of War, and so on (action, shooting, etc.) are the bread and butter of the gaming industry.

There are few other successes quite like Halo 2, Halo 3, and so on. but there are 24 top-sellers before Halo 3, and most of them are old school or are the Sims.

EDIT: Last I checked the age of the average gamer, it was 2003.

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Wow, cool link. Interesting stats, if you read the whole thing, it would appear that the 17 and under crowd are becoming a minority, with 24% of 50+ and 31% of women. That was unexpected. Nice post, Thanks for taking interest. Took me some time to find the thread again. Hopefully more people will chime in with data so we can get a clear picture of who's out there.

  • 02.25.2008 11:59 AM PDT