Sinful Sunday: Too old to play games?
When you see gamers then you don´t expect them to be much older than 30, I think teenagers already consider 30 as old so it might depend who you ask but there are certainly people out there that think that some people are too old to play games. But is that true? Is there an age that you´re too old to play games?
Should there be a maximum age for games?
Everyone can see on certain games that you need to have a certain age before you can play that game, of course not everyone actually does that but more on that later. So what if developers would come up with a maximum age, people that are older than the age on the box aren´t allowed to play it. Ridiculous of course, because if people would actually take that seriously and hold themselves to that rule then developers would be creating a smaller market for their game and that´s not good for profits! Which means that you´re never too old to play games!
Do you feel old when you play a game that is mostly played by kids?
That´s assuming that you play games with others or you know for some reason that a lot of kids play that game. I guess some people might feel old when they hear a lot of squeaky voices and immature behaviour, but that´s the risk of playing online with strangers! Even when you play a game that´s made for adults (18+) there is still a good chance that you´ll encounter a lot of kids in that game, because people in shops don´t always check the age of the person that buys a game and parents don´t always check what kind of games their kids are playing. So it´s not a surprise that there are a lot of kids online, both in games for all ages and in games for adults. Does that bother me? Not as much as you think, you see when someone annoys you then you can mute them and you can always go to another lobby to try your luck there if people are still annoying. Besides kids aren´t always annoying, there are plenty of annoying people both above and below 18 so I wouldn´t all point it in one direction!
So you´re never too old to play games?
I don´t think so, because a lot of games are meant to be fun and I don´t think that you´re ever too old for having fun. So don´t be surprised that someone that is 50 likes to play games and why not? I can imagine that when you didn´t had games like you have now in your youth that you might want to play them now, because games are fun (well that´s the intention at least) and having fun is good. You shouldn´t tell people that they´re too old to play games, because sooner or later you´ll reach an age that you´d be considered as too old and would you then listen to people that tell you that you´re too old to play games? Probably not! So let´s focus on having fun and stop turning it into a restricted club!
Should there be a maximum age for games?
Everyone can see on certain games that you need to have a certain age before you can play that game, of course not everyone actually does that but more on that later. So what if developers would come up with a maximum age, people that are older than the age on the box aren´t allowed to play it. Ridiculous of course, because if people would actually take that seriously and hold themselves to that rule then developers would be creating a smaller market for their game and that´s not good for profits! Which means that you´re never too old to play games!
Do you feel old when you play a game that is mostly played by kids?
That´s assuming that you play games with others or you know for some reason that a lot of kids play that game. I guess some people might feel old when they hear a lot of squeaky voices and immature behaviour, but that´s the risk of playing online with strangers! Even when you play a game that´s made for adults (18+) there is still a good chance that you´ll encounter a lot of kids in that game, because people in shops don´t always check the age of the person that buys a game and parents don´t always check what kind of games their kids are playing. So it´s not a surprise that there are a lot of kids online, both in games for all ages and in games for adults. Does that bother me? Not as much as you think, you see when someone annoys you then you can mute them and you can always go to another lobby to try your luck there if people are still annoying. Besides kids aren´t always annoying, there are plenty of annoying people both above and below 18 so I wouldn´t all point it in one direction!
So you´re never too old to play games?
I don´t think so, because a lot of games are meant to be fun and I don´t think that you´re ever too old for having fun. So don´t be surprised that someone that is 50 likes to play games and why not? I can imagine that when you didn´t had games like you have now in your youth that you might want to play them now, because games are fun (well that´s the intention at least) and having fun is good. You shouldn´t tell people that they´re too old to play games, because sooner or later you´ll reach an age that you´d be considered as too old and would you then listen to people that tell you that you´re too old to play games? Probably not! So let´s focus on having fun and stop turning it into a restricted club!
Reacties
Een reactie posten