played with my dad.

[Ruskodisco]

im actually playing with my 55 year old dad, who still calls dinner "supper". he got his buddies to buy this game and now he and them spend hours playing it.
they got even more excited when i told them about the expansion packs like walking inside the ships, and co-piloting, and planetary landings with so much more stuff to do. they were teary eyed.
anyways, anyone else crossing generational borders with this game?

 

[Ian Phillips]

Yep. My daughters think it looks "cool", and one of them sits behind me and watches me play the game sometimes.

 

[Ruskodisco]

Yep. My daughters think it looks "cool", and one of them sits behind me and watches me play the game sometimes.

that's actually awesome, i remember some guy telling me how his son would watch him fly it.
loving this game.

 

[ste]

My dad is 55 and he missed and completely let the gaming boat pass him by. Never had an interest. He phones me up every other week to ask if its left click or right click or some basic laptop query.

My mother was even worse, 55 too, when I was younger I told her to get me a mouse for Christmas for my amiga and she said she wasnt having one of those filthy things in her house.

I'm not kidding either.

They both missed the gaming generation.

I dont know what the hell they did instead. I'm an only child so, I dont know.

 

[Mobius]

you are never to old to play games,
got a few 55ers in our pve group.

 

[Klytus]

My old dad is 84 and upto recently still played diablo 2 and Titan Quest on a regular basis. No way he could play ED now, ten-fifteen years earlier maybe besides his pc is getting old like him (think its a p4 coproc ). Tried to get him to get a new machine but no joy says he is in gods waiting room now as he puts it, i then try to point out my gran lived to 94 but to no avail

Just seen your link to your group btw Mobius seeing as im 56 and prefer pve sounds ideal to me.

 

[Patrick_68000]

they were teary eyed

We can understand them. They have everything understood

 

[Biffa]

44 year age gap between two family players in our house, cough* and I'm not the younger one...

 

[DanTheMan]

I will be 60 in December and two of my 3 boys (30 & 29) both play as well.

It is a bit like going to a Pink Floyd concert and findin a multi-generational audience all enjoying the same great gig.

 

[Mooncusser]

I dont know what the hell they did instead. I'm an only child so, I dont know.

They did weird things like read, use their imagination, talk to friends....

I'm 44, and the original Elite came out when I was starting high school. That's also right about when PCs started to go mainstream. I remember how advances the Apple IIe seemed after having initially seen an Apple IIc and IBM clones. In college, Windows finally came out on PC based systems.

Keeping that in mind, and with your father being 11 years older than me, he would have been well into the workforce before computer gaming became a standard activity. (Unless he played on some of the earlier Atari or Intellivision consoles.) By then, I can see gaming going by the wayside as you develop a career, buy a house, start a family, etc. Especially if it never really was part of your recreational package anyway.

 

[Patrick_68000]

My old dad is 84 and upto recently still played diablo 2 and Titan Quest on a regular basis. No way he could play ED now, ten-fifteen years earlier maybe besides his pc is getting old like him (think its a p4 coproc ). Tried to get him to get a new machine but no joy says he is in gods waiting room now as he puts it, i then try to point out my gran lived to 94 but to no avail

Just seen your link to your group btw Mobius seeing as im 56 and prefer pve sounds ideal to me.

Perhaps show him some videos of ED ?

 

[Tinman]

...anyone else crossing generational borders with this game?

You could say that...the other direction in this case though.

 

[Kyokushin]

My dad - 60 old playing quake 2 regullary...

... it good to know, there in space, are some grow up players, not kids/teens.

 

[Ruskodisco]

hahaha.
ahh good times.

 

[kilvenny]

I am the old guy - 51 - trying to persuade the next generation to play. Unfortunately at the moment Destiny, Dota and Minecraft stand in the way.

 

[Hermit]

Cheese's Crust!

I got the shock of my life when I read this thread title!

Still, nevermind that. The more playing this game, the better :smilie:

 

[Flossy]

anyways, anyone else crossing generational borders with this game?

Yes, my husband Wrongway is 61 and I will be 61 next month. We both play and recently our 32-year old son, Cloudien, also started playing.

 

[Adept]

you are never to old to play games,
got a few 55ers in our pve group.

My dad's a 70 year old non gamer, and he's interested.

Yes, my husband Wrongway is 61 and I will be 61 next month. We both play and recently our 32-year old son, Cloudien, also started playing.

This just makes me happy to read

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[rayvon]

Its nice to see all ages going at it and enjoying this great game !

 

[Ruskodisco]

My dad's a 70 year old non gamer, and he's interested.

thats something really cool i would love to see a senior on here. maybe he'll tell me a war story or something.

Yes, my husband Wrongway is 61 and I will be 61 next month. We both play and recently our 32-year old son, Cloudien, also started playing.

that's awesome!