I’ve never skipped work, but I did start getting up at 5 a.m. so that I could play when no one else was awake. For anyone interested, I’m Sparkalina on Tichondrius. My daughter came up with the name for her stuffed animals and the character was supposed to be a joke, but now she’s level 70 so she’s not going away anytime soon.

So do you see yourself over growing out of video games? Like when you’re 70 will you still be excited about new games coming out? My grandpa has never (and probably never will) grown out of cars, so why should us gamers ever grown out of what makes us passionate?!

You said, “computers and games have always been cool.” I’d go further and say that they always will be cool!

I don’t know anyone over 40 who is a “gamer” but I think that ’s because video games didn’t exist during the formative years for anyone over 30.

You’re joking right??? I’m 37 years old. I’ve been using computers since Apple II+ came out. (I was doing all the computer stuff like Matthew Broderick in WarGames back in the early to mid 80s) I’ve been “online” for over 20 years and to assume that the gaming industry has just now started to be recognized in the last 10 years is ludicrous. Or to even say that games did not exist prior to the 90′s is just not right.

Like Mindy said above, it depends on what was around during your youth or what you’re accustomed to. In your case, you drew a reference to your grandfather who was a gearhead. He probably did not have the “face” time on a computer as you or I. But that’s the difference. I’ve been on a computer since I was 8 years old. I remember connecting to local bulletin boards here in St. Louis on a 110 baud modem.

Don’t get me wrong… I love yesterday and today’s games (actually, I don’t care for games that you have to pay monthly subscriptions too…I just don’t have that kinda time to justify the cost).

I would also agree that Rock Band is one of the best party activities you can do.

And, uh, computer and games have always been cool.