Oh there are loads of us out there. 51 here and been gaming since my late dad got me the Atari 2600 in the 70s for Christmas and got me into gaming. He brought most of my machines up until I brought my own as an adult (though he did treat me to a 360 when it came out as a Christmas pressie bless him). He was also not into gaming as such but did like watching me play and kept up with tech until his passing a couple of years back.
My best friend met her now husband on World of Warcraft must be 15 years ago now or more. Been married to him for 10 and even left here in UK to be with him in Belgium. Has a kid with him and an older son from a previous relationship, we all game with them regularly as well as role play via discord. They also play games with one another as well as couples.
For a lot of us though is finding another half of the gaming partnership is hard but not as hard as it used to be. I am a proud gamer, manga reader, anime fan and enjoy cosplaying!
Atari 2600 takes me back. Megamania was my favorite. I remember me and my dad constantly playing to be each other's high scores. PS5 now and love the graphics and gameplay, but nothing will ever come close to the old systems and arcades that we hung out at with our allowances converted into quarters
I mainly remember just Space Invaders for the Atari, I was very young only just turned 5 when we got it. I think we had Pitfall as well but would have to check as it is still boxed up in my late Dads loft (Sister now lives there), next was the ZX Spectrum in the early 80s.
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u/Anarchyantz We are Doomed! Aug 21 '24
Oh there are loads of us out there. 51 here and been gaming since my late dad got me the Atari 2600 in the 70s for Christmas and got me into gaming. He brought most of my machines up until I brought my own as an adult (though he did treat me to a 360 when it came out as a Christmas pressie bless him). He was also not into gaming as such but did like watching me play and kept up with tech until his passing a couple of years back.
My best friend met her now husband on World of Warcraft must be 15 years ago now or more. Been married to him for 10 and even left here in UK to be with him in Belgium. Has a kid with him and an older son from a previous relationship, we all game with them regularly as well as role play via discord. They also play games with one another as well as couples.
For a lot of us though is finding another half of the gaming partnership is hard but not as hard as it used to be. I am a proud gamer, manga reader, anime fan and enjoy cosplaying!