After having a little look-see at some statistics because of sheer boredom, i see that the average gamer age is steadily rising each year, and in a lot of countries, it is well into the 20's. I feel saddened and insulted at narrow-minded people who think gaming is a childish phase that they expect everyone to grow out of. We're the generation who've grown up with vidya games in our hands, and it seems like they're attached with industrial strength super glue. We grew up in the prime of video gaming evolution, where games made the transition from 2D to 3D, and the technology to make a game almost realistic is drawing near. Video games are also becoming more and more violent and confrontational, and it would seem that soon phrases like: 'don't play video games' and 'grow up' won't be used in the same sentence.
It's a little hard to imagine how a small kid born 30 years from now would react to his first gaming experience. He's probably going to play some game with insane graphical definition, almost identical to real life. This would be like gazing directly into a light bulb after 10 years of complete darkness. Most likely by then though there will be some new hip/cool thing that all the little rascals will be into, and we'll be classed as lame for "gaming." And then, the cycle will repeat. I'd like to believe that video gaming will be forever, but at one point no one even thought about the concept of video gaming, and so there's gotta be something that no ones thought of that has the potential to allure a new generation. Perhaps we will reach some bullshit age of intelligence and wisdom, and barbarities such as gaming will be deemed as lower classed, and gamers will be dubbed a waste of life. Who knows.
Point is; Gamuh fo' lyf, hater's best keep their mouf shut.
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Mark my words, young whippersnapper.
Just a thought.