Neo003 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Well I'm 29 now and just wondering how gamers my age are balancing the love of the games and family time. Between work and other **** now I barely get any game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambrentnall Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Im 22 and live with my girlfriend and work Mon - Fri 9-5 and most Fri and Sat nights 10ish till 4ish. I mostly play games after 10pm a couple of nights a week as she has normally gone to bed and sometime get time to play at weekends during the day (more so if she likes the game Im playing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gunslinger Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Lol...If you ever figure it out, let me know!!! I'm 28, and every year there seems to be less time available for gaming. :cry: I don't watch a lot of tv, so I use that time to play games. Other than that, I find portable gaming fills the gap a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I certainly helps when your wife (and kids) like gaming as much as you do. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40420_1437839287 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Was a keen gamer for a long time, especially up to and including my uni years, but as time goes on, and work, family etc take more time gaming has taken a back seat to the point where, I now clas myself as the 'casual gamer'. Mobile games on my Desire etc are the way forward at the moment - stealing a moment here & there to update the ongoing game etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I don't have a family, problem solvered! ;) Just finished a few rounds of BF2 actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I certainly helps when your wife (and kids) like gaming as much as you do. :) +1 My girlfriend who I have lived with over a year and a half now and I both game. We don't usually play the same games (she's a wow junkie, I'm not), but we both spend time gaming. Also, almost every saturday I get together with some friends and have a lan party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rast3rMan Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I'm 41 and the wife will go before my internet gaming does :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted July 13, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 13, 2010 I'm nearing 30.. I don't game as much as I used to, really because I've just got a bit bored of it. But my partner loves watching crappy TV (reality TV shows, soaps, etc) most evenings after dinner and a bit of chatter we have an hour or two of her watching rubbish and I go geek on the net for a while :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted July 13, 2010 Supervisor Share Posted July 13, 2010 I get home about 30 minutes before the rest of the family, so I normally start up my console then. Depending on how engrossed I get, I'll either turn it off when they return home or I'll continue for another 30 mins or so. Then I leave the TV to them, and if I feel like it then I'll play for a bit in the evening when they've gone to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo2008jedi Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 34 , and the wife plays games too shes 31 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReDFoX2200 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I'm 29, back in uni days I used to play every game I could get my hands on, now I'm very elective and I have to make sure the game is fun or else I wont play it. I spend around 1 to 2 hours a day on gaming mean while my wife is talking care of her farmville :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massiveterra Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 4 words- build a man cave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I'm 27 and find I get easily 3-6 hours each evening/night for gaming :yes: I have a standard 9-5 type job and my own place, though I am currently lacking in having a girl friend... :unsure: I do find that paying bills can cause serious problems in keeping up with new releases though :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 32, wife's 33, daughters 9, all enjoy gaming (PC, and console) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 38 here. Wife doesn't want to do any gaming, but my 10 year old son loves gaming with me. I game more now than I ever have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treemonster Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 i'm 28 right now and have gamed less and less over the past year or two. partially i think it is the games themselves, new games just don't stand up to the old ones for fun and epic experiences, and old games got old years ago. i mostly fill my game time with shows and forums nowadays. although i'll play interesting new mmo's for a month or two. i don't have a wife or family to tie me down, so i really have no excuse. :p ppl i've played games with online have taken several approaches to balancing game time vs SO time. i've seen families try to play together, and go from a more hardcore gamer atmosphere in their vent to a nannyish family atmosphere, although this mostly resulted in some hearty lolz. a guy i met a clan leader in lineage 2 went from a hardcore 16 hour a day player to a more casual raider in wow, due to gf aggro. although he could never escape leadership roles since he was a great leader. he also bought a wii to play games socially with irl friends. and speaking of wii and irl social gaming, me and my friends used to pack the rockband kit up every weekend and play at each others' houses and drink for about a year. i was so sick of rockband at the end of it though. it did end up being good value for the cost though in terms of hours spent and the lolz we had together, despite the upfront costs involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 15, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted July 15, 2010 Not had much time to game recently due to everything that's been going on in my life, my gfs life, then family life. My backs about to break under pressure, and sadly even one of my favourite hobbies is beginning to become a chore more than a relaxing way to spend time. Going out exercising/running just now with my GF is doing it more for me. Oh, and coming on here and acting like a Mr Moan as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charisma Veteran Posted July 15, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2010 I'm a gamer and a little over the age of the general gamer demographic :D Oddly enough, the last few guys I dated weren't into gaming (or football, which I also enjoy). It's funny how many guys seem to want a girlfriend who's into those things, yet I always find the ones who don't :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I'm 43, the wife's 35 and our daughter is 2, my wife is a Mario and a Hidden Object Game junkie - we own every Nintendo product ever made from the NES to the Wii. She usually plays when our daughter goes to bed until she does, maybe 2 or 3 hours a night. Before the baby we had dual gaming rigs in the office and would play side by side - me on mine and her on hers. I've slowed as I've gotten older (I once played in a quake tournament for 36hr straight) and spend more time on my laptop surfing or playing poker online, maybe Halflife 2 or Portal every once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted July 15, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2010 I am 22 and married however, My wife also plays video games. The only arguing we ever seam to have is who will get up to get drinks and who gets to play what game on the Big screen Television :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 24 with a fulltime job, a dog. bills, a meaker attempt at a social life and i still barely have consistent time to gmae. if i have a day of i'll actually go out of my way to make some time to play some vids to justify all the money i spend on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 40 and love gaming as much as my 10 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted July 15, 2010 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2010 I am 35 years old now, and do not get to game anywhere near what I got to game just 5 years ago. On a good week, I probably average anywhere from 6-10 hours for the entire week. Some weeks I am able to play 15 hours, some weeks I do not even play an hour, it is just the way it goes. One thing it does do however is make playing games that much more enjoyable, as when I do have the time to play, it is that much more fun and "special" so to speak. Also luckily for me, I have a wife who is fully understanding of the fact that gaming is my preferred hobby and method of entertainment, so if I ask her to go upstairs to watch TV in our bedroom, she will do that if I say it is because I really want to play a game. So I consider myself lucky to even get to play as much as I do now. I can say though it has definitely put things in perspective to me, and I definitely realize it is just a hobby, and I could care less what company does what, etc. etc. I just want to play good games when I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I am 35 years old now, and do not get to game anywhere near what I got to game just 5 years ago. On a good week, I probably average anywhere from 6-10 hours for the entire week. Some weeks I am able to play 15 hours, some weeks I do not even play an hour, it is just the way it goes. One thing it does do however is make playing games that much more enjoyable, as when I do have the time to play, it is that much more fun and "special" so to speak. Also luckily for me, I have a wife who is fully understanding of the fact that gaming is my preferred hobby and method of entertainment, so if I ask her to go upstairs to watch TV in our bedroom, she will do that if I say it is because I really want to play a game. So I consider myself lucky to even get to play as much as I do now. I can say though it has definitely put things in perspective to me, and I definitely realize it is just a hobby, and I could care less what company does what, etc. etc. I just want to play good games when I can. i only get that option 1/3 tries i ask... thats why i love PC gaming so much. except when a sports game first comes out (madden, fifa, NHL) everyone else can go fraack themselves. im playing on the main tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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