AOL study shows middle-aged females spend the most time playing on the Web.

Internet service provider AOL, once-parent and now-child of multimedia multinational Time Warner, released a study yesterday about the demographics of overall online gaming. According to the study, women over the age of 40 spend the most time of any demographic group playing games online.

AOL said women over the age of 40 spend nearly 50 percent more time each week playing online games than men, and play online games on a daily basis more often than men or younger gamers. The fortysomethings' genre of choice was puzzle and word games, and their favorite time to play was between Midnight and 5 a.m.

Another finding was 44 percent of the 40-plus women surveyed often forwent reading, exercise, and watching TV or movies in order to play games. Of those women who forged new friendships while playing, 20 percent said their friendships extended into the offline world.

Maybe this is some good info :p

It's a common misconception that games are for kids. First of all, many games are way too mature for kids to handle. Second, kids are morons. Really. I rest my case.









:D

gamesmell, at the moment I have a 'lob on' 24/7 anyway. ;)

Tyler, Seinfeld = Greatest Sitcom Ever. :D

Freefighter, you lost all credibility in your comment when you mentioned AOL :p

Games Are For Kids!

Prove Me Wrong People, Prove Me Wrong.

lob on? must be an english term anyway ive been been there I onece had a 3 week full evection it got pretty painfull after the first week by the end it has horrible ive never been that miserable with an erection before and probubley never will again

Hehehe, another twist in this tale lol.
My wife watches me play and then distracts me enought to pause lol - an hour later I come back to my game, but am so relaxed that I have lost my edge hehe, Oh well.

I can't seem to get her off the PC when she gets stuck into Adult Video Strip Poker lol, but when she gets em naked she runs out the room screaming yuk! babe you go and watch lol.

L8rz
Flyblown_Jester

she's a comepulsive gambler I would not take her to a casino

Hahahaha! that would depend on if that casino was a strip casino lol.

My wife is proly the worst casino customer you could get lol, she would stay on the 1 & 2c machines, then go and watch the strippers lol. woop's - duck - weave - cover head - ouch! - another spoon dent in da back of my head.

But back to the topic' er wot wast he topic lol oh yeh, kids! - kill em all lol! woops wrong forum, kids! gotta luv em' and give em some more violent video games to play so they stay at home and kill 'time' not people.

L8rz
FlyBlown_Jester, hic' more booze please, its easter.

NEW YORK - All those years on the couch playing Nintendo and PlayStation appear to be paying off for surgeons. Researchers found that doctors who spent at least three hours a week playing video games made about 37 percent fewer mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and performed the task 27 percent faster than their counterparts who did not play video games.

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Ide feel stupid asking my surgeon about video games

huhh maybe if I need surgeury I shuold challinge them to a little mortal conbat before I choose who will do it

Hay I bet ide make am exsallant surgeon im willing to give it a try if anyone need something removed come talk to me

now thats just stupid, even if its true, its just simply stupid lol

It has nothing to do with wheither or not he can beat you in a console game. It's just the way of handling with the analog buttons is about the same as the tools they use. I just wanted to point it out that it's usefull for surgeons too.:rolleyes:

I think getting married is one of the biggest hits your gaming life takes, even if you get a wife who likes games. You have less time to do everything, you have a certain kind of duty to your family, etc... if your wife likes games and you have one PC (or console), you have a sort of power-struggle whenever you can't play together.
Now my wife hated computers (and i'm a software developer, heh) but gradually started using them and thus liking them. Getting her into playing games was tricky at first, as she would consider the huge amount of time I sat there playing games was like "watching the game" i.e. ignoring her and concentrating in something so much that you can barely have a conversation.
But then I got her into adventure games through licensed games - took her to a game store with me and she spotted this Law & Order game and I was all like "Licensed games usually stink" and we eventually bought it.
See, I grew up playing with my sister, with my sister sitting on the passenger seat, spotting things, linking facts, being my "navigator" etc.
My wife on the other hand is just like me, someone who wants to be in control. Control struggles ensue. But I digress.
We then played some games that I knew were great adventure games, Longest Journey and Runaway. The point was to get her into games that didn't make her feel like she was pressed for time or anything, and that would not be frowned upon as being too "mindless", and hey .. adventure games are a dying genre now, but I grew up playing Sierra's "quest" games.
So anyway, the next step was for her to play Rayman 3, and this was VERY hard for someone who never played a videogame before (no hand-eye coordination yet) and she got halfway through it and then it got too hard, BUT she wanted ME to play so that she can see the rest of the story.

The WHOLE point I'm trying to make is that if you've lost interest in games, feel like you don't wanna play games, or think that games arent what they used to be, then you're playing some kind of games that you don't like. There is a kind of game for EVERYONE. I hated strategy games without realizing it (i used to love dune2 when it first came out and thus C&C afterwards) and at one point I just didn't wanna play these kinds of games anymore. But then I decided that I hate strategy games and will not even try to play because I don't have fun playing them. It's that simple. Find something you have fun playing, don't feel pressured to play a certain kind of game or a game everyone likes. Just try to have fun.

If you already thought about it and you think there's any kind of game you like then you haven't tried the one you like yet. Talk to mature people, someone who actually plays a lot of different kinds of games about what you hate in a certain game and they will guide you to the exact opposite.

Example I like story
Strategy games can get too "concentrate-y"
RPGs can get boring (especially ones that don't have a story, read: diablo)
Shooters are ok because I am good at them (multiplayer)
Platformers are ... well .. it has to be funny for me to enjoy it (Conker's Bad Fur Day.. )
Adventure games are all about story, I mean the old-skool adventure games, not puzzle-games like Myst. Too bad they don't make them as much as they used to. (if at all)
Sports games are weird in that good games are good and bad games will make you hate all games that are based on the same sport. I didn't even watch football and wasn't interested in sports, but then I played Madden NFL 2003 and suddenly I'm watching Packers games. Needless to say I got 2004 even though it's an 80% waste of money (should be VERY cheap if you have the last game since it's almost like an expansion)
Tony Hawk 2 gave me my childhood dream of skateboarding. (also got 3 and 4 .. less of a waste of money)

This post is too long.

(I respect other people's tastes in game genres and if you feel offended in any way at my comments on what games I like or don't like, PM me with your abuse, don't start a flame war, thanks)

Yah know I think that was the longest post that was ever in this forum with no pics
as for flamers heres what I think about them

(ant to meny that will get offended cause nobadys ganna read the hole thing I know I wont)
all I know is that it better not say that we should all worship ******

Edit:huh did you know we cant post the name ******

well i read through all of it and though it was a great post, i had a similar expierence, my dad always though games were a waste of time although he recognised some of them as a piece of art, so i thouhg id get him into it, so he loves hes weakest link, university challenge and who wants to be a millionair so i bough him the last one for his bday pressie, and hey he got hooked and then he saw me play mafia and he got tottally hooked as hes a 1930s1940s replica car collector, so eventually he wanted me to finish the game so he could drive any car through the city without complications, so yeah :)

from the jist of what im assuming your post was about I say dont bother trying to forse your hobbies on outhers

Thanks Luciel.

Here's somthing I forgot to say (mods: or do I edit to make the post longer than it already is).
My wife actually said that playing Rayman 3 actually made her hand-eye coordination better. If you've been to a country where driving resembles walking on a big-city-downtown-sidewalk (no lanes, no order, ok to pass on whichever side, ok to go faster no matter where in the road you're in, no speed limit except on highways, jaywalking is ok, CHAOS) You'll know why she said so while we're driving in Cairo, Egypt and some guy (pedestrian) pops outta nowhere.

a lot of girls seem to like Rayman for some reason I wonder why

Hahahahahaha! Gamesmell lmao!! that looked like me running from the bouncers at my local lol.

My eyes realy hurt now, nice post tbaher but surely you could have broke it up into 2 or so posts man lol, by the way, I would luv to bring my beast of a car to your country and just drive up and down da street lol, I could put that bumper sticker on my car that says;

"If you don't like the way I drive, get off the sidewalk" :D

But on a serious note, I don't fully agree with your marriage view that you get less time for gaming, not all of us fall under the thumb after the knot is tied. I play like a little child, even stamp my feet lol and my wifey just looks at me and pisses her self laughing, calls me a twit and walks away lol. She plays computer games now but very few, and still can't use the pc properly, but she knows its my thing and is happy to let me be. I would not have married a woman that chained me down, I don't cheat, do drugs, drink heavy or abuse her and that my friends makes her a very happy lady. - Happiness leads to Horniness lol.

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Flyblown_Jester

Excellent post, tbaher. You have been 'regged' since Nov 2002 and barely been active, What Gives? ;)

Thats going on my Wedding Invites :D

Thanks BountyWarrior, it's just that I used to find all my answers here without even asking and then I decided to answer a few, then one thing led to another .. :)

and now ur hooked huh, yeah same happened to me, registered last month and woo, over 100 posts lol

Video games are absolutely amazing. Their range is so incredibly wide that one is hard-pressed not to find something to enjoy. I taught senior citizens intro computer skills one summer at a senior center. Some surprised me by asking for help navigating to games. Sure, they weren't looking for the latest Unreal Tournament, but diversity of options is my point. Among the many entertaining things to do in your free time, video games can be challenging, dexterity-improving (for all you surgeons), and extremely fun! Children to adults of all ages (I feel like a ringmaster at a circus) have much to choose from. I feel the same way about cartoons, but that's another topic.

for me I just dont know when to shut my type
(right now I looking for any valid reason to post so I can break the 200 bareior)

CONGRATS! BountyWarrior well done m8.

I hope you have many happiness moments lol.
I'm fast approaching my 5th wed aniversary 30th/10 and we have had only two fights, and they turned out to be just silly lol.

Our trick is to agree to disagree, it always works. You see, these days we pride ourselves on our opinions and if that view is different than anothers, it will most probably lead to a conflict. So my wifey and I just walk off seperate ways calling each other 'bitch' & 'bastard' lol - then have a cuddle later when nothin's on the tv. It's fool proof. ;)

Flyblown_MarriageCouncellor lol

For what? I aint walking down no aisle yet. I aint ready for such a big step. :cool:

It IS a big step indeed and I seem to have rushed into it for better or for worse (got married when I was 22).
Turned out not to be as bad as I thought it would be, but then again there are thing you just won't see coming.

Pressure can really ruin your decision, and yet indecision can get you sacked.

Make sure you did all you ever wanted to do (single-wise) before you get married because it's like a permanent gf/roomie.
Oh well one thing I'm never gonna get done with anytime soon is playing games, and this is the thing I miss most.

Stay with her as long as possible before getting married, preferably living together too (customs/religion permitting).
Gives you more of an idea of what you're up against.

HaHAHaHaHa! Soz Bounty lol

Better just keep playing those games then dude lol.

And the next time you go to your favorite game shop, kick the dorky kid off the demo game machine and say HEY! Games aren't for kids yer know! lol

:p

ahahaahha, ive done that!!! ahahahaa xD

now thats the mark of a true dweeb "errrrrg out of my way I must play that video game gullellll"

bounty, u also told me the same about FarCry ;)
u know doom 3 will kick ass...

btw, "Mark My Words", u said to me i should also mark the year 2010, u prolly remember :D

What do you think now that Doom3 has been out for a while?
 

Not long ago, I felt the same way JoyBoy did and to a certain extent I still do regarding most console games, but after playing Doom3 and Halflife2, my excitement for 1st person shooters has returned. With these games we have a fully emersive, cinematic experience that goes beyond the graphics. Computer AI has improved to the extent that you sometimes find yourself having to use strategy to make it through a first person shooter. That, IMHO, is improved gameplay.

The computer games industry goes into stagnation every now and then. The sheer amount of cloned titles of pacman, space invaders etc. is testament to the lack of originality you need in this business. I've seen some pretty unique titles in my time but you can stake your life on it that there will be a lot of similar games on the bandwagon as soon as it has been released. Doom 3 doesn't really look like it's predecessors but it looks uncannily like every other FPS that's around at the moment - the same with Quake 4.

I've long ago become bored with mindless shooters, they seem to have too much lineararity to them. Call of Duty looked impressive... until I realised the instructions you had to follow meant there cannot be much deviation from the path you had to take. On the other side of the coin you had Freelancer which allowed you to go anywhere, do anything and become whatever you chose to be (except a blond guy in brown leather :) ). This game was fantastic when I first came across it and many of my friends bought the game so we could multiplay and have fun.... but after a while I realised you were still restricted to that galaxy, those commodities etc.

So it doesn't really matter what genre of games you like, you WILL get bored with what's on offer at some point, but I've always noticed you get the kick back again when you find the right game.

This post is well too long already but I just have to disagree with games just being for kids. I was 8 when I started out with a ZX Spectrum 48k and I'm still here even though my social life is pretty good. I just think that adults have too much to deal with and cannot afford the time to sit around playing games.

Bit of an old thread resurrection...

Oh crap i am a 31 year young kid then cause all i do is play games :)

not all video games for kids you can't get a kid to play doom or witcher 3

You may want to check the dates of the last posts before replying on threads .... you have commented on a topic from 12 years ago!!

:D Sorry man i don't pay attention to date i thought it's still active

it's 13 years :D

Get yourself a calculator ..... ;)

not needed but why bother replying me most does not reply :D