Re: retired gamers
[Re: monbron]
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03/31/10 10:14 PM
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I too am now retired as of three weeks ago. I have set up my old W98 for my older games and I can finally sit and play a game well into the night and early morning because I don't have to get up early to go to work. My first game was Myst but the game that really got me hooked on adventure gaming was Under A Killing Moon and to date I have not enjoyed a game as much as I do that one. I replay it every year even though I know how it will end. I too feel an attachment to the older games but I realize that time changes and so must we. We Boomers are adapters and can change and appreciate the fact that the newer games may not be Myst or UAKM but they still entertain and challenge us and what more can we ask.
carol It doesn't cost a dime to be kind ---------------------------- Currently playing The Moment Of Silence
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Re: retired gamers
[Re: lexxy]
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04/01/10 04:57 AM
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Oh man! I still have around 15-20 years before I can retire. That's a loong time! Although I hate every morning, when I have to leave for work, then it's also OK on some level, since that's where my social needs get fed, lol. But, it's so lovely to read all these post - and I'm happy for you all, that you now have time to do something you love.
Last edited by misslilo; 04/01/10 04:57 AM.
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Re: retired gamers
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04/01/10 11:29 AM
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I've been waiting for someone older than I am, but looks like that is so not going to happen. I can't honestly say I'm surprised as I have long suspected I may just be the oldest one here. I was born in the Roaring Twenties, the boomer gen of World War One! Okay, so I'm 86 and looking forward to whatever is new in adventuring. The same way I enjoyed the start of the PC games in 1980 with our first Radio Shack TRS-80 when I was 56. Those were the days when something new came along almost every other day it seemed like and my husband bought new computers almost as often. I got the "old" computers when I wanted one and the rest he sold or gave away. April Fool? I'll let y'all be the judge!
Sorry about that April 1 silliness! My inner ten-year-old got carried away, I fear. I really wasn't kidding about the rest of the post.
Last edited by sierramindy; 04/02/10 11:12 AM. Reason: April Two
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Re: retired gamers
[Re: Adorable]
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04/05/10 06:22 PM
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Leeana
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way to go ... bless you all I will be retireing now now but soon maybe in six months ... Cant wait ... love my games too much
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Re: retired gamers
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04/06/10 01:31 AM
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Sometimes the awful thought strikes me that I never will be able to retire. Sure would love to retire, though, and spend all the time I'm not tracking with my dog adventure gaming. I've only been at it a few years and I can still remember the "hook" when Grim Fandango got me but I look at it this way - I've still got a lot of the classics to experience. Grim sure made me picky though!
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Re: retired gamers
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04/12/10 08:35 AM
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I am retired, I have been playing games since the famous You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. , that is - ZORK, no graphics, only text. When people knew I had bought a PS3 looked at me astonished as if I were from Mars, only my grandson found it great, so when he has vacation here can use it too, of course taking turns with me
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Re: retired gamers
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04/12/10 03:13 PM
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Fellow retired gamers-You all have inspired me not to give up on old games, old computers(or old people)! I have finally fired up my old WIN 98 and managed to get Lighthouse installed(in DOS)am enjoying it immensely. Now I have a treasure trove of older games to play or replay.
People do not remember how much you know,only how you make them feel finished Gray Matter, playing Alice Madness returns and Deponia
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Re: retired gamers
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04/14/10 04:42 PM
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Three cheers for retired gamers!And for Gameboomers giving us a voice. I can't believe the great response to this topic-shows that there is a market for well done and thoughtful games out there(not just war shooters and sports) and the Baby Boomers are just starting to retire Have often wondered-is gaming helping our older brains be more agile and perhaps helping with situations where quick response and thinking is needed?
People do not remember how much you know,only how you make them feel finished Gray Matter, playing Alice Madness returns and Deponia
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