Gamers, Parents, and Old People
What do you plan to do when you reach 66?
For me, I hope to have retired, or at least working a decent job, have my own place and generally achieve a comfortable degree of serenity.
I also hope to be playing video games of some kind, whether they are on the newest consoles or via emulators on my PC.
Regardless of how I play them, I would love to be like this guy, who is still playing video games even into his mid-60s.
As for me and my gaming habits, I tend to stay away from MMORPGs, otherwise known as Massively-Multiplayer Online Role Playing games, as I know that they can be incredibly addicting. However, I do know people that play those games, and I consider them gamers, just like me.
However, this report by the Boston Globe seems to think that online games trigger disorders. That, I find crazy, because if that is true, what about those people who play Yahoo games or AOL games online? Are they crazy?
I think that the Parents Television Council is crazy, as they are backing a Video Game Rating Enforcement Act. Personally, I think all game enforcement should be a parental responsiblity. Oh well, Gamepolitics has the report here.