Grown Men That Play Video Games...Yes or No?

[Fallsview]

Goodmorrow,

I always like to know what the average low IQ "Joe" thinks.

So on that note:

Grown men that play video games...Yes or No? AND...if you say "yes" or come back with some snarky, malcontent answer, did it strike a nerve for the closet game players?


As always...



STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Waiting for Wes to finish up his early bird, senior citizen dinner of an Aldi's Shrimp Ring that's been in his freezer for 2 years along with outdated, mold film on the top cocktail sauce to give a nasty reply)

[Spike]

i’m 39 - i have no kids no wife and i’m a govt contractor


i play call of duty multiplayer like a beast - vanguard

there is a social aspect i think to it - i really likes being in vegas but being back in NC - people you don’t know are more assholes and they tend to act more hardass prob beicause no one takes time to learn how to fight/box here - but there are these forces interactions in gym specially when i’m training fully pumped veins out - fck all do i want to talk to anyone let alone the fckn gym bro who was staring me down in the parking lot but as soon as i take my sweatshirt off you want to start slamming weights in front of me like it’s something to admire ?

video games i don’t get that shit - i can play, win some lose some, have fun, meet some people, not be fxkn forced to interact with some gym idiot

[Sir Bicep]

Like the adult man who reads comic books, a grown man who has time to play video games is not really a man at all.

[robcguns]

I could never do it but know a few who do. Was never really into video games anyways always felt like the world was passing me by even as a little kid.

[Stephano]

Yes.  Good video games are the "total art" that Wagner once spoke of.

They combine music, aesthetics, drama (particularly with voice actors and motion-capped actors,) and participant agency. 

VR will eventually take things to the next level.

Like any other form of art, they can be done well or poorly.  Some video games are true "total art."  Others are total trash.

[funk51]

how very condescending of you.

[joswift]

No

[deadz]

👎

[Spike]

its a social hobby I have - I usually only play Multiplayer

I don't "hang out" with men my age - most are sour, miserable, or complain about shit too much - plus most of the shit they admire is just shit you can buy like a pussyass loud motorcycle, shit for their house, shit for their TV/sittin on their ass room

I play video games when I have down time and I want to relax - I read but tend to do that more at night and to wind down - I don't go to bars, don't drink, don't try to meet strangers socially in strange setting - used to bounce , don't like drunks, don't like badasses

its just funny how many of the badasses automatically write off video games - sure nerds participate but sure do females - pro games make a lot more money than anyone ever did fixing a motorcycle up with loud exhaust so everyone will look at them - I don't need anyone to acknowledge or look at me playing vid games

[IroNat]

Have occasionally played them but I get bored.

Also, I don't want to invest the time learning how to play.

I'm not into board games either.  Board games seem to be the rage.

[Griffith]

Yes.

Videogames went mainstream when the PlayStation was released, targeting those now older gamers who grew up with the NES or Sega consoles and changing the marketing campaign towards an older audience.

Till the mid 90's, even computer gaming was still a very niche hobby. Then dedicated graphics cards were released in the late 90's for PC's in response to the growing popularity of gaming consoles.
 

[Fallsview]

I have found that more and more men are playing video games. I've even seen some marriages fall apart because of it. Pro's and con's? Stress relief or addiction?

[robcguns]

its a social hobby I have - I usually only play Multiplayer

I don't "hang out" with men my age - most are sour, miserable, or complain about shit too much - plus most of the shit they admire is just shit you can buy like a pussyass loud motorcycle, shit for their house, shit for their TV/sittin on their ass room

I play video games when I have down time and I want to relax - I read but tend to do that more at night and to wind down - I don't go to bars, don't drink, don't try to meet strangers socially in strange setting - used to bounce , don't like drunks, don't like badasses

its just funny how many of the badasses automatically write off video games - sure nerds participate but sure do females - pro games make a lot more money than anyone ever did fixing a motorcycle up with loud exhaust so everyone will look at them - I don't need anyone to acknowledge or look at me playing vid games

Calm down spike,no one is judging your choice to play. Hahaha. I also suck at them prob another reason I don’t play. Wish I liked them cause it seems lots of grown men enjoy them.

[wes]

Goodmorrow,

I always like to know what the average low IQ "Joe" thinks.

So on that note:

Grown men that play video games...Yes or No? AND...if you say "yes" or come back with some snarky, malcontent answer, did it strike a nerve for the closet game players?


As always...



STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Waiting for Wes to finish up his early bird, senior citizen dinner of an Aldi's Shrimp Ring that's been in his freezer for 2 years along with outdated, mold film on the top cocktail sauce to give a nasty reply)

You don`t warrant a reply from anyone you fat loser but I decided to anyway just to appease our resident Fat, French,Friendless,Fag.

[GymnJuice]

No. I haven't enjoyed them since I was in my 20s. As a teenager and in my early 20s I could have played marathon weekend long sessions of video games with friends. It isn't as fun anymore. They bore me now.

[bLuEeYes]

I was hardcore on video games from age 10 to 16. I had the dreambox, ps1, ps2 and xbox 360 and that's the last one I bought and I played for like 6months then I lost taste.

Sometimes I visit my younger cousins and it's fun for a while, especially when I play against them and we keep breaking balls. I think it's ok if adult decide to keep playing video games. I don't see the problem. Yeah they may grow a bit retarded and immature but eh

[Grape Ape]

its a social hobby I have - I usually only play Multiplayer

I don't "hang out" with men my age - most are sour, miserable, or complain about shit too much - plus most of the shit they admire is just shit you can buy like a pussyass loud motorcycle, shit for their house, shit for their TV/sittin on their ass room

I play video games when I have down time and I want to relax - I read but tend to do that more at night and to wind down - I don't go to bars, don't drink, don't try to meet strangers socially in strange setting - used to bounce , don't like drunks, don't like badasses

its just funny how many of the badasses automatically write off video games - sure nerds participate but sure do females - pro games make a lot more money than anyone ever did fixing a motorcycle up with loud exhaust so everyone will look at them - I don't need anyone to acknowledge or look at me playing vid games

Same on the multi....have played almost every CoD multi since MW2, with one or two exceptions.  Playing Halo MP now, but also the  campaign...they did very well.  Skipped Vanguard - assuming not much change from the normal Infinity Ward mutli.

Started with an Atari 2600, had most systems but rarely played nintendo since was in college.

[Grape Ape]

Like the adult man who reads comic books, a grown man who has time to play video games is not really a man at all.

But an adult man who routinely starts shitty gimmicks on a message board using gaybo terminology like chad and incel is a-ok, right bi-sex?

[deadz]

First and last game console was Intellivision, anyone remember that one.

[joswift]

Its almost as bad as grown men reading "Harry Potter"

[SF1900]

its a social hobby I have - I usually only play Multiplayer

I don't "hang out" with men my age - most are sour, miserable, or complain about shit too much - plus most of the shit they admire is just shit you can buy like a pussyass loud motorcycle, shit for their house, shit for their TV/sittin on their ass room

I play video games when I have down time and I want to relax - I read but tend to do that more at night and to wind down - I don't go to bars, don't drink, don't try to meet strangers socially in strange setting - used to bounce , don't like drunks, don't like badasses

its just funny how many of the badasses automatically write off video games - sure nerds participate but sure do females - pro games make a lot more money than anyone ever did fixing a motorcycle up with loud exhaust so everyone will look at them - I don't need anyone to acknowledge or look at me playing vid games

Brutal meltdown about playing video games played by 9 year olds.

[Rambone]

“Video games are a complete waste of time.” - Poster that spends hours a day perusing a bodybuilding message board

[Grape Ape]

First and last game console was Intellivision, anyone remember that one.

100%.

Remember not being able to afford it, and looking at the box thinking the graphics were incredible.

I had Atari, did a paper route and then got colecovision, but missed that one.

[IronMagazine.com]

Like the adult man who reads comic books, a grown man who has time to play video games is not really a man at all.

really, what do real men do, chop wood in the backyard? lol

[LurkerNoMore]

Sadly there are really no good video games today to hold much interest.   I played the fuck out of BL2 and it’s DLCs.   Mr Torgue was awesome.   They need to incorporate his voice and character into GPS devices and Alexa as options.

BL3 was a fucking bust.  Not good, not funny, no notable dialogue or humor. 

Seems every time I tried to play CoD I would wind up in a lobby of Mexicans who did nothing but yell the entire time (and die).