Too old?

[Champagne]

We have a new 'Year in Industry' student joining our company. I met him last night at a work do and got onto talking about Nintendo DS. He has one and commented on me saying, "You have one? That's really surprising as not many grown ups do!"

What the...?????

At 34, am I considered too old for computer games or something?

Needless to say his life ended rather abruptly.

[confused79]

Never too old, i always play with my sons on the playstation, cant say i have brought myself one, but i do use there's i probably would buy myself one if i didnt have kids.
I know lots of grown ups with no kids who are always on their DS or PSP.
He is obviosuly boring!!!

[redcrx]

my dads got one, hes 60! I bought one (im 34) and he liked it so much he ordered one. My youngest sis is jealous, but shes now bought a Wii because she had fun with mine at xmas

[B00]

Maybe he saw your botched new barnet colour and presumed you were due your bus pass?

But yes, I know what you mean, I play World of Warcfraft, and guess the average age of other players is ooo maybe 20? I mostly play wih others who are in my age bracket, but I do occasionally "meet" teen players and they are quite frankly gobsmacked that someone of my advanced years is capable of even tapping away on a keyboard never mind playing *gasp* games on it.

[raysparx1]

Blimey I am really old and still play snakes and ladders and connect 4, I am off for a cry.

[mccfluff]

i play 'nev's jam buster' on the bbc kid site at lunch and i'm 34,

[confused79]

I still play the good old tetris and have competitions with my childrens child minder and try to beat her score lol!!!!

[nutgoneflake]

You're NOT too old, otherwise I'm positively ancient! (39 and whupping my boys regularly on the PS2 and now PS3.) I go into their school to help out sometimes, listening to the children read etc. Sometimes it's all I can do to get some of them to open their books - they're always asking how far my boys and I have got on Lego Star Wars, or if they can borrow our games, or come to tea so they can play with me/us/them!!

I'm chuffed that 5/6/7 year old boys think I'm (unwittingly) a cool mum!

I seem to have found my niche in life at last.....

Give him hell, Champagne xx

[raysparx1]

What is a Nintendo ? is it like that new game I have called Operation, that is so good, I am getting Buckaroo for christmas, can't wait !!

[confused79]

lol @ ray

[raysparx1]

lol, thanks Zac, I will weat two pairs of Y fronts, one pair on backwards. mousetrap, eh, sounds good, I am getting bored of airfix planes and making tanks out of cotton reels

[Mammar]

Ooo Ray!
What memories!
Mind you, I still have an Atari in the cupboard with the best game of all time, Black Lamp. I knew my kids were growing up when they stopped shouting me through to kill the dragons for them.

[annie0000]

I'm 41, but my kids still pass me their games and ask me to get them into the next level. My husband on the other hand hasn't got a clue - either you are hip and with it or not!!!! Mind you, the kids are only 7 and 5 just now, so I am sure that they will get better than me soon - the old reactions are not as good as they used to be.

[chompu]

Reminds me of when I was working in school last year. Two 15 year old girls were having a bit of a bitch about another girl and one of them said 'She even accused me of fancying her father, he's 32 for Gods' sake!'

[k9 fott]

Im 52 and i bought one 3 weeks ago