As a kid you have the time to play them but no money

 

As an adult you have the money to buy them but no time

 

As a retiree you have the time and the money for them but have lost most of the motor skills necessary to properly play them

That's a new twist on an old joke.  Would the real bummer not be you could spend hours and hours playing something to say "look, I got 100% of the virtual items I can never even touch"

Speak for yourself .  I plan on being one ass kicking grannie in my recliner beating my grandkids at Mario !

That's a new twist on an old joke.  Would the real bummer not be you could spend hours and hours playing something to say "look, I got 100% of the virtual items I can never even touch"

As someone who really enjoys going for 100% in games, I can say it's definitely worth it if it's a game you really enjoy. Just because it's virtual doesn't mean there's no sense of accomplishment with it.

As someone who really enjoys going for 100% in games, I can say it's definitely worth it if it's a game you really enjoy. Just because it's virtual doesn't mean there's no sense of accomplishment with it.

 

I enjoy going for 100%, that doesn't mean after seeing you've played for 100+ hours or more to just say "Well I completed a game" when you could have taken up a hobby like learning an instrument or used those hours to learn a language, do a part time job for extra cash, or studied to better your chances at higher education/better marks to be more receptive at technical skill related jobs etc.  But you can say pretty much the same about watching movies or reading too, but still at the end of the day saying "I know french/can play guitar/am captain of a sports team" on resume looks better than "I play games/watch films/listen to music/read".

Speak for yourself .  I plan on being one ass kicking grannie in my recliner beating my grandkids at Mario !

This is just a generalization for the majority, I'm not even gonna make it to retirement otherwise I'd be rocking Kingdom Hearts Versus XV myself

Well Video games are purely for entertainment purposes so I guess its ok with wasting time playing it since it is for fun and is more fun compared to working part time or going to school, or learning a language ( which can be more difficult then fun)

 

when your in college you can get a job and afford to play video games while having time between college and working since college does not give you as much work as H.S ( but the work is much harder in college)

Speak for yourself .  I plan on being one ass kicking grannie in my recliner beating my grandkids at Mario !

At Mario 2 Lost Levels?

 

Try to live through that as a grannie 

At Mario 2 Lost Levels?

 

Try to live through that as a grannie 

 I will. I will....lmao

As a kid you have the time to play them but no moneyAs an adult you have the money to buy them but no timeAs a retiree you have the time and the money for them but have lost most of the motor skills necessary to properly play them

 

Wise words Aqua (アクア)!!

 

As a newbie adult who is working and studying - I can confirm the first 2 statements.

Whats common between all 3 statements is lack of sleep too

 

As a kid: you want to play as much as you want, including sacrificing sleep

As an adult: You want to balance your work and social life, thereby also sacrificing sleep

As an older adult: the brain centres involved with sleep disable deep-quality-meaningful-sleep no matter how many hours you put in

Which means the only time of your life where you get the most meaningful sleep is as a baby.

 

When I become a retiree, I'll let you know if my motor skills are still intact.

As a kid you have the time to play them but no moneyAs an adult you have the money to buy them but no timeAs a retiree you have the time and the money for them but have lost most of the motor skills necessary to properly play them

 

Adult and Retiree life challenge accepted!

Well Video games are purely for entertainment purposes so I guess its ok with wasting time playing it since it is for fun and is more fun compared to working part time or going to school, or learning a language ( which can be more difficult then fun)

 

when your in college you can get a job and afford to play video games while having time between college and working since college does not give you as much work as H.S ( but the work is much harder in college)

 

College's recommend 200 hours of study per module (though the average is only 30-35 a week),  to achieve a good grade, with being unavailable between 10pm and 9am for sleep and getting ready in the morning say, there's only around 90 hours left in the week if you go by the recommendation of 200 hours, usually there's several modules, let's say 4, divide that between the number of weeks it'll be to your first exam period, that's 50 something hours a week for studying, even if you go for the average 30-35, you still need to include time for eating, exercise and socializing, part time work if you have one.  and that's independent study recommendations, not working on assignments or tasks for the next classes (generally the first thing to go out the window is sleep).  While course video games are more entertaining (though you can make any situation fun really depends on your mindset towards it), to not eat into your other time you'd have to limit an hour or so two it otherwise get behind in everything else.  The work you get in University is a huge step up from what you do in high school and you have to take into consideration what you value more.