36-year-old gamer confronts older friend after they claim he's ‘too old to play video games’, leading him to defend his favorite hobby: ‘I’m not gonna stop playing video games’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Aug 12, 2025 10:00 PM EDT

I never understood the criticism over adults playing video games and the weird claim that video games are only for kids. It makes absolutely no sense.

As the clever guy in the story below claimed, what is the big difference between someone spending their free time binge-watching TV shows and someone playing video games? The only difference is that video games are interactive, and watching TV is passive.

Personally, I even love watching video games as if they were actually movies, because some plots are so beautiful, and I don't particularly enjoy playing myself. I have sat alongside my husband for hours and watched him play through countless games because I loved the plot (God of War, man, what a game…). Who gives anyone the right to judge me for that?

Anytime a gamer mentions standing up to those who think they have the right to judge others for their hobbies, no matter their age, an angel gets its wings, and the story below is the perfect example of that.

Keep scrolling to read the full tale.

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    People I know criticizing me for playing video games (36 M)

    I'm a 36 year-old male and still playing video games. I am getting a bit older so I can really only play for four hours before my eyes start
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    to hurt. And I start to get tired. But of course people I know and people I work with often criticize me for playing video games.
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    "You're too old to play video games." "how do you have time to play video games.” I just shrug it off and say that's how I enjoy spending my time. For
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    example, my friend who is a bit older than me is the biggest critic when it comes to me playing video games. Yet he's watched four
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    seasons of a show in two weeks. That means he's watching almost 4 hours worth of this show a day practically. So I pose the
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    question to him "what's the difference between me playing video games for four hours and you watching a show for four hours straight?" And he got
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    all flustered and said well you know video games for her kids, blah blah blah. In the end, I'm not gonna stop
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    playing video games but it's still mildly infuriating That video games have this stigma, especially when it comes to dating.
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    RookFett I'm 60 and people roll their eyes when I talk about my video gaming habit and the awesome computer I made to play them.
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    I will keep playing till I'm dod or when StarCitizen - finally comes out. "Hopefully the former" ☺
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    gearlegs4ever Fkem. I know plenty of gamers that are older. If you enjoy it that's perfectly okay and people have zero right or reason to police you on what makes you happy or you enjoy doing.
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    DareDareCaro I am a 50 years old psychiatrist playing 2 hours a day.
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    Wolfy-Tan Gaming is like a participatory form of reading or watching a show. "You're too old for that" is the mark of someone who believed the lie that adults
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    have to give up the things they enjoy and succumb to the grind of a miserable life in the name of "maturity".
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    You're grown. You get to decide how to spend your time and there's no shame in spending it in a way that gives you some joy.
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    Sophia--Petrillo I am a 48 year old woman and I used to be embarrassed to tell people it was my favorite. fun thing to do. Now I dga.. If they judge you, sc. _w them
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    GenXinthe561 54 here. Been a lifer and dont care what others think. Play on young man!
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    geekbella So childish thinking games are only for kids. Annoys me to no end. There are many ways to be an adult!
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    Careful_Sea8935 Don't worry about it. Have fun where you can find it. As long as it's not hurting anyone, it's none of anyone's else business how you have fun.
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