Beyond the silver gamer: The compromises and strategies of older video game players
The experience of older adults who play video games illustrates the contemporary challenges of ageing and the strategies that ageing individuals set up to navigate them. The ethnography of a video…
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gwern.net·5mo agoIn a few decades, it will be complete normal for 70-80 year olds to play games
In the 80's, it was weird for adults to play video games. Only kids played video games. Today, it's totally normal for 40-50 year olds to pl
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