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The games we’re excited for include Far Cry 6 and Resident Evil Village. When’s that Far Cry 6 release date?
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I need to leave a second message, this one regarding the "does age affect gaming skills" question. As I'm older than everyone here this is a subject I've thought about a lot and as an extremely passionate gamer have always taken an interest in.
There are two key aspects that determine the ability and skill of a gamer; attitude and practice. They're also the most likely to suffer with age, rather than the misconceived idea that 'slowing reactions' play! It's not simply a gamer's physical age, but their circumstances and time that play the larger role here and importantly they're attitude to gaming.
The less time a gamer has to play, to practice, as with anything, skills inevitably diminish. With the advent of marriage, children, career, whatever, less time tends is understandably devoted to gaming. More dramatic though is attitude. I think generally we're more competitive when we're younger, especially concerning physical and mental ability. We tend to feel we've more to prove, as much to ourselves as to others, and that positively affects our ability. When we're young we understandably see ageing as a negative. For the most part many of the issues and subjects relating to this are warranted but importantly most people allow these prejudices to be more prominent than they need be and ultimately fall on 'age' as an excuse for simply not caring about something that meant more to us when we were younger.
The key to the general lack of ability lies squarely in attitude. An excellent gamer and a terrible gamer can have almost identical reaction times (the human brain is incredibly consistent on this), intelligence and physical ability, but it's attitude, specifically determination and a competitive nature that's the key difference. With regards reaction times the diminished ability with age (obviously excluding extreme old age) is actually fractions of a second. You don't lose a virtual fire fight because the opposition had better reactions than you; you lost because the opposition had better tactics, more skilled aim and may have been more practiced and possibly more competitive; their reaction times and brain capacity didn't simply out-speed yours!!!
It's disingenuous for anyone to use 'age' as an excuse for a reduced lack of gaming ability. I'm not sure why anyone ever cares to suggest this, other than it's generally considered an accepted social norm. Sure, I can't run or exercise as I used to. But it's not simply age; it's because I don't care to. There are older people that have physical abilities far beyond my younger self because of their attitude rather than their natural physique!
I've only ever improved at gaming as I've aged… with the games I care about. Admittedly I game far more than I've gamed in the past. What has changed is that I'm far less competitive, far less interested in putting in specific practice to be competitive. In short, any diminished ability is simply down to not caring. I play shooters at their most difficult, and I find them no harder, or easier than I did decades ago! What has changed is I'm far less likely to persevere as the mental reward for success is of less interest than it has been previously.
If I could play against the younger me I would easily prove to him that age will never be an excuse for reduced ability or skill, but caring to be competitive absolutely will take a serious hit as time goes on.
Can't believe I have been listening to gamescoop for 15 years!?! Congrats!
I wonder, Daemon HATfield! Is that why you allways wear a hat? =D congrats man, love your energy and the way you make gamescoop rock. The entire gamescoop gang rocks.
"Mi-soo-la", MT. hahah it's pronounced "Mi-zoo-la"
congrats on 15 years, dame dash! 🎉🎉
Very much looking forward to Age of Empires 4, Darkest Dungeon 2, Sons of the Forest, Psychonauts 2, Gotham Knights
Returnal!!?!!?!
I really should listen before commenting. Congrats on 15 years, Daemon!!! In this day and age it’s impressive feat. I’m going to hold you to another 15 years since you mentioned it. I couldn’t imagine not listening weekly to this podcast. Keep up the great work!
I wish I could work at IGN talking about games and awesome nerd movies been around positive people who's enjoy playing games and talking about movies and comic books they like to read period
Time sure flies, congrats Daemon!
For the record, Cyberpunks gold covered people are augmented humans. This is explained during the story line with that musical artist.
And to my recollection there were no robot prostitutes. Those are also augmented but with a special chip that kind of ties of their real persona for the experience. This is heavily explained during the main quest. I can see why you'd forget these things but thought I'd clarify anyway. 🙂
I'm also not sure I'd call the taxis robots. They are self-driving, but I wouldn't call a Tesla a robot. Were there other types of robots? Everything in that world seems to be either an AI or an augmented human.
I'd like it if they removed the title text from the thumbnail and just put the podcast name there instead. I've missed so many episodes of the only video game podcast & that other video game podcast called Unlocked because of the change to IGN Games.
Excited about Resident evil Village! Created an American psn account to play it later this evening and then tomorrow when the demo comes out here in Ireland
The only gaming podcast I watch consistently. Can't believe I've been scooping games with you since I was 16 years old! Congratulations on the milestone Daemon; here's to 15 more years 😀
Congrats on 15 years! I'm a new listener, coming from nvc, i'm excited for many more years then.
First time seeing there faces.
Been listening for years but never watch videos.
They all look totally different to what I was expecting.
Congratulations on 15 years of the best podcast on the planet. Here’s to 15 more! 👍👍
Justin, Sam, and Tina discussing live or dead enemies, and whether they are sentient…. Omg lmao, WE are all a big ole bunch of nerds!!!
Congratulations on 15 years, Daemon!
On the topic of Diablo 3, my issues with it weren't just the visuals. My major problem was how easy it was. I played through it with a friend on hard and neither of us died even once. Diablo 2 feels like a survival horror game and D3 feels more like some kind of power fantasy.
I love Tina!
Was here for the games, left after 6 minutes, i dont care about your cats and career.
I love how they all owned a 😺!
i see ign is still trash.
What are all of Daemon’s cats names? I can remember Jackie Brown!
Gamescoop is the only podcast i listen to every week. Even when there's no big news you guys make a very fun and entertaining podcast, the music and retro focus helps! Congrats Damen keep up the fantastic work!
I’m watching this on Saturday, Happy 15th Anniversary Daemon!!
(Now I’m gonna play some video games 😉
Did they just say my doors were always unlocked when I was a kid? Damn homie let the white privilege drip smh.
speaking on Cyberpunk, there are robot guards and swat team robots with the police. There are def robots in Cyberpunk.
Was anyone else thinking the answer was Alien: Isolation?
Congratulations Daemon!
I love that they all have cats!
Very humble
Daemon is the best host!!!!!!💯💯💯💯