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Deviancy:
Was that you in Wargames?
Cool.. I always wanted to know.. why did you marry Sarah Jessica Parker? I mean that chicks got a nose on her.. I mean christ... I think skate off that thing.
I think anyone who even remembers windows 3.1 is literate in my book. But with the being said, you of all people should know that this wonderful world that Al Gore created... is loaded with newbs who still think shutting off their monitor is the same thing as rebooting. It has only gotten worse since Myspace, Myspace has really pulled the newbs into world of the net. I cater to them only because a lot of them are cute ;). Ok, seriously.. I care.. sniff.. not sure why but I do. So I like to lay things out as very basic as possible regardless if they can google and find the info somewhere else. I like making things easy for people, well not to easy unless they're really cute.. but that's besides the point.
So Pescado is the resident geek?
Curious.. I'll have to check out this Bowels thing..
Yup.. total geek. Anyone who can sit there and pick apart every issue with Simpe is a geek.
Maybe that's why there's not a new one yet, maybe Pescado made them cry.
Anywho, not only have you proved your literacy.. hoorah.. hoorah.. you got a few years on me. I was an apple boy because the school only had apples at that point and my parents figured home computers would be obsolete in a few years. So when I finally got my pc, they were up to a whopping 300 megs and windows 3.1. I stuck to dos primarily because I was into bbs's and Telemate was my favorite program.
So whys an old fart like you playing the Sims? My excuse is that I'm troubled and have a lot of inner demons that prevent from being well.. normal.
Kyna:
Windows 3.1 *sniff* Newcomer. Many of us probably still remember MS-DOS 3.3 - I know I do.
As for the demographic on MATY, our resident surveyer, B, asks for that kind of info in his surveys. You can find the results of one of his surveys here. As you can see the majority of MATYites who chose to respond to this particular survey are 30+.
Many of us were playing the Sims 1 when it had no EPs, and some of us played SimCity before that, so we're older than 16* 12. There is an impression that the Sims is a teen/young adult game, and sadly EA markets at this age group, but a big part of the reason the Sims is so successful is because it appeals to a wider range of players than the average game. I've heard it said that the Sims is one of the few games that appeals to 24+ females.
*If you're confused about ages on MATY, please read the FAQ.
Ambular:
Quote from: Deviancy on 2007 October 12, 05:22:00
It amuses my nostalgic side to hear about 20mb hard drives and the days when cdroms didn't even exist. But I was spoiled compared to you. My first pc had 300megs.. huge mutherfucker.. and it had that rip roaring 2400baud modem. I miss the days when it took a half an hour to download a nudie pic.
So what is the age range for the Sims? I was under the impression it was the typical 16-25 bracket.. but there's no way you're 25.. and if the others here know more than you.. hrmm..
EA's target audience for the game is teens and young adults. As Kyna says, we here are not necessarily the target audience. I'm 36, a fair few of the other regulars are my age or older, and Pescado (the computer guru who runs the joint, but not the only resident geek--you really should check out the FAQ) is old and has a long beard.
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So whys an old fart like you playing the Sims? My excuse is that I'm troubled and have a lot of inner demons that prevent from being well.. normal.
Who you calling old, Junior? :p I use it as a creative outlet, making custom content and simple mods more than I actually play the game. I also like that it's a computer thing that I can tinker with and get immediate, attractive and entertaining results. Plus it's just cool to be able to build characters and stuff from the assorted fandoms I'm into and watch them actually walk around and do things. XD
Deviancy:
Well I'm glad to see others here who are 30+.
Now I know I'm not the only social retard ;)..
I got into the Sims for all the wrong reasons..
I went to go buy Alice I think and my girlfriend at the time saw the Sims on the shelf. She had to have it and well, I encourage girls to be gamers.. there's nothing hotter than a cute girl who loves games. So eventually I got into it myself.. not that I'm a hot gaming chick, but maybe one day.. well probably not.. I like my boy bits.
I never played Sim City though, I watched someone play once. I was to into fighting games a that point.
So ok, judging by this age thing, I see why there's no kiddie gloves being used on this board.
So ok.. nothing is taken to seriously here and quite a few are older..
Good.. good.. very good..
Oh and I'm 34..
And I'll check out the faq..
mitchellcjs:
MS DOS? Anyone remember Apple IIE? The Commodore 64? Programming in BASIC, "Hello World", backing things up on real cassette tapes, the innovation of the "hard" floppy, now THOSE were the days.
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