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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:06:46 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:27 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> >> Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 
> >> >On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:46:44 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
> >> ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> >Tangentially related:
> >> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pp6yfJmKFg

> >> Gaming in your 30s? Really? Try gaming after 45, when all your twitch
> >> skills have completely left you and you can't beat the AI in a button
> >> mashing contest any more.

> >Haha, my twitch skills left after 30! :P Funny, I used to hate turn 
> >based games, but I love turn based games. :D

> I judge my rate of decline by how fast I can drive in racing games. I
> used to be able to handle the turns at 280mph, no problem. Now I
> struggle at half that. ;-)

How about IRL? ;-)


> Admittedly, not an exact science since modern games have more
> realistic physics so comparing my performance playing
> games-of-yesteryear to new titles isn't an apples-to-apples
> comparison, but even going back to the original "Need for Speed" I
> definitely notice I can't keep up as easily. I tell myself it's
> because I'm out of practice with that map, but I inside I know better.

> At this rate, I figure that in another twenty years I will be playing
> the newest NASCAR lane by driving in the right lane at 20mph with my
> turn-signal permanently engaged ;-)

> My mind, on the other hand, is as sharp as it ever was! 
> (which you can take to mean however you like ;-)

It happens in all fast faced games even in arcade games from the rad 80s 
for me. :(

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