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I say if you're in your mid-30s (or older) you were born before games got popular. There was the initial video game popularity rise in the late 70s, but then the industry crashed in '83 and video games weren't popular again until the resurgence a few years later.

The problem is the poll ambiguously equates 'classic games' to 'games older than you.' This is an acceptable definition as modern games will eventually become classic games at some point. But it makes speaking about categories of responses more difficult. When one person says they were born before games got popular what they're referring to as popular or classic games may be different than what you consider popular or classic games. A twenty year old might very well refer to a game from '98 as a classic game. While a thirty year old would see the same game as much more modern than a game he grew up playing that was made in '88. But both games are the same age as the person considering them 'classic'.

The poll is also worded poorly as is normally the case. Therefore you need to creatively reason why you choose an answer that isn't entirely true but as close as possible to your actual response.

Do you regularly play games that are older than you?

No, I don't regularly play games older than me.

Yes, I love playing classic games on old systems

Well what do you mean by classic games? Are classic games games that are older than me as in what the question asked or games on older systems as in this response? I do love playing classic games, not necessarily on the old hardware. So maybe I should pick this response despite it being completely opposite of my true answer.

Sometimes, I'll play retro games now and then

Probably appropriate for me, I'll revisit old games every once in a while. So the frequency here is pretty accurate. But again are we talking my interpretation of retro or do we mean games that are strictly older than me?

Rarely, I've only played a couple of the classics

This might work too, I tend to play only a couple of old favorites when I play classic games. However these few classics are younger than me. And it isn't a rare occurrence for me to play these few titles.

No, I only play newer games on new systems

This negative response matches my response to the question, but the specific reason does not match my reason for not playing games older than me. I don't only play newer games. I will play older games, they're just not often older than me.

No, I was born before video games were popular

Wait a second, the question was about "games older than you" not "games older than the popular period of gaming". This is the only negative response that I don't play games older than me that most closely matches my reasons. I'll just have to assume they are allowing me to interpret when games got popular as I choose.

The classic old favorites I'll return to play are around 25 years old, which is younger than me. The poll is just missing, "No, I was born before all the old games I play." And the last response is the closest approximation.


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