I will be playing the Final Fantasy 7 remake when it comes out in 2070. I’ll be very close to 100 then!
Seniors are already playing games now at casinos and bingo halls. Computer games won’t be that much different, except for the obvious loss of twitch reflexes.
Hey, maybe that fancy accessible xbox controller with the huge buttons will help here!
This is why turn based strategy games rule. In fact, maybe their sales will increase as time goes on for this very reason?
I’m not sure breathing, eating, or sleeping will be enjoyable at age 100.
Not that I have any worries of getting there.
As long as I can crane my neck and operate a HOTAS I’ll be ok.
I’ve already got carpal and tennis elbow from too much mouse/keyboard use. :-(
My wrists, and back of my hand are aching so bad from mousing the past two weeks. It’s been awful but I’ve been sick so this is my release to keep active. What do you do to help with this?
switch it up. mouse and keyboard for the first person pewpew, a trackball for slowish or turn based stuff. A gamepad for action games. take a drive using a wheel. fly a spaceship, a jet or a old fashioned fighter plane using a hotas.
Or just quit for a bit and read some Nietzsche.
I use a RollerMouse Free3 which helps, but doesn’t work well for anything FPS.
My biggest issue is the gripping of the mouse. I’ve done a ton of physical therapy and both carpal tunnel release and tennis elbow surgeries. Today, I am “better” but that’s relative term. I can’t game/use a mouse like I could before I turned 40.
Better crank the volume up to drown out the creaking of cervical vertebrae.
Try and change up the grip? Palm vs claw vs fingertip… I use fingertip grip only, because I like to keep my wrist rested on the table, otherwise it feels like a workout to keep my whole arm lifted up all the time.
There’s those leaning-on-the-side mouse, too…
I have many customers over the big 70, and some that are just over 90.
Something I have noticed is change in a game (new version) is difficult for a group like that. They may get excited over something new, but often they like it old.
For relief, I use a wireless trackpad when I can, holding it like a gamepad. It works fine but it can be stressful on the thumbs, ironically, so when that happens I switch back the mouse.
Otherwise, my most important QOL improvement on the mouse usage front has been buying proper seats (with armrests), and arranging the chair and the human interface at proper heights (it would be all cm measures, which wouldn’t mean much to a lot of people I am guessing, and it also depends on your own mensurations). Basically, having my arms rest on armrests (sic) and not twisting helped alleviate wrists pain, although I haven’t found a way to counter the inflammation of the part of the wrist touching the table. It still isn’t painless, and I avoid intense (over 2 or 3 hours daily) mouse or keyboard activities.
I tried vertical mouses, which have been sadly excruciatingly painful for my wrists pains — which aren’t carpal.
I had some developing wrist and elbow pains. Switching it up (As in switching controller type, game type and posture) helped, as did learning proper posture.
Oddly, sometimes switching to a wildly improper posture works for me too (half twisted torso, feet on table, chair tilted back) as getting back to proper upright (butt out, shoulders held back) feels like a relief after a bit.
What made it go away completely is when I started going to the gym twice a week for boring but necessary exercise. Odd that punching and kicking a stupid bag keeps wrist pain away.
Same for me.