14 isn’t old, it’s not even legal age to buy cigarettes.
I’ll do some weird math.
The first computer game could be argued to have been released in 1950, and the first commercial video game was released in 1971. Let’s call it either 70 or 50 years ago.
14 years is 20~28% of the entire history of video games.
The first feature film came out in 1906; let’s call it 120 years old. So let’s calculate what 20~28% of this history of film is.
20% of 120 years is 24 years, and 28% is 33.6, rounded to 34.
So if you compare them by the “commercial video game vs. feature film” definition, a 14-year old game is like Beauty and the Beast, Hangin’ with the Homeboys, or Showdown in Little Tokyo.
If you want to use the “youngest” ratio, then we can compare Skyrim to films that are just 24 years old, like Shrek, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, or Spy Kids.
I dunno, I think 14 years old is an old game! Haha
Sure, you could look at it that way, but an equally valid way to look at it would be based on human life spans.
Average human life expectancy is 72 years. Which is, conveniently very close to the age of the oldest video game (an implementation of tic-tac-toe from 1950).
Would you call a 14 year old human old? At that point they’d be ~20% of they way through their life.
14 isn’t old, it’s not even legal age to buy cigarettes.
Old enough to marry (in some American states).
I’ll do some weird math.
The first computer game could be argued to have been released in 1950, and the first commercial video game was released in 1971. Let’s call it either 70 or 50 years ago.
14 years is 20~28% of the entire history of video games.
The first feature film came out in 1906; let’s call it 120 years old. So let’s calculate what 20~28% of this history of film is.
20% of 120 years is 24 years, and 28% is 33.6, rounded to 34.
So if you compare them by the “commercial video game vs. feature film” definition, a 14-year old game is like Beauty and the Beast, Hangin’ with the Homeboys, or Showdown in Little Tokyo.
If you want to use the “youngest” ratio, then we can compare Skyrim to films that are just 24 years old, like Shrek, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, or Spy Kids.
I dunno, I think 14 years old is an old game! Haha
Sure, you could look at it that way, but an equally valid way to look at it would be based on human life spans.
Average human life expectancy is 72 years. Which is, conveniently very close to the age of the oldest video game (an implementation of tic-tac-toe from 1950).
Would you call a 14 year old human old? At that point they’d be ~20% of they way through their life.
We’re not talking about humans or their lifespans so no, that is not equally valid
Else this 30 year old apple I have is just fine and not old at all, it’s not old til it’s closer to 72!