The first game I remember playing was Millipede in the arcades at Chuck E. Cheese's when I was 4. And Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. very shortly after that (maybe the same day). I'm sure I was garbage at it, but they attracted my eye and I begged until my parents relented.
My brother started playing the NES with me when he was about 4 years old (maybe 5, can't quite remember). We played the hell out of hard games like Contra together.
And my parents aren't particularly into video games.
I actually started learning the basics of how to write software when I was 7 or 8 years old (copying and tweaking BASIC programs out of checked out library books, playing around with Hypercard on the one school Macintosh in the library). I think people can handle things much younger than most older people assume.
My brother started playing the NES with me when he was about 4 years old (maybe 5, can't quite remember). We played the hell out of hard games like Contra together.
And my parents aren't particularly into video games.
I actually started learning the basics of how to write software when I was 7 or 8 years old (copying and tweaking BASIC programs out of checked out library books, playing around with Hypercard on the one school Macintosh in the library). I think people can handle things much younger than most older people assume.