At 40 I'm just that bit too old to have peers in a friendship circle into gaming, however my brother is 9 years younger than me so he does. He bought me an online headset and got me into Counterstrike Source. We both went into an empty map so he could explain it to me over the headset. He came to live with me for a few months at one point and I have fond memories of playing Doom 3 together. I'm hoping my kids are into gaming (or at least one of them) so it can be more social for me.

When I was still at school and had a zx spectrum, I played a lot of adventure games and my mum and sister would watch and make maps for me