A reader writes in to explain why all his pupils are so impressed by his gaming skills, and why you don’t have to give up playing video games as you get older.

This article is a respectful homage to one which was published a few weeks ago, which I very much enjoyed reading. However, I wanted to highlight an alternative experience for some of us older gamers.

‘Sir, are you the teacher who platinumed Elden Ring?’

I was asked this question a few months ago by a pupil whose name I did not know, as I had been asked to supervise an absent teacher’s class. I am usually hesitant to volunteer personal information to classes and pupils unless I have built a solid rapport with them over time but, since there were only minutes left in the period, I decided to deviate from my normal practice. There

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