There is an episode of Love, Death, and Robots you need to watch : S02 E03 · Pop Squad

The 25 year old brain is a blank slate, no memories or experience, not even aware of the body yet because it will remain in an unanimated state, until the completion of the imprint.  The 3 month process entails the linking of both brains with an artificial neural net, that trains both brains to act as a single brain.  The deliberate damage that is gradually introduced to the older brain forces the migration of learned reflexes, responses, and eventually memories to migrate to the healthier alternative.  Eventually your conscience mind is not aware of where the majority of your mental processes are occurring, thus making the transition to the new brain seamless.  

Using our old methods of trying to upload memories into a database and then downloading into the new brain proved to be unsuccessful due to what makes you "you", being lost in the process.  Sure what we created would appear to act like you and respond like you, the obvious lack of what could be considered a soul was missing.  

The 2.5 million gigabytes of limited storage space of the brain, while not being an issue for a standard life cycle, will become an issue with the extended experiences that will be accrued with your 2nd cycle.  This is already being circumvented with the additional use of prosthetic brain storage implants.  

Get behind me in line youngster I turned 44 last year.

I started out with a Pong unit that my grandparents had. But I truly cut my teeth in earnest on the 2600 with a slew of games that I got for Christmas one year.

Zelda oh Zelda.  I got the Mario / Duck Hunt / Gyromite bundle and Zelda didn't come until later.  I still remember talking my mother out of $30 to buy it from KB toys.  Some very fond memories there of her helping me map out the dungeons on graph paper as I played them.  My father still plays the Zelda series to this day (not much of anything else though), that sick bastard took the time to find all the korok seeds if that tells you anything.

edit - Dad found them all in BotW for clarification.

46 yesterday.  Sucked, had to share it with Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Meghan Markle, and Barrack Obama. 

Happy late birthday!  Guess I'm second or third in line now (depends on the age of the mysterious VAMatt)

Thanks, much appreciated.  As far as being born and growing up during a period where gaming was in its infancy, it absolutely shaped me.  I was glad to grow up with it and don't see myself stopping anytime soon.  That Skyrim gaming granny gives me something to look forward to.

Only watched 5-10 of his videos over the course of... 5 years... Probably longer actually. 

Always thought that he was already 40. He looks older.  

I have the feeling that you founded that company when the technology wasn't ready yet. But anyway, happy belated birthday! (And ditto to your 25-year-old clon, if you have one.)

I's turning 40 next May, which makes me the oldest female gamer here.

Gaming-wise, I started out on the NES. My dad introduced me to it. He showed m Ghosts n' Goblins and the original Super Mario Bros., but it wound up being the original Metroid that got me into gaming with its exploration focus. From there, I rebelled and wanted a Sega Genesis when it came out a couple years later for the EDGY games like Golden Axe and Streets of Rage before sorta evolving into appreciation for more narrative-driven titles like Out of This World and Final Fantasy VI. These days I mostly play indie games. Somebody said earlier that the NES era probably had a formative impact on that generation of gamers that they've carried with them their entire lives. I'd say it did for me. I still prefer games that are super fresh and imaginative with lots of heart and soul packed into them like back then, before there was expansive market testing and such like today. And yeah, I can be a sucker for retro vibes too. I'm replaying Alwa's Awakening as I write this, for example.

I'm younger than both of you.