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Attack of the Gaming Grannies

Posted by Zonk on from the old-grandma-hardcore dept.

Craig Sender writes "BusinessWeek Online has a piece on the expansion of the gaming market into the octogenarian, market." From the article: "Though some may find it surprising, the senior gaming trend isn't hard to understand. For starters, many folks living on Social Security find they don't have a lot of money for entertainment or travel, and video gaming is a fun and affordable diversion, especially if you rent games or trade titles on the Internet."

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  1. My grandmother games by thesandtiger · · Score: 2, Funny

    She is addicted to Pogo - Word Whomp! especially.

    Recently she had knee replacement surgery and, while in the recovery room was aparrently spelling out words: "Gear. G. E. A. R. Gear. Don't forget rage - Rage. R. A. G. E. Rage."

    I'm trying to imagine her on XBox Live! and it sends me into giggle fits. She used to be a school teacher and was the disciplinarian - she'd whip those l33t k1dd3z into shape!

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  2. Re:wait a minute... by Iriel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No jokes here. I know several senior citizens who have some clunker of a peoplePC computer that's just good enough to run simple internet games and their only bookmarks are Yahoo! Games and Popcap. Then again, when the the current gamers get older, this trend won't seem so out of the ordinary because we haven't shown any signs of 'growing out of gaming'.

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  3. Coming soon to an arcade near you: Granny DDR! by GlenRaphael · · Score: 2, Funny
    Her dance is really fast and she jumps real far!

    She's a terror on In The Groove and D-D-R;

    It's the little old lady from Pasadena...

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