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Older Gamers Getting Attention
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Zonk
on Mon Dec 05, 2005 02:17 PM
from the hope-my-old-age-is-as-interesting dept.
from the hope-my-old-age-is-as-interesting dept.
PenguinRadio writes "The Washington Post is writing about Barbara St. Hilaire, a 69-year-old grandma and a fanatic video game player. Apparently, the 'AARP generation' of gamers accounts for about 19 percent of all computer and console gamers. St. Hilaire is, on the internet, Old Grandma Hard Core (previously mentioned on Slashdot). The OGHC blog has gotten a ton of traffic in recent weeks, has been featured on Web sites around the world, and has been hired as a 'senior reporter' for MTV.com to talk about games." From the article: "There is an AARP generation of gamers, a group that logs on to Gamegeezers.com and would qualify for a senior citizen discount if game stores offered them. ... They play a variety of games -- from laid-back, relaxing fare such as solitaire and mah-jongg, to first-person shooters (military-themed titles are hits)."
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misleading summary / article/ handle (Score:4, Funny)
FTA: "I'm on Chapter 8 and there are -- let me check -- 12 chapters. It's a tough game. It was two in the morning so I said the heck with it and I shut it off and I went to bed," St. Hilaire says" (emphasis mine)
Hah. 2 AM? Wat a n00b. My grandma racks up frags at 4 AM with 1337 skilz, yo -- that's hard core.
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Introductions (Score:3, Funny)
AARP, meet LARP. You two have fun now.
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Grandma's Playing Games (Score:1)