Video Games Conquer The Elderly

bedake writes "The New York Times has up an article discussing the increase in retired people getting interested in online computer games. 'PopCap Games in Seattle, the maker of the diversions so popular at St. Mary, says its games have been downloaded more than 200 million times since the company was founded in 2000. A spokesman said that the company was stunned by results of a customer survey last year: 71 percent of its players were older than 40, 47 percent were older than 50, and 76 percent of PopCap players were women.' The piece goes on to discuss the popularity of the Wii console, as well, a subject discussed on Slashdot before."

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[iMySti]

My grandpa for one welcomes his new 8-Bit overlords.

What is best in life?

[Captain Splendid]

To conquer the elderly, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of their pacemakers!

70 is the new 13

[illegalcortex]

I can't wait until I'm elderly and in a nursing home with a computer and internet connection. It will be nothing but gaming all day and all night ("all night" being 4pm-8pm). And I'll have someone to bring me food and clean up after me. It will be just like NES years. Only with more organ failure.

Not your father's game console

[ewg]

The Nintendo Wii: it's not your father's game console--it's your grandfather's game console.

Note to young whippersnappers: this joke references an advertising slogan for a defunct brand of automobile.

Further note to young whippersnappers: get off my lawn.

When Generation X Ages...

[Notquitecajun]

We won't have alzheimer's - continuing to play video games may help prevent or hold off its onset - but we'll all have surgery for our carpal tunnel every few years when we hit our 70s because we WON'T stop playing video games. I may as well buy those wrist braces now...