Attack of the Gaming Grannies 41
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."
wait a minute... (Score:1)
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Re:wait a minute... (Score:3, Interesting)
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"What are you kids doing, sitting around that table talking? What's all this 'paper' stuff, and why are you writing on it with pencils? Goldurn it, when I was young we socialized and played real Role-Playing Games with other people online! Did you whippersnappers take my XBOX cord? I need to play some Halo! Oh, there it is, under my 50 Cent T-Shirt."
Re:wait a minute... (Score:1)
That's the beauty of PnP games: they never died, and they never will. Just wait until we're old and embarassing our grandkids while we huddle around the table yelling "c'mon 20s! Daddy needs a crit to kill!"
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In America, ... (Score:1)
In the Soviet Union... (Score:1)
My mother... (Score:2)
Re:My mother... (Score:2)
A better place to begin might be the Lucas Arts adventures or The Longest Journey.
My grandmother games (Score:3, Funny)
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!
hardcore psshhh.... (Score:1)
I for one... (Score:2)
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Coming soon to an arcade near you: Granny DDR! (Score:3, Funny)
She's a terror on In The Groove and D-D-R;
It's the little old lady from Pasadena...
Re:Coming soon to an arcade near you: Granny DDR! (Score:1)
Re:Coming soon to an arcade near you: Granny DDR! (Score:1)
Incidentally, while I'm posting, who thinks this market will catch on to the Revolution (The Nintendo one, not Dance Dance).
These senile delinquints, layabouts in lace... (Score:2)
it seems pretty natural.
Maybe the answer to the game design is similar to the answer to getting games aimed at women- involve some in the design. I'm sure there are some out there who would be great at it.
Re:These senile delinquints, layabouts in lace... (Score:1)
That means gameplay must be engaging, not mechanical; and calling for thought/experience as opposed to button mashing.
Arrrrr (Score:1, Troll)
video gaming is a fun and affordable diversion, especially if you rent games or trade titles on the Internet.
So...is BusinessWeekOnline advocating that seniors pirate video games?
Re:Arrrrr (Score:2)
Maybe they are doing it legitimately at Game Trading Zone [gametz.com], where people can trade their used video games.
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Re:I know someone on Halo 2 that is 59 (Score:2)
Needle on the camels back. (Score:2)
Re:Needle on the camels back. (Score:1)
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Grand Theft Walker? FiniteQuest?... (Score:1)
FiniteQuest?
Sim Retirement Home?
Denture Kong?
RolaidsMan?
Shuffle Shuffle Revolution?
yeah!
Re:Grand Theft Walker? FiniteQuest?... (Score:1)
no surprise (Score:1)
Onligatory (Score:2)
My parents (who are grandparents) game (Score:2)
I can see the grandparent gaming getting going. If they had broadband we'd both pickup Champions of Norrath and play together. They are considering picking up AntiGrav for exercise, though I can see that this may be a bit much for them.
There are issues with grandparents gaming:
1. They do not have the reaction time, so plat