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 Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 38/181 EXP: 193001 Next: 13441 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6104 days Last view: 2891 days |
"Hey, Grandpa, what are you doing?"
"Pwning n00bz." Heard about this article on the way in to work this morn-erm, afternoon. It seems that Nintendo was on to something with the whole "Touch Generation" line for the DS, as seniors (and those about to enter that stage) are increasingly playing video games. And more and more, they're playing Nintendo products, especially the Wii: Dick Norwood, 61, a semi-retired businessman who lives in a community for residents 55 and older in Crest Hill, Ill., spotted the Wii in a mall in December. After playing Wii bowling with two other couples at home, he persuaded Giovan’s, a local Italian restaurant, to begin a "seniors only" Wii bowling league, where nine couples now show up every Thursday. "When I started calling people about it, they had no idea what I was talking about, and they were laughing at me saying, ‘You want to start a bowling league on a video game in a bar?’" he said. "Well, we got there the first time, and we were there for six solid hours. In the past, I probably would have agreed that video games are just for kids. But I’ll tell you, at our age when you bowl for real, you wake up with aches and pains. Those balls aren’t light. But with this you’re getting good exercise, but you’re not aching the next day." They're not exactly throwing down in, say, your average FPS, but going towards less complicated games like Bejeweled and, well, Wii Sports. So that's who's been buying all the Wii's...  |
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 Porcupo Level: 40 Posts: 173/305 EXP: 422201 Next: 19108 Since: 02-19-07 From: Temple of Time Last post: 6124 days Last view: 6124 days |
Posted by drjayphd I beg to differ! (somewhat related) Resistance: Fall of Grandma! (heads up for the language)  |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 153/1220 EXP: 3368541 Next: 117327 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6098 days Last view: 6081 days |
My dad plays Xbox 360 all the damn time.  |
| Koitenshin -∞ |
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Happy Hour! Level: 81 Posts: 176/1556 EXP: 4851840 Next: 141009 Since: 03-25-07 Last post: 2682 days Last view: 2680 days |
Dude, OldGrandmaHardcore rocks. Not in actual gameplay but because she plays kickass games at that age. Who says you can't be a girl gamer and like First Person Shooters? Who says you have to play Pacman when you're old? ____________________ 
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 Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 99/477 EXP: 825730 Next: 58153 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5889 days Last view: 5870 days |
I can't convince any of my old folks to play any console games. ...Maybe I *should* try and get a Wii, just so I can laugh at them when try to use it. Or, y'know, as per what typically happens, they laugh at me as they hand me my head  ____________________ |
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Done. Level: 79 Posts: 266/1471 EXP: 4471878 Next: 107589 Since: 02-19-07 From: ??? Last post: 6093 days Last view: 6085 days |
And probably every single one of us is going to end up like this in 40 or 50 years time.
What's the big deal? |
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Happy Hour! Level: 81 Posts: 189/1556 EXP: 4851840 Next: 141009 Since: 03-25-07 Last post: 2682 days Last view: 2680 days |
Because we'll probably have carpal tunnel by then unless they have metallic limbs by then. ____________________
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 Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 183/251 EXP: 315199 Next: 23054 Since: 02-19-07 From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada Last post: 6186 days Last view: 1819 days |
Flurry #&postrank& That grandma was already 35-40 when Pong came out, not like us who were born during the 8bit or 16bit era, so it's special (and hearing her curse all the time like this)
My parents are playing the new Zelda on the Wii lately but they aren't exactly hardcore gamers ... even for handheld, it's just me with a Nintendo DS here, although my mother played Pokémon Pinball for a while before  ____________________ |
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Happy Hour! Level: 81 Posts: 195/1556 EXP: 4851840 Next: 141009 Since: 03-25-07 Last post: 2682 days Last view: 2680 days |
Posted by Acmlm She was probably only playing it because it was Pinball. Unless she actually likes Pokémon, although the possibility of the universe exploding is higher than the chance an adult likes Pokémon. ____________________
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1092/1881 EXP: 6465543 Next: 185121 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6153 days Last view: 6143 days |
Both of my parents were always heavily into videogames since the early 1980's. My mom had an Odyssey squared, and my dad had an Intellivision (his brother had an Atari 2600). They never yelled at me for playing games all day like some parents "OMG NINTENDO IS BAD FOR YOU GO PLAY OUTSIDE", because they played videogames more than I did! They're mostly into PC games though, not consoles. My dad was also a computer pioneer with a Commodore Vic-20 in 1981. |
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Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 52/180 EXP: 191408 Next: 15034 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5971 days Last view: 5963 days |
My grandmother played Super Mario Kart with me.
She won twice, out of 20 times. Mom's currently addicted to Second Life, but she used to play Zelda and Tetris Attack somewhat often. The TA stopped when the SNES stopped working, of course... My stepdad sometimes played Halo and Halo 2 with me, before I got stuck selling them (fucking bills!). He never won, but that didn't stop him from trying... |
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 Paratroopa Level: 30 Posts: 66/157 EXP: 155740 Next: 10129 Since: 03-06-07 From: Final Fantasy Fire Last post: 6106 days Last view: 5857 days |
my dad is addicted to Tiger Woods 07
i remember my grandma being a hardcore fisherwoman on the SNES
i spose they'd like Wii if they tried it! ____________________  |
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 Mole Level: 43 Posts: 132/365 EXP: 552644 Next: 12402 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 5346 days Last view: 5346 days |
My grandma can kick my ass at Mahjong Garden. 
I got my mom hooked on Tetris Attack (believe it or not) and she plays it all the damned time. |
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Cheep-cheep Level: 33 Posts: 103/198 EXP: 220835 Next: 8344 Since: 02-19-07 From: person Last post: 6134 days Last view: 6105 days |
My dad plays racing/sports/Call of Duty on the XBOX360 while my mom says that "she doesn't like videogames" although she played a little Tetris and I managed to get her to play Bust a Move ninty-something once I think. They're about 40 or so. ____________________ ._. + internet |
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Happy Hour! Level: 81 Posts: 212/1556 EXP: 4851840 Next: 141009 Since: 03-25-07 Last post: 2682 days Last view: 2680 days |
My mother and I used to play Mario Kart 64 all the time. She'd punch me in the shoulder like a guy when I'd break the game. Hopping walls in Wario's Stadium, Jumping off the track on the Star Road, and doing the Jungle Glitch to skip laps. ____________________
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