"Attack of the Gaming Grannies"

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:20 pm

Wish I'll be that active in 30 years

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/co ... 173699.htm

Older people make up a sizable, though often overlooked, segment of the video-gaming market. And they're just as quick on the trigger as teens.

Barbara St. Hilaire spends about 50 hours a week wielding a machete, dismembering demons and battling a slew of thugs, zombies, and other nasties of the video-gaming world. Having recently nailed a 100% score in Outlaw Golf 2, she's now focused on mastering the top levels in God of War. It's a passion that has earned St. Hilaire, 69, the moniker "Old Grandma Hardcore."

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:39 pm

Hehehe -- http://home.cwru.edu/~amk26/videos/gamergrandma_6.wmv

(more on http://oghc.blogspot.com/ )

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:46 pm

"too fsckin slow"

coming from grandma, that's pure gold.

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:25 pm

wow, this is really great to read about.

i bet it staves off Alzheimer's disease too, something i worry about with my elders.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:10 pm

Kickass!

I'm willing to bet she'd own me in just about anything out there.

(Sounds a lot like me when I'm gaming, too

)

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:29 pm

heh, I know a couple that are rather up there that game quite a bit on kali. (Trampler and Morningdove)

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:53 pm

Awesome! Lets pwn Gramma!

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:08 pm

Man it must really suck to be owned by a 69-year old grandma!