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Sleepwalker
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100 year old gamer
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100 year old gamer uses Nintendo DS to keep her mind active
venturebeat.com/2012/02/01/100-year-old-gamer-uses-nintendo-ds-to-keep-her-mind-active/
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With the recent boom in casual, social and mobile gaming, the pastime is no longer seen as having just niche appeal. Nintendo’s commitment to broadening its user base is typified by the range of brain training and educational games available on its DS system, which are among the games played by centenarian Kit.
Kit, who turned 100 last week, only started playing video games at the age of 96, but she now relies on her DS console to keep her mind active. “The Nintendo has been a great help to me, it’s absolutely amazing. If there’s any secret to a long life it’s to think positive and keep your mind active.”
Kit’s collection of 10 DS games includes My Word Coach, Left Brain Right Brain 2, Easy Piano and Brain Training. She reveals that her most recent Brain Training age was 64, which is perhaps testament to her use of video games to keep her mind active.
Remarkably spritely for her age, Kit lives alone in the small Scottish village of Thornliebank, despite having had both her legs amputated. After wearing out her first DS console, bought for her by daughter Pam Stewart, Kit is now on her second unit. “It’s absolutely super. I don’t feel a day over 80. I can’t speak highly enough of it,” she says.
I just thought this was a cute article and thought I'd share. It's always nice to see video games get portrayed positively in the media.
Edited by Sleepwalker (03/01/12 08:12 PM)
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audiophoenix
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that's a pretty loose definition of the term "gamer"
It is cool none the less.
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Sleepwalker
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True.
Have you ever tried those DS brain training games? They really do seem to sharpen up the mind while being fun and addicting.
Even games that aren't specifically crafted for that purpose can have a beneficial effect, I believe. As well as a deleterious effect if indulged in to an extreme. Like everything, it's a balancing act.
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audiophoenix
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I have not used nDS but I have done some little brain training games online somewhere, but then I forgot about them. Irony intended.
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Complexicated
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I'd hit it.
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