Montgomery County Recreation Department To Host Wii Tournaments for Seniors

The Montgomery County Recreation Department will host a Wii tournament for Montgomery County seniors – age 55 and above – beginning May 1. Nintendo Wii is the new interactive video sports game that is popular with seniors because it offers stress-free exercise and a fun social atmosphere. Games include video bowling, tennis, baseball and golf.

The tournaments will take place according to the following schedule:

* Thursday, May 1, 10:30 a.m., Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Rd., Silver Spring;
* Thursday, May 8, 10:30 a.m., Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Dr., Wheaton;
* Monday, May 12, 10:30 a.m., Long Branch Senior Center, 8700 Piney Branch Rd., Silver Spring; and
* Friday, June 5, 1 p.m., Damascus Senior Center, Rtes. 109 & 27.

Seniors can get a free introduction to Wii at any of the four senior centers.

Seniors can register for one of the four tournaments at their local senior center. Winning participants will advance to the Senior Wii Championship which will be held at the end of June.


I really, really, really never thought I'd see the day that senior centers were holding events centered around a gaming console but here we are. A government sponsored senior event based on gaming. Of course it appears the press release person decided to do absolutely no research on this. I love that the Wii itself is the "interactive video sports game" not the game the Wii plays. I mean really, how fucking unprofessional is that? Every time I poke my head out of the world of people obssesed with videogames I just get depressed but how uneducated the majority of the population is on the topic.

Also the term video bowling died around 1989.