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Old People EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Peripherally Speaking: Nyko's Perfect Shot 48 Three things you should know about me before reading this: I hate doing stuff I don't feel like doing (some call it laziness, I call it "strong willed"), I'm a sucker for free stuff, an... Stereotype killer: 114 million adult gamers in the US 24 I love this new study from MarketResearch as it basically says that just about half the people in the U.S. are gamers. Gamer haters can't exactly go looking down on gamers, as they would be looki... Hey old people, play games and get cheaper car insurance 9 Allstate is trying to draw up a new demographic to punish people that aren’t in the demographic with higher car insurance rates. According to 1UP (via CNN) Allstate is considering offering ... Sexagenarian Madden fan proves being old and a gamer aren't mutually exclusive 17 I’ve been telling people forever that I’ll be playing videogames until the day I die. Of course, we all make promises to ourselves -- things we’re absolutely sure of at the time... Out-of-touch old windbag won't buy videogames, bankrupts entire industry 60 Last night we received a tip from Neil Christie sharing with us what he called "more bullsh*t in the UK press." Indeed, it was a column by an elderly man called Giles Whittell, whose ou... Videogames made me say the 'C' word! 30 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: This just in! I have been corrupted by videogames and am not a douchebag!I was just outside the FOXTOID offices buying a coffee from a vendor on the str... Destructoid Rewind: Top stories from last year, February 18-24, 2007 13 This week's top story of last year probably crushed the dream career aspirations of many young men: The atypical tale of a video game game tester on crunch-time. While I think most of us would l... Destructoid Rewind: Our biggest stories from Feb 4-10, 2007 29 On this week's < Destructoid Rewind < the Reverend's opus the Mario Brothers on the big screen dominates the charts with over a sixty thousand readers (yes, yes, that's over 9,000). Was it... RetroforceGO! Episode 30: New Year's Retrolutions 60 Welcome to the last Monday of 2007, folks. Did you have a good year? Did you get everything that you wanted? Did you accomplish all the things that you planned for yourself over the last year? Ye... Game Debate to the Death! SkiFree VS Rodent's Revenge 35 Last week's debate was a brawl between the twenty-five masters of Super Smash Bros. Melee. Some cast characters didn't do nearly as well as others, but the race for the only trophy that matters w... Survey says that casual games are bringing families together 33 Can a Wii fix your broken family? Are casual games good for everyone? In a recent survey polling 7,500 casual gaming adults, about a third had children or grandchildren who played casual games in... Senior gamer draws gun to protect his games 15 An 85-year-old New Mexico man took the law into his own hands, protecting his gaming rig by pulling a handgun on a robber who he found hiding underneath his bed.After leaving his house for the da... Shenmue Online canceled: Who will move all of these online crates now? 21 Word from all over the place is that the planned PC MMORPG version of Sega's crate moving, direction asking simulator, Shenmue, has been canceled. The game was to be set around the events of Shen... EA pulls 49 online titles off of life support, watches them slowly die 19 It's now time to make a visit and pay your final respects to the elders. Make your piece and say your goodbyes, as Electronic Arts will be pulling the plug on dozens of their online titles come S... The founder of GameFAQs to step down after twelve glorious years of faqqing 24 I thought that my emotions were no longer a working part of me and that my tear ducts and vage had dried up long ago, but apparently there is some humanity left in me after all. Jeff Veasey, or &... E3 2007 Aftershocks: Hands-sticky with the Wii Party Station 42 While running around Santa Monica a resident Dtoid editor scooped me on a strange coffee table gaming accessory that popped up at the event: The Wii Party Station. The uncoventional product has ... Bargain Bin Laden #19: Otogi 11 Things look pretty bleak for the next month or so, don't they? Ah, summertime -- when the gaming industry actually offers a pretty compelling excuse to get off your ass and get outside. There... RetroforceGO! recording tonight; I miss arcades 34 That's right kids (and old people), I miss me my arcades. I miss being able to play the hottest new games in the dark, cigarette scented arenas that used to be my full-time hangout. Where did... Wii Party Station? Are they serious? 29 It is no secret that Nintendo's Wii is great for parties, and if you haven't had the pleasure of playing a drunken Wii Bowling session, then you're really missing out. Now, Nyko is t... Give your DS some 'Style' 7 No, I'm not talking about your gaudy, bejewelled Metallic Rose monstrosity, but rather the software you'd put in it. It's fairly safe to say that gamers aren't the most well round... On today's episode of 'Nerds Make the Darndest Things' ... 19 Sometimes I like to imagine what mixing two totally awesome things together would be like, Jade Cocoon-style. Perhaps Adriana Lima with a language I can understand, or a pterodactyl with a Moonki... Condemned 2: Bloodshot artwork is hobo-rific 23 I rolled out of my nice, warm bed this morning to find a small collection of Condemned 2: Bloodshot artwork in my mail box. This artwork features, predominantly, images of people who appear to no... EA: You haven't seen the last of The Godfather engine 8 It looks like the game engine that powered The Godfather still has a bit more life left in it. According to one industry analyst, EA has planned on using the engine in at least five upcoming proj... More proof that grannies love the Wii 19  Here is everybody's favorite hardcore senior citizen, Old Grandma Hardcore, trying her hand at Super Paper Mario. Listen to her swear in a manner that would make most other grandmas and... Captain Obvious: Analysts are useless 28 Sometimes posts just write themselves. Such is the case with this latest edition of Captain Obvious. I think we can all agree analysts are pretty ... well, useless. Usually, they spout off thing... Old Forbes dude calls Microsoft's gaming attempts a 'disastrous endeavour' 42 For most of us that have an Xbox 360 (that works), we love it. In fact, I'd say for most gamers nowadays in the North America regions, the 360 has more or less become the next-gen console of ... ZOMG!!! It's Atari trivia time. 35 Look I drink...But I did tell you all that another test was coming. This test makes the last look like a walk in the park. The fuzzy memories really became obvious to me this time. In the fi... ZOMG!!! It's NES trivia time. 54 Look I drink...From time to time, this makes my memory a little fuzzy. These NES games were my life as a kid. Every box of every game for almost a decade is deeply stained into my brain... Old people game? Unlikely 13 It's all over this dammed Interblogweb device that one in seven people over the age of a hundred have played video games. Apparently this is exciting news, but let's face it, it's ... Destructoid: The Italian Restaurant 9 Diversification is important for a growing gaming business, as is stockpiling marinara sauce and not making offensive Mario impressions when Italian people visit. This is why we broke in a local... Get your poor grandmother out of that home and into a Wii bowling league 12 Dtoid Quiz: Which of the following are you most likely to see in an Italian restaurant?a) breadsticksb) red and white checkered tableclothsc) meatballsd) a Wii bowling leagueThe answer is obvious... GDC 2007: Greybush goes backstage 21 Our roving reporter, Ron "Greybush" Workman spent a little time on the GDC floor yesterday before it opened up today. As usual, the ol' bush was in fine form. Enjoy! Commodore is bringing it back 22 Remember the Commodore Computer, the definitive computer of the 1980's? No? I can see it now: half of our readership is scratching their heads in confusion (or hitting up the wiki) while the ... Greybush rocks Epileptic Gaming tonight (update) 42 Destructoid's very own resident grandpa -- Ron "Greybush" Workman -- will be doing a special guest gig tonight on our favorite live web gaming show, Epileptic Gaming. Joining him ... Wii Toaster: Friend codes needed for extra dark mode 33 Trying to reach every person out there who has not yet gamed -- I hear there's a hut in the Congo that has yet to play Wii Sports -- Nintendo looks to take over the burnt bread market with W... Increase your gamerscore, get stuff 26 Microsoft just sent me word that they will be running a contest in conjunction with Old Spice for peeps who increase their Xbox 360 gamerscore between Feb. 12 and April 12. What do you win in thi... Shhhh! New Xbox 360 drive is sleeping 23 Apparently, Microsoft has already begun shipping the newly configured Xbox 360s for retail with a quieter DVD drive, called the "BenQ VAD6038 drive." And allegedly, this new drive means... Videotopia delivers a blast from the past 7 Before our Vegas-diseased bodies collapsed in post-CES trauma we had the pleasure of visiting Otronicon in Orlando, which until now had received but a smidgeon of coverage. Now that we've bee... Quick observation: It's true, old people do play the DS 17 For the next two days, I'll be in Las Vegas (hopefully SARS free this time) to take a damn good look at some upcoming games and such from Midway. Well, on the flight here from New York, ther... Getting older: Gamers raising gamers 38 Think back to your childhood. I mean way back. What are the odds that your memories of learning to read are stacked beside those of learning to handle a one-button joystick? Did you know how to f... CES 2007: We got SARS 22 As seen on NextLust:At first I thought it was just me and my late night, non-sleeping, hard-partying ways, but today as people started asking me if I was sick, I am now under the belief that some... AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2007: Fat guys with mustaches 15 In our final AVN picture post that won't include boobies, we present to you "fat guys with mustaches" as an amusing alternative. As Niero and I meandered about through the aisles of... Your biggest gaming purchase mistakes of all-time 150 If you’re reading Destructoid, chances are you’re a huge video game nerd (or are five or six forum posts away from becoming one). You know your stuff and you’re informed of indu... Romero talks about new CPL game; dude is so metal 27 What's more disturbing? The way John Romero talks or the way he looks? Ready. Set. Debate! If you can actually sit through Mr. Romero pimping his new game called Severity, then enjoy his ch... Celebrate Democracy with a Your Mom is E for Everyone Shirt 3 Destructoid loves us the First Ammendmentoid. That's why on this Veteran's Day we're inviting gamers to buy T-Shirt Hell's "Your Mom is For Everyone T-Shirt".  We&...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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