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Old people game? Unlikely

1:26 AM on 04.05.2007   |   Zephyr

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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 really not, for two reasons:

One: Video games have been around since prehistory. Sega controllers were used to carve pictures of antelope into cave walls back in the days where people were still chewing hides to make them soft and supple for wearing.

Two: These people are OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. They probably think that a video game is where you toss horse shoes at a stick in the ground, or was what happened when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. No study done involving people who have yet to gain, or have lost the ability to control their bodily functions to a reasonable level should ever be taken as valid. Not that I have anything against old people whatsoever, they're aweseome, and you can pick them off with a sniper rifle in the GTA series.








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Banj's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 01:26
Banj
Have you ever seen an old person play videogames?

"Oh Timmy, what am I looking at?"
"Give me the pad back Granny, you're shit at everything."

It's like watching virgins have sex, but not as sexy.

Fuck old people.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 01:29
Bob Muir
Welcome, and don't suck.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 01:34
bleep
Actaully Im over a hundred and I play flog the bishop all day long....
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 02:41
Niero
The force is strong in this one
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 03:28
s0lesurviv0r
Nowhere near the same thing, but my mom was awesome at Duck Hunt.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 05:07
Mabec
LOL, my dad (50+) just played Virtua Tennis on the 360 for the first time, he just beat the crap out of the computer.
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 07:12
Virtualgirl
How many people over 100 years old are there in the world that this would be a valid study? My dad plays games with us all the time, but he is only 50. He comes over to my house and says "Hi Meg, will you turn onthe wii for me"??
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 09:31
Aaron Mxy Yost
Who cares? They'll be dead soon anyway.
Lolthien's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 10:40
Lolthien
You all suck. And you realize, that you are already much too old to be considered any good at video games. Your nephew can already kick your ass at Gears and you know it.

Also, I'm 100 years old.
Cory_t_'s Avatar - Comment posted on 04/05/2007 12:28
Cory_t_
Hey, this actually ain't such a bad idea. Start putting out a line of old people friendly video games and maybe they won't notice when we start revoking their licenses because they can't drive worth shit!
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