Still gaming at 84!

MrSnuggleBump · 22 Jan 2013 at 15:35

This 84 year old claims that "gaming keeps her mentally active".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21116544

I for one believe this to be true and I hope i'm still capable of playing computer games at 84. Anyone else hope they're still playing games that late in life?

(Wasn't sure whether to put this in the Gaming section or GD so please move if it's in the wrong place)

K1LLSW1TCH · 22 Jan 2013 at 15:38

Her real life driving is probably as good as her driving in that video.

Marine Iguana · 22 Jan 2013 at 15:40

My Dad is 65 and plays GTA 4 on PS3 most of the time it's funny when he rage quits.

chaparral · 22 Jan 2013 at 16:31

My mother 67 and has a steam account on her PC and plays

Sonic Generations
17.9 hrs on record

Toki Tori
9.5 hrs on record

Braid
7.1 hrs on record

Peggle Extreme
3.2 hrs on record

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
1.7 hrs on record

ThestigGT999 · 22 Jan 2013 at 19:07

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Her real life driving is probably as good as her driving in that video.

In her defence she is playing GTA 4

Psycho Sonny · 22 Jan 2013 at 20:30

the most chocking thing in that video is the fact she has a 65 inch tv, seriously? the average family most likely has a 42-46 inch tv, either she has rich children or a very good pension plan

Kreeeee · 22 Jan 2013 at 21:33

Psycho Sonny said:
the most chocking thing in that video is the fact she has a 65 inch tv, seriously? the average family most likely has a 42-46 inch tv, either she has rich children or a very good pension plan

It's only a few thousand pounds. What will you have blown all your money on when you've reached 84?

Pay off mortgage by 30, and then have investments and a great pension. I certainly hope I could comfortably afford something like that on my own when I'm 84, unless I've seriously screwed up my life somewhere.

chaparral · 23 Jan 2013 at 05:57

Kreeeee said:
It's only a few thousand pounds. What will you have blown all your money on when you've reached 84?.

Viagra......

Wyrdo · 23 Jan 2013 at 10:16

Kreeeee said:
It's only a few thousand pounds. What will you have blown all your money on when you've reached 84?

Pay off mortgage by 30, and then have investments and a great pension. I certainly hope I could comfortably afford something like that on my own when I'm 84, unless I've seriously screwed up my life somewhere.

Pay off mortgage by 30? Either you live in a shoe box or live in cloud cuckoo land!

Psycho Sonny · 23 Jan 2013 at 11:17

Kreeeee said:
It's only a few thousand pounds. What will you have blown all your money on when you've reached 84?

Pay off mortgage by 30, and then have investments and a great pension. I certainly hope I could comfortably afford something like that on my own when I'm 84, unless I've seriously screwed up my life somewhere.

lol

how many 84 year olds do you know? seriously this is most likely to be the only one in the world (living on her own) with her own personal 65 inch tv, that is a top of the range screen entering the £3K price bracket.

take a look at a average member of the public, they have zero investments apart from the house they live in (even then most of them do not even own that). most won't of paid of their mortgage by their 40th never mind their 30th. most dont even have a pension plan, the reason why the government are bringing in new regulations that it is now law for a company to offer one by 2014, also why they keep increasing the working age is because so many people rely on state pensions rather than private ones and the government is struggling to keep up.

in fact how many people do you even know who have a 65 inch tv? our main one is 51 inch top of the range sammy plasma. the biggest i have seen at family/friends homes is 60 inch.

Simi · 23 Jan 2013 at 11:30

My 74 year old Dad loves playing WoW - I actually think he plays it a bit too much but he wouldn't know what to do without it now.

Kreeeee · 23 Jan 2013 at 11:37

Wyrdo said:
Pay off mortgage by 30? Either you live in a shoe box or live in cloud cuckoo land!

I live in a 3 bed semi (purchased 3 years ago, and have just turned 26 with ~35% left on the mortgage), and will have paid it off by 30. I guess I must overestimate the average home owner.

postbox · 23 Jan 2013 at 11:44

Kreeeee said:
I live in a 3 bed semi (purchased 3 years ago, and have just turned 26 with less than 50% left on the mortgage), and will have paid it off by 30. I guess I must overestimate the average home owner.

Please tell me you're aware of how unusual this is? Most people now don't even own a house at 26 in the UK.
back OT, I saw this on the news and thought I would like to be gaming like a boss at this age - fair play to her.

antijoke · 23 Jan 2013 at 13:13

GTA in cure for Alzheimers shocker.

K1LLSW1TCH · 23 Jan 2013 at 15:41

I wonder if she killed Darko.

adam cool dude · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:52

postbox said:
Please tell me you're aware of how unusual this is? Most people now don't even own a house at 26 in the UK.
back OT, I saw this on the news and thought I would like to be gaming like a boss at this age - fair play to her.

I am 26 and own a 3 bed detached house. (Ironically for 3 years too) Will be mortgage free by my early 40's.

My grandfather used to play with me all the time when I was a kid till his eye sight went in the late 90's. He was in his 80's playing F-Zero X with me :cool:

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Twentyone · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:16

I wonder what games they include in the "It is predicted that by the end of this year, female gamers will outnumber men for the first time" statistics :/

I think it's great that older people play, and I hope I will when I'm that old

mame · 23 Jan 2013 at 23:42

The statistic that there will be more female gamers than male must be down to Facebook games

K1LLSW1TCH · 24 Jan 2013 at 00:31

mame said:
The statistic that there will be more female gamers than male must be down to Facebook games

It's a silly statistic regardless, why does gender even matter?

Psycho Sonny · 24 Jan 2013 at 12:15

Kreeeee said:
I live in a 3 bed semi (purchased 3 years ago, and have just turned 26 with ~35% left on the mortgage), and will have paid it off by 30. I guess I must overestimate the average home owner.

The average annual earnings of full-time workers in the UK rose by 1.4% to £26,500 in the year to April 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20442666

that only takes into account full-time workers, not those who do not have jobs, or can only get part time or contract work. therefore the average salary is a lot lower, i would guess at £15K a year.