Gaming grannies?

Posted by Jim on November 18, 2005

Another piece about casual gamers, adults that game, and how the typical gamer is not a pimple faced kid from the folks at Business Week. We know adults game - our entire community is build around telling kids to go elsewhere, and the adults thank us for it. And the kids bitch when they get caught and asked to leave quietly. Some do, the others we toss out while they are kicking and screaming and cursing at us. And the later is why we kick them out. We find that they do not add to the gaming experience of the rest of us in the community. And in general, they are not missed.

Barbara St. Hilaire spends about 50 hours a week wielding a machete, dismembering demons and battling a slew of thugs, zombies, and other nasties of the video-gaming world. Having recently nailed a 100% score in Outlaw Golf 2, she’s now focused on mastering the top levels in God of War. It’s a passion that has earned St. Hilaire, 69, the moniker “Old Grandma Hardcore.”

What games is this woman playing?

“If you saw her in a grocery store, you would see an old, Midwestern diabetic with thick glasses leaning on a crutch or shopping cart,” says her grandson Timothy St. Hilaire, who launched a blog recounting her gaming exploits — and her colorful expletives. “She’s a polite mother of five and grandmother of 12 but get her in front of a game, and she becomes a monster.”

These woman pumped out 5 kids, what was that phrase from MBFGW - “greek woman are lambs in the kitchen and lions in the bedroom”

St. Hilaire represents the new older face of gaming. Despite the common perception that most gamers are busy coping with acne and adolescent awkwardness, many are instead concerned with getting their Social Security checks on time.

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