[G. Stolyarov II]

The computer game and video game markets might be unappealing to older people simply because older people did not grow up with these games in their youth. Today, many people in their 30s still enjoy computer games - because they were young enough to have computer games as children and teenagers. I think that these people will remain computer game enthusiasts into old age. See Dr. Belew’s blog at RisingSunofNihon

[FixitGuy]

"Why do people who don't play video games NOT play them?"

1. They're expensive.

2. They waste time.

2. They have nothing to do with life and living.

They're addictive.

Sounds like drugs, huh?

[RJS1950]

My wife and I (mid 50s) love video and computer games. We each set aside time to play and wish we had more time. Age has less to do with it than frame of mind. The games I play involve playing online with others requiring teamwork and strategy and she plays all kinds of shoot-em-up, slash and bash games as well as brain games on game systems and with handhelds. These games force you to think, develop strategies and keep your mind young and active and keeps your manual dexterity at its peak.

[ravingnutter]

My husband is 52 and plays with his Nintendo golf every night and other games when his son or my daughter, both 26, come out to the house. He has 3 grandchildren. It helps him unwind after a hectic day at work and makes him quite pleasant to live with. My motto: Never take the boyish qualities out of the man, LOL!

[dandelion]

"Grandma and Grandpa on the video game...never happens."

LIES! My mother and father, in their seventies, totally smacked the venerable Super Mario Brothers all the way through the secret levels, negative worlds, extra levels, and all the way to the end - no warps, no cheats, no kidding. They did it with the 100 lives on level three...

Gaming helped my father regain verbal and hand-eye skills after a devastating stroke.

Even now, at 79, my mother is the master of Mega Man. Old people gamers rock like a chair...