Old Folks Like the Wii, Too!

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6191

“I’ve never been into video games, but this is addictive,” said 72-year-old Flora Dierbach. “They come in after dinner and play. Sometimes, on Saturday afternoons, their grandkids come play with them … A lot of grandparents are being taught by their grandkids. But, now, some grandparents are instead teaching their grandkids.”

Wii Bowling has become so well received that more than 20 residents signed up to participate in a virtual bowling tournament without the need to leave the clubhouse lounge. Sedgebrook’s entertainment committee said that they even have a fan for people to dry their hands before they bowl, just like at a real bowling alley.

i’d always planned on spending my retirement beating every final fantasy game. 

nice to see the old folks getting some fun… it saddens me to think they’re just sitting in a chair staring at the wall.