If that was the effect of Wii Sports, imagine what Super Mario Galaxy could do for them. Haha.

How bout a hoop and a stick?   (Stick!)

Pretty sweet... it makes sense

this makes sense to me.

A positive news story about games? Get yer torches and pitchforks.

I sure has hell better have gaming rigs all around me when I reach that age bracket.  Oh wait; I wont be able to retire; ever.  

I don't think just old peopl...everyone. But after this I'm thinking of getting my mom man she's miserable sometimes lol.

I don't think just old peopl...everyone. But after this I'm thinking of getting my mom man she's miserable sometimes lol.

sweet I'll be playing mario and FF when i'm that old

This is why I will still be playing video games when i'm 100.

see i told my parents video games were useful haha!! i can use this against themnext time i get yelled at for playin for 5 hours straight.

Of course they do. It provides joy and wonder.

These kinds of articles are cool. I get so tired of always hearing that video games do nothing but rot your brain. Normally these are from people who have never so much as touched a video game in their life, and therefore makes their opinion seriously misinformed, but that only makes it more frustrating. There are more examples as well.

For instance, a study was done where kids were in a driving education class and were put into a driving simulation video game in order to judge how they would react to certain dangerous situation in a risk free environment. Between two kids, one who regularly played racing video games and one who did not, were put up against each other. The kid who played racing video games blew the other out of the water. Hand eye coordination, depth perception, reaction time, you name it. He did monumentally better in all categories and was able to score much higher in safety.

Point being, video games don't have to be 100% negative impacts on peoples' lives. Now as far as GTA goes... Well that's another story. All in all, this is an awesome article.

Doesn't surprise me at all.  I'd like to see more 70+ people playing the likes of BioShock and Tales of Vesperia.  Many elderly folks have very full lives with no time for gaming.  Sadly, many also spend their days looking at the clock and basically just waiting for bed time to roll around again.  Having a kick ass, mentally stimulating game to work on would make a huge difference in their lives I bet.

All my grandparents are gone now, but how cool would it have been for me to get a call from one of them saying "Hey, do you know where the Chomper's Dental Office key is?"

Doesn't surprise me at all. I plan on dying during my 500th playthrough of Final Fantasy Tactics myself.

maybe I should convince my grandma to play New Super Mario Bros. Wii with me eventually. That would help her a lot considering I don't spend time with her much

Here's a crazy thought: why not play video games WITH the older people in your life? :O

machoman, good point.

as an "older" gamer i find that playing provides a nice balance in my life.

granted, i might have to stop with the stressful shooter scenarios eventually, lol.

but i don't expect to ever give it up entirely. it's stimulating and entertaining.

and that makes it therapeutic. good article, thx, op.

There was also a study done that says air is good for breathing. I hope these studies don't cost money cause I could have told them this.

so i STILL have to call them? COMON' videogames, help me out here! We need to target the elderly! Help out my phone bill! please?