The lights are on
I don't have a problem with old people playing video games. It seemed like an impossible occurrence a few years ago, but since its release the Wii has popped up in nursing homes across the country. That's all well and good, but disaster strikes whenever the elderly attempt playing a game with controls more complex than "hey, swing this thing grandpa."
Need evidence?
Thoughts:
- Isn't it awesome that most modern games can be played with "just one or two buttons"? I know Modern Warfare 2 is gonna be sweet now that they found a way to whittle the controls down to the left stick and X.
- You really need to figure out the boxes if you want to be good at games.
- Spongebob does look totally fun.
- It's as easy as hooking up a CD player to your TV? I'm willing to wager that no one over the age of 60 has ever hooked up a CD player to a television. Come to think of it, I don't know why ANYONE would need (or want) to do that, but I'm sure it would be someone's grandkid doing the setup if a nursing home wanted to.
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Wow,oh, yeah I definately think that hooking a CD player to a TV would be easy, considering that I have never wanted to, or will try that.
I was waiting for some dude in a shark costume to run through the set.
I want to know what her top 5 video games are.
I tried going to the URL she mentioned to see her top 5, but it doesn't seem to work anymore.
My head hurts. =(
We should recreate this shot for shot.
OK, I am not against old people playing video games at all, in fact it is kind of cool that video games are linking generations like that, but this is what went through my mind while watching, in order...
LOL
"Today, we are learning to play to play video games"...-_-
THERE ARE BOXES!?!?!?!?! WOAH, SOMEONE, HOLD THE PHONE, THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!
"Wow, this IS fun"... -_____-
And WHY would I want to hook up a CD player to a TV? This video seems to raise more questions than it answers.
And good find Dan, this definitely made my day, it made me laugh.
Just noticed the lady on the right say "The controller actually controls it."
THAT'S what I've been doing wrong all these years.
Lol. Hilarious article Dan.
But anyways yeah that was pretty funny.
"Oh this is pretty fun!"
"It's like hooking up your CD player to your T.V. it's that easy".
What!? I wouldn't want to do that!? Lol. Anyways nice article.
I've seen some stupid stuff, this tops the list. Can you really plug a CD Player into a TV? I didn't think so. Only talk about stuff you know about lady!
ONLY 1 OR 2 BUTTONS!!! wow i should try playing guitar hero with 2 buttons. but realy im am amazed that the control acualy CONTROLS it!!!
Ok, now I know what all those words mean.
When I play with my box I like to take what they call the controller, which is used to control Spongebob, and place it facing away from me on a table and only touch the left little knob thing. It's totally fun.
I don't know what bothers me more. Watching clueless elderly people fail at explaining videogames to other elderly people, or watching Nintendo abandon its core market for a bunch of clueless elderly people. I'd have to go with the latter.
"iuwqeiuwqeiouwqeuioqwueqwou"
That was the most ridiculous "how-to" I've ever seen.
Wow this is hilarious. The PlayStation is not a box, it is a station. :]
How old is this video?? IM thinking maybe it was made during the year 2000. The first thing that caught my eye was old people playing video games! I need to show this to my grandma since she is an AARP member.
But one thing though... when my grandma touched that Wii remote... she hit me in the head because it "slipped" from her hand.. and then she walked away.
For anyone who wanted to know here top 5 games, here they are:
Bust-A-Move
Final Fantasy X
Namco Museum
Donkey Konga
The Sims,
Enjoy.
"The controller actually controls it"
hahahaha.
"First you need to understand that boxes. This one is an X box and this one is the Nintendo Game Cube and there's another one called The Sony Play Station."
"Oh, now I know what those words are."
hilarity