85-year old lady addicted to her Ps3

[claud3]

Meet the85-Year-Old Who's Addicted to PlayStation 3

Posted Mon, 21 Jan 2013 | 13:15 GMT by Sammy Barker

Old school

While most pensioners keep their minds active with Sudoku and Countdown, Hilda Knott is a touch more adventurous. The 85-year-old is a keen PlayStation 3 gamer, with an enormous library spanning mainstream favourites such as Grand Theft Auto IV and more hardcore hits like Disgaea 4: A Promise Forgotten. She’s even a PlayStation Plus subscriber.

Knott has been playing video games for over 40 years, but she still gets plenty of pleasure out of finding new things in her favourite titles. “I enjoy getting to the next stage or the next event,” she told BBC News. “I also like having the achievement of finishing the game.”

Asked whether she thought playing video games kept her mentally active, Knott added: “Definitely, yes. A lot of [games feature] puzzles where you have to work out how to do something and when to do it.”

The technologically proficient pensioner also enjoys playing games on her iPad, making her officially more hip than us. You can catch the full report through here. Areany of your grandparents keen gamers? Let us know in the comments section below

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Just seen this on the news and she was playing GTA IV

So cool to see this and a Market that Nintendo started back with Wii, as certainly opened up for all and the cake will be sliced among them

[Chille]

She is also a timelord if your thread title is correct lol *edit damn you fixed it, but I took a picture mwahaha

but still good to see people enjoying games no matter there age

[claud3]

Yep, I was only like a fly on shit....

It is awesome that we have a new market open for gaming and it makes it more fun

[Dave-The-Rave]

Right enough, I can see myself gaming til I croak it...and it'll probably keep my mind right too.

[RyanGT]

Hahah that's awesome , instead of knitting a sweater or something she's jacking people's cars or causing a massacre with a tank in grand theft auto.

Doesn't get any sweeter than that!

I wonder what other games she plays

[claud3]

GTA IV her and her friend plays all the time, you imagine that and that is so cool

So would be awesome online and spitting out abuse granny style

[Kuro]

My grandpa sometimes plays co-op with me lol this is cool.

[claud3]

here is a link to the video of her playing GTA IV and another game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21116544

[Sir_Scud]

That's pretty cool, also like how she plays on an ipad. Good to see older people accept new technologies.

[claud3]

Since Nintendo as i said, opened the market for odier people to play games... This means new games and new tech that all can use over time and make it cheaper

[Silver_Knight]

My Grandma use to play the wii with me. She use to kick my a$$ in tennis.

[Sylar]

that's cool, just shows you're never too old to play games

[claud3]

we actually had TWO Wii's in the Retirement home i worked in and it was so nice to see them all up and about when able, to play the games on offer.

It does help with the mind

[radgamer420]

Awesome. I definitley see myself still gaming when I get old.

[Silver_Knight]

Awesome. I definitley see myself still gaming when I get old.

I hope I'm dead before that.

[admartian]

You know they say that keeping your mind busy and occupied at that age is good for you.

So I think I'll be playing PS50/Xbox 1080 when the time comes.

[claud3]

the mind is an amazing engine and as long as you keep it busy always and it can be via gaming like we all do or through memory style things every day

You can have a healthy mind always and develop skills you never had

And this lady and others, could actually wipe the floor with us when it comes to gaming in some cases

[bill the noon]

I wonder if the retirement homes of the future will just be old people sitting around playing battlefeild and taking lots of meds

[RyanGT]

I wonder if the retirement homes of the future will just be old people sitting around playing battlefeild and taking lots of meds

Dude that's a sweet idea!!

[Rapture]

I wonder if the retirement homes of the future will just be old people sitting around playing battlefeild and taking lots of meds

Sounds a hell of a lot better than waiting around, staring at the wall and waiting to die.

[Foraeli]

This is what happens when you let old people get there hands on electronics.

[TDbank24]

She's taking Long Live Play to a new level.

[Aleque]

What a cool grandma

[Syphon_Filter]

Ohhhhhhh thats nice.

[Cybertox]

That is so awkward, especially when she plays GTA IV.