Seneludens: Health benefits for elderly gamers |
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Seneludens, when translated into English, basically means "to be playful in old age." It's a wise thing to remember as everyone gets old someday, and you never know if you might still be playing the future equivalent of Halo when you're 64. There's also a research project that bears that name, and it's one that hopes to design games and other environments that'll keep the aged mentally agile and let them connect with others.Mihai Nadin, who heads the Seneludens reasearch project, hopes that collecting information from the elderly on how they respond to certain sensory activity to make new environments and games for the elderly to try out. While we haven't progressed to that point of making new virtual worlds for the aged, there's definitely proof of older gamers still making an impact.
For instance, there is the phenomenon known as Brain Age. Not only is it a best-seller in Japan, but it's also sparked its own tourney. Let's not forget Barbara St. Hilaire, the so-called "Old Grandma Hardcore" who's been playing game since before we were born! Heck, she even won the Brain Age tournament, which shows her own ability and mental agility. There's also been research done on the therapeutic value of games, from mental health to helping people in dealing with other ailments.
Let's just hope the therapeutic video game for the elderly mind comes soon, because as many gamers know, it would suck to miss out on a new game because you forgot the release date.
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Whats next? Paying grandmas to be used as test subjects while watching porn? I bet that will stimulate their brain as well, very healthy. Just dont forget the noseplugs.
i bet taht grandma hasnt even played much like video games that great, probly only played halo
Shes the same old lady who played Oblivion swearing all the time about how the guards took her money.
And shes also the one that had the article about falling out of her chair and using her 360 friends list to contact her relitive (grandson?) for help.
Maybe its the same super famous game playing grandma, or maybe its just the stock photo for old + gamer.
Who knows for sure? Not me. I dont know for sure? But its a hunch. Im guessing it was her. Maybe it was her every article. Maybe it wasn't. I dont know, I could have been or maybe not. It could have been her who fell down, but not the one in the testing. It could have been her in the testing but not the one who fell down. It could have been the one playing oblivion and not the one who fell down and also the one who gets money for being a lab rat. Maybe shes the lab rat and she played Oblivion and she didnt fall down tho. Who knows. Not me. I dont really know for sure. Whats her name. Who is this famous gamer nanner. Maybe it was her all 3 times. Maybe , who knows. Not me.
guess what?
i dont give a krapp about this non-ps3 stuff