Video games aim to spice up old people's lives
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A 93-year-old resident at an old-age home plays tennis against the wall of his bedroom, using a touch-sensitive glove and wearing a virtual helmet.
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This summer's lineup of brain-teasing video games includes some brilliant titles that stretch your mind power to its limits, asking you to think laterally to beat the computer or just out-strategize your friends.
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Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
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Electronic Arts has unveiled a "Family Play" system for novice players.
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This game box offers online service, simpler controls to entice new players.
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Unbeknownst to many of her peers,  70-year-old Barbara Sainte-Hilaire, MTV's "senior" video game  correspondent and star of the blog "Old Grandma Hardcore," is a  sensation in video game circles.
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Playing new style computer games can help people burn up a significant amount of calories, research has found.
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The Nintendo DS includes a touch-sensitive screen and is geared for an older crowd.
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A new study suggests recreational gambling could help contribute to good health in older Americans. In a telephone survey of 2,417 adults, Yale University researchers found that recreational gamblers 65 and
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God games, in which  players must control virtual people, could be educational, says research.
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Some game makers are trying to get players to expand their horizons by reflecting on news events in games
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The Nintendo DS, which is geared for adults and older teenage video game players, has wireless capability for the Internet and two display screens.
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As video games become more popular than ever, hard-core gamers and the old-school critics who represent them are becoming an ever smaller part of the audience.
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PENSIONERS now prefer surfing the Net to gardening, DIY or going for walks, according to a survey yesterday.   It found that using the computer is the favourite pastime for four out of ten retired people, who typically spend an hour a day at the screen.
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Move over, junior. Grandma and grandpa are joining the wave in video and computer games as makers step up efforts to promote the software as brain-healthy exercises.
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Unbeknownst to many of her peers,   70-year-old Barbara Sainte-Hilaire, MTV's "senior" video game   correspondent and star of the blog "Old Grandma Hardcore," is a   sensation in video game circles.
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A Pac-Man-like game that delivers electric shocks to gamers reveals the brain's reaction to danger.