Video Games Conquer The Elderly

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » March 31st, 2007, 9:52

Video Games Conquer The Elderly
bedake writes "The New York Times has up an article discussing the increase in retired people getting interested in online computer games. 'PopCap Games in Seattle, the maker of the diversions so popular at St. Mary, says its games have been downloaded more than 200 million times since the company was founded in 2000. A spokesman said that the company was stunned by results of a customer survey last year: 71 percent of its players were older than 40, 47 percent were older than 50, and 76 percent of PopCap players were women.' The piece goes on to discuss the popularity of the Wii console, as well, a subject discussed on Slashdot before."

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Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » March 31st, 2007, 22:37

Both my parents, the wife's parents, and the wife's grandparents all play these games after having installed them all on their PC's.

They are great time wasters, and I can often be found playing one of these titles as opposed to a FPS when I just want to kill 10-15 mins.

If you

them you can find multi-installers that will do everything for you in one install instead of installing them all seperately.

The other name to look for other than PopCap is GameHouse, as their stuff is of just a high standard when it comes to PC Puzzle Games