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"Contrary to popular belief, video gaming is a growing hobby enjoyed by every demographic in our society; men and women, young and old. To illustrate this point, the BBC has done a wonderful video interview with Hilda Knott, an 85-year-old gamer who will be turning 86 next month.\r\n\r\nDuring the interview Knott explains why she still loves to play video games: \u201CFinding something new in the game. Getting on to the next stage or the next event, and then having the achievement of finishing it. Because a lot of them, as well as adventures and fighting, are puzzles, working out how to do something and when to do it.\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKnott agrees that playing video games helps to keep her mind active, and talks about playing Grand Theft Auto IV with her auntie, who is now 94. \u201CWe had a hilarious time,\u201D she said.\r\n\r\nThe 85-year-old gamer uses a PlayStation 3 (with a PlayStation Plus subscription too) hooked up to a 65\u201D television, and can be seen playing the incredibly tricky tactical role-playing game Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten during the video report.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIt follows a similar story, published just last week, about a 68-year-old gentleman who has six - yes six - characters on World of Warcraft maxed out at level 90. In addition, he reportedly has four other characters above level 80. That\u2019s hundreds of hours of gameplay time, and a whole lot of respect from the staff here at TNW.\r\n\r\nThat doesn\u2019t quite beat Kathleen \u201CKit\u201D Connell though, who after turning one hundred, still plays the Nintendo DS for games such as Scrabble, Family Fortunes and Art Academy.\r\n\r\n\u201CIt\u2019s absolutely super, I can\u2019t speak highly enough of it. I don\u2019t know what I would do without it,\u201D said Kit in an interview with the Telegraph newspaper. \u201CI\u2019ll play it in the evening, then I\u2019ll have a break and a cup of tea, then I\u2019ll go back to playing my Nintendo.\u201D\r\n\r\nKeep playing, gamers young and old. We salute you."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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