Grandma Hamako Mori is known as the oldest gamer in the world at 90 years old. She lives in Tokyo, Japan. She has been playing games for nearly 40 years, starting with early console games on the Cassette Vision, and later transitioning to titles like Dragon Quest and the original Legend of Zelda.
Hamako Mori has shared that her favorite game is GTA 5, and she feels fortunate to be alive to experience many wonderful games like this. In fact, she is not hesitant to try many new blockbuster titles such as The Elder Scrolls V, Battlefield 4, GTA 5, Dark Souls 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare…
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Besides playing games daily, Grandma also spends time creating her own gaming YouTube channel. Her channel is named Gamer Grandma, where she has uploaded many videos of her gameplay to share publicly with everyone.
Currently, her channel Gamer Grandma has a total of 108 videos with nearly 200,000 followers. Recently, this YouTube channel was recognized by Guinness as the oldest gaming YouTuber in the world.
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It is known that the games Grandma Hamako Mori loves are all heavy hitters, AAA blockbusters. Sharing about Days Gone, she happily said: “I think the game has a quite intense storyline that requires a lot of thought. The graphics in the game are like real movies. I often surprise people whenever I can predict the next event or unfamiliar characters I’ve never known. I get naturally immersed in the story of the game.”
Grandma Mori further shared that as you get older, you should play games more with others to enhance memory. Although older people’s gaming skills may hinder younger players, when more older people play games, it will attract the attention of publishers, and they might establish dedicated servers for older gamers.
“What game do you like in 2020?” Grandma Mori’s answer is Cyberpunk 2077. “The reason I’m interested is that the game has been talked about a lot. I don’t know if I can handle the game’s speed because it seems pretty fast. But it would be amazing if I could play like the trailer introduced.”
One AAA blockbuster that caught Grandma’s attention is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: “The interesting point in the game is that the story takes place in modern times. Those scenes remind me of the past war that I can imagine having gone through. This game is quite challenging for me in terms of controls, but as I practice gradually, I’ve gotten used to it and can manage on my own. For someone, the game may not be suitable for older people because the context changes quite rapidly,” Grandma Hamako Mori expressed.
Grandma Hamako Mori hopes to continue playing games and uploading her videos to YouTube for many more years to come. Indeed, the older you get, the spicier you become, and once it’s a passion, age is just a number.