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VIDEOGAME MAKERS TARGET SIXTYSOMETHINGS
New baby boomer video games include “Golden Girls: Xtreme Heat,” “60 Minutes: Underground,” “Canada: The Hunt for Cheap Prescription Drugs”
Hollywood – Videogame makers are already targeting twentysomethings and thirtysomethings with adult-themed games such as “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” and “Def Jam Vendetta.” Now they are going after an untapped videogame market: aging baby boomers. Videogame makers are betting that aging Americans will be drawn by games based on such popular properties as “Golden Girls” and “60 Minutes,” as well as a real life adventure in search of cheap prescription drugs in Canada.“Sales are through the roof for games like the latest ‘Grand Theft Auto,’” says Dave Portman of Inside Gamers Magazine. “Videogames aren’t just for kids anymore. People in their thirties are gobbling up videogames. It was just a matter of time before the videogame makers found the aging baby boomers. If anyone has tons of time to waste on videogames, it is old people. What else are they going to do besides get older and die?”
Videogame developer Rockstar Games was the first out of the gate in April with “Golden Girls: Xtreme Heat.” The game follows the beloved characters from the popular 1980’s sitcom, “The Golden Girls.” Gamers get to play the character of Dorothy as she tries to stop the eye-catching Blanche from stealing her new boyfriend away. Meanwhile, Dorothy has to get away from Rose who weakens Dorothy’s game powers and endurance with stories of her childhood in St. Olaf, Minnesota. Dorothy also had to deal with her mother, Sophia, who gets lost in the neighborhood wearing nothing but her housecoat.
Another hot game for baby boomers is “60 Minutes: Underground” from All-Star Games which includes the characters of Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Andy Rooney as they navigate through the offices of “60 Minutes” while being chased by younger and better looking reporters who desperately want their jobs. The aging correspondents have to fend them off.
“The great thing about this game is that if you end up being Mike Wallace, the character never dies, no matter what happens,” says Portman.
62 year old Clara Nelson of Dade County, Florida recently purchased a PlayStation 2 console with her social security check.
“I haven’t eaten in a couple of days because I’m on a fixed income,” says Nelson. “But I sure do love this ’60 Minutes’ game. Come on Andy [Rooney], show ‘em what you got!”
Videogame makers intended the games for baby boomers like Nelson, but one of the unexpected results is that kids as young as 12 are playing games like “Golden Girls: Xtreme Heat.”
“I love it when Blanche just goes right in and shakes her butt, and Dorothy’s boyfriend goes right to her,” says Josh Willard, a 13 year old in Denver, Colorado. “The ‘Golden Girls’ kick ass!’”
Videogame experts say the big blockbuster this Christmas season will be “Canada: The Hunt for Cheap Prescription Drugs.” It’s a highly stylized version of Canada that’s imagined from the perspective of senior citizens on a charter bus, trying to head north of the border to get affordable medication.
“The scope of the game’s virtual reality – the extraordinary size of the cities and landscapes that you can smoothly traverse – is almost startling,” says Portman. “Its ultimate power is the sensation it creates of pulling you inside a sprawling fictional world. Moreover, the story’s atmosphere is incredibly rich.”
The game is challenging for players as forces sent by the U.S. President try to stop the bus from reaching its destination to get cheap Lipitor, Celebrex and other medications.
“This is a breakthrough game,” says Portman. “Players can program the game so that an alarm goes off reminding them when to take their back pills. This is truly interactive.”
VIDEOGAME MAKERS TARGET SIXTYSOMETHINGS
New baby boomer video games include “Golden Girls: Xtreme Heat,” “60 Minutes: Underground,” “Canada: The Hunt for Cheap Prescription Drugs”
Hollywood – Videogame makers are already targeting twentysomethings and thirtysomethings with adult-themed games such as “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” and “Def Jam Vendetta.” Now they are going after an untapped videogame market: aging baby boomers. Videogame makers are betting that aging Americans will be drawn by games based on such popular properties as “Golden Girls” and “60 Minutes,” as well as a real life adventure in search of cheap prescription drugs in Canada.“Sales are through the roof for games like the latest ‘Grand Theft Auto,’” says Dave Portman of Inside Gamers Magazine. “Videogames aren’t just for kids anymore. People in their thirties are gobbling up videogames. It was just a matter of time before the videogame makers found the aging baby boomers. If anyone has tons of time to waste on videogames, it is old people. What else are they going to do besides get older and die?”
Videogame developer Rockstar Games was the first out of the gate in April with “Golden Girls: Xtreme Heat.” The game follows the beloved characters from the popular 1980’s sitcom, “The Golden Girls.” Gamers get to play the character of Dorothy as she tries to stop the eye-catching Blanche from stealing her new boyfriend away. Meanwhile, Dorothy has to get away from Rose who weakens Dorothy’s game powers and endurance with stories of her childhood in St. Olaf, Minnesota. Dorothy also had to deal with her mother, Sophia, who gets lost in the neighborhood wearing nothing but her housecoat.
Another hot game for baby boomers is “60 Minutes: Underground” from All-Star Games which includes the characters of Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Andy Rooney as they navigate through the offices of “60 Minutes” while being chased by younger and better looking reporters who desperately want their jobs. The aging correspondents have to fend them off.
“The great thing about this game is that if you end up being Mike Wallace, the character never dies, no matter what happens,” says Portman.
62 year old Clara Nelson of Dade County, Florida recently purchased a PlayStation 2 console with her social security check.
“I haven’t eaten in a couple of days because I’m on a fixed income,” says Nelson. “But I sure do love this ’60 Minutes’ game. Come on Andy [Rooney], show ‘em what you got!”
Videogame makers intended the games for baby boomers like Nelson, but one of the unexpected results is that kids as young as 12 are playing games like “Golden Girls: Xtreme Heat.”
“I love it when Blanche just goes right in and shakes her butt, and Dorothy’s boyfriend goes right to her,” says Josh Willard, a 13 year old in Denver, Colorado. “The ‘Golden Girls’ kick ass!’”
Videogame experts say the big blockbuster this Christmas season will be “Canada: The Hunt for Cheap Prescription Drugs.” It’s a highly stylized version of Canada that’s imagined from the perspective of senior citizens on a charter bus, trying to head north of the border to get affordable medication.
“The scope of the game’s virtual reality – the extraordinary size of the cities and landscapes that you can smoothly traverse – is almost startling,” says Portman. “Its ultimate power is the sensation it creates of pulling you inside a sprawling fictional world. Moreover, the story’s atmosphere is incredibly rich.”
The game is challenging for players as forces sent by the U.S. President try to stop the bus from reaching its destination to get cheap Lipitor, Celebrex and other medications.
“This is a breakthrough game,” says Portman. “Players can program the game so that an alarm goes off reminding them when to take their back pills. This is truly interactive.”
