An old news article for any of you that are having problem about parents lecturing you about playing games all the time or if you are one of the people that think that playing games is only just a waste of time. A 99 years old woman, Umeji Narisawa from Sendai, Japan has been playing the Bomberman for about 26 years! This is the video of a Japanese TV show that interviewed her a year ago.
She says that she has been paying this game daily for about 26 years, since she was 63. Everyday she starts the game from the beginning and ends 50 stages in only two hours. The video shows the TV show staff member playing Bomberman and fails terribly in the first few stages. This shows how good Narisawa is and sometimes, after she finishes the game once, she continues the game again from stage one and finishes it in another two hours. Towards the end of the video, it shows Narisawa still able to easily inserts thread through the needle even in this age. This shows that games are not entirely a waste of time. I admit that some games tend to have negative effects on the player, however, NOT all games are like that, in fact NOT even half of all games are like that. Imagine an old grandma just sitting on her seat and watch TV or sewing clothes for the rest of her remaining life, that is torturing. Like I said before, games can give experiences that I have never had before, it can also give a little adventure or experience for someone that do not or no longer have abilities to go out and enjoy those experiences. It can also keep old people intact of their skills as seen when Umeji inserts the thread; this is because her mind is always exercising whenever she is playing games. These are just some of many good sides that games can give; I will be giving more of the positive effects along with negative effects of gaming in the future posts; because I know that nothing can be completely good or bad, but I know that positive effects of gaming is more than negative effects.
The original article is called "Is This the Oldest Nintendo Fan in the World?" by Thomas East on 4th August, 2011.
Here is the link: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/29255/is-this-the-oldest-nintendo-fan-in-the-world/
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She says that she has been paying this game daily for about 26 years, since she was 63. Everyday she starts the game from the beginning and ends 50 stages in only two hours. The video shows the TV show staff member playing Bomberman and fails terribly in the first few stages. This shows how good Narisawa is and sometimes, after she finishes the game once, she continues the game again from stage one and finishes it in another two hours. Towards the end of the video, it shows Narisawa still able to easily inserts thread through the needle even in this age. This shows that games are not entirely a waste of time. I admit that some games tend to have negative effects on the player, however, NOT all games are like that, in fact NOT even half of all games are like that. Imagine an old grandma just sitting on her seat and watch TV or sewing clothes for the rest of her remaining life, that is torturing. Like I said before, games can give experiences that I have never had before, it can also give a little adventure or experience for someone that do not or no longer have abilities to go out and enjoy those experiences. It can also keep old people intact of their skills as seen when Umeji inserts the thread; this is because her mind is always exercising whenever she is playing games. These are just some of many good sides that games can give; I will be giving more of the positive effects along with negative effects of gaming in the future posts; because I know that nothing can be completely good or bad, but I know that positive effects of gaming is more than negative effects.
The original article is called "Is This the Oldest Nintendo Fan in the World?" by Thomas East on 4th August, 2011.
Here is the link: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/29255/is-this-the-oldest-nintendo-fan-in-the-world/
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