A year-long research session conducted by Namco and Kyushu University found that 140 elderly women showed heightened alertness and physical balance by playing arcade games—we're sure they're not referring to Dance Dance Revolution (that one's by Konami, after all). Apparently "there is a possibility that playing games will help improve physical performance while having fun". Translation: Namco needs to find some new markets to exploit, and fast. We can guarantee that for most elderly, as age approaches infinite, having fun with video games rapidly approaches zero. And we can also tell you that your great uncle button-mashing the crap out of us in Dead or Alive just isn't going to be pretty (let alone it probably being something like a bad acid trip for him).
