When my grandmother's arthritis curled her fingers inwards it created, as if by serendipity, the perfect grip to
hold a Game Boy with… and hold she did! It became such a rarity to see her without her GB and Bugs Bunny
Crazy Castle that we discussed putting it in her coffin at the wake. For a long time she was always my idea of a
"gaming granny". That is, until I heard about Barbara St. Hilaire, aka Old Grandma Hardcore. (A word to the wise:
DO NOT do a Google image search hoping to get pictures of the "Old Grandma Hardcore", you'll just get pictures
of old hardcore grandmas.)
We've covered her
before at Joystiq, but this video reveals that she really
is a serious gamer. This isn't DS Brain Training,
but Doom 3, Psychonauts, and Resident Evil 4. She even has the elusive Chicago
Typewriter on her third go-round of RE4! That's hardcore! OGHC also cusses like a sailor, talking
trash like a 14 year-old on Xbox Live.
I'll end with the sign-off from a previous post: Joystiq salutes you, Old Grandma Hardcore. May we all be gaming like
you when we reach our twilight years.
