Posts tagged graygamer 
Real bowler schooled by Wii bowler
Despite its look and feel, Wii Sports: Bowling isn't exactly a true-to-life game. Sure, it may feel like you have a sound style of delivery down, as you are awarded with numerous strikes during your career as a bowling champion on the Wii. But, it turns out that even experience does not govern per...
Game 2 of the Erickson Sports Nintendo Wii Bowling Championship
If you caught the first game, then you know what to expect from this video: more senior citizens in he bowling match of their lives. At least, that's how they treat it, as many teams across this great nation throw down for the ultimate prize of glory and respect. There is one thing we can definitel...
Senior citizens see who's the best of the best in Wii Sports: Bowling [update 1]
We love to see people, regardless of their age, enjoy gaming. We even love the spirit of competition. Heck, we love lots of things these days. So, with that in mind, we bring forth this video of the first game being played in the First Annual Erickson Sports Nintendo Wii Bowling Championship. And,...
Retirement home hosts Home Run Derby
In between episodes of Matlock (we kid, we kid), some folks in Silver Spring, Maryland managed to conduct a Home Run Derby through the Wii. In celebration of Barry Bonds' record-shattering home run and using the game (we assume) Wii Sports, residences of the Riderwood retirement community took 15 ...
Another medical institution brings the Wii in
With it helping wounded soldiers recover and retirement communities to stay active, along with personal trainers utilizing it to help people to lose weight and stay fit, we wonder if there is anything the Wii can't do? Surely, at this pace, we're likely to find out it can cure cancer and provide you...
On a slow news day, CNN discovers that retirees enjoy the Wii
As if the news of older individuals enjoying the Wii was anything new to us, CNN found themselves late to the party in reporting it. They focus their story on 82 year old Ruth Ebert, self-explained apathetic towards all things gaming, that is until she got her hands on a Wii. "It was funny, because...
Round up some old people and make them play Wii
Around the EGM/GameVideos/1UP offices, professionalism runs rampant as they are constantly pushing the envelope and looking to expand on their coverage. That was the main drive behind their recent trip to a retirement home where they tested the "appeal-to-anyone" gameplay and accessibility of the c...
Seniors in Chicago are Wii crazy
It's been awhile since we've heard anything else on Nintendo's continued effort to lure in that elusive 'gray gamer.' Well, a recent article in the Chicago Tribune tells of an older community where the Wii has taken everyone's interest hostage and threatens to never let it go. Seriously, it has a gu...
