[games_access] silver gaming and accessibility

[Thomas Westin]

you could also interview my colleague, Göran Lange who is 66 years and have several characters in WoW above level 70

/Thomas

On 14Jan 2010, at 8:15 PM, Lennart Nacke wrote:

> Hi Sandra,
> 
> 2010/1/8 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>:
>> do we have some special information about silver/senior/elder gaming?
>> We will have conference about AAL: ambient assisted living in Germany.
>> There will be a pre-conference for silver gaming :-)
> 
> I have done a study on Silver Gamers, which could be of interest to
> you (in terms of how they enjoy games compared to younger players):
> 
> http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2009.0013
> http://www.acagamic.com/broadcast/silver-gamers-enjoy-playing-brain-training-games-more-than-adolescents/
> http://bit.ly/rk1og
> 
>> Visual is a problem and mobility is limited.
>> It depends on the person if complexity is a problem.
> 
> For older people (>65y), I have noticed that game complexity is problematic.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lennart
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