While ranting in response to a friend i wrote this:
"Currently I'm thinking...wondering...What kind of games do old people like? if the flashy stuff and control schemes are "too intimidating for them to learn"... then they prefer classic games like chess, checkers and cards...Do they not care then for other board games and other games of strategy like Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and perhaps even pokemon? Simple concepts children can and do learn! Would the elements in such games have to be more serious ones rather than fantasy? Moguls as Heroes, businesses as fortresses, Money for HP, Oil for energy? Businessmen for pawns? Do the elderly use imagination? do they know the concept?!"
The middle bit seems like it could be the start of something. The rest is there as a result of a wondering mind wandering.
Still. The Elderly. A demographic not much aimed for. I may or may not take a shot at 'em. I would have to talk to more (elderly people) to get a feel for their interests and simply learn about them. Unfortunately I expect sports would probably be a common topic with which i could not at all relate with them.
"Currently I'm thinking...wondering...What kind of games do old people like? if the flashy stuff and control schemes are "too intimidating for them to learn"... then they prefer classic games like chess, checkers and cards...Do they not care then for other board games and other games of strategy like Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and perhaps even pokemon? Simple concepts children can and do learn! Would the elements in such games have to be more serious ones rather than fantasy? Moguls as Heroes, businesses as fortresses, Money for HP, Oil for energy? Businessmen for pawns? Do the elderly use imagination? do they know the concept?!"
The middle bit seems like it could be the start of something. The rest is there as a result of a wondering mind wandering.
Still. The Elderly. A demographic not much aimed for. I may or may not take a shot at 'em. I would have to talk to more (elderly people) to get a feel for their interests and simply learn about them. Unfortunately I expect sports would probably be a common topic with which i could not at all relate with them.
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