Video games have been around for decades, so it shouldn't come as a shock that there are people who have been playing them for a long time. That being said, most gamers likely haven't been gaming, or have even been alive, as long as Hamako Mori, an 89-year-old grandma who's been a part of the gaming scene for almost as long as there's been a gaming scene.

Mori was the subject of a recent interview with Japanese publication GameSpark, which was translated by Kotaku. In it, the Tokyo native touched upon her long history with games. Her road to becoming a video game-playing grandma started with the Cassette Vision, a Japan-exclusive console released in 1981 that used an unusual combination of knobs and buttons built into the machine itself to play games. The next big step came when she migrated over to the Famicom, the Japanese version of the NES, and more familiar classics like The Legend of Zelda and Dragon Quest.

But what about the games she plays these days? One need only look to her YouTube channel to see how her tastes have grown. Since 2014, Mori has been uploading Let's Play-style videos under the apt title "Gamer Grandma." In that time, she’s covered games like the Battlefield series, Grand Theft Auto 5, and, most recently, Borderlands 3, just to name a few.

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These are games one wouldn't normally associate with the stereotype of kindly old grandmothers - games that are fast-paced, action-heavy, and often violent. But then again, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, another such game Mori has played, is known as the game of choice for fellow YouTuber grandma Shirley Curry.

Naturally, having been at it for so long, Mori has acquired some thoughts on gaming, which she shared with GameSpark. Her biggest piece of advice for other gamers is to start young, as gaming keeps the mind sharp, so much so that she says "if you play video games, you don't get dementia." Best of all, gaming is a hobby one can easily take into old age, unlike things like sports or fashion. "Even as you get older, it's wonderful to keep gaming."

Video games may often be associated with kids, teens, and younger adults, but this just goes to show that there is no age limit on enjoying them. Hamako Mori's hardly the only hardcore gamer in her demographic. There are plenty of seniors who make time for games. Some, like the grandma who put in 3,000+ hours in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, make plenty of time.

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Source: Kotaku