[games_access] silver gaming and accessibility

[Lennart Nacke]

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