I actually know a number of gamers who could legitimately claim a pension. Some of them are in my own family! So I do feel it’s a little bit reductive to make fun of old people reacting to video games when some of them could potentially play the games they’re discussing. That being said this video, which records a select group of pensioners watching the latest Grand Theft Auto V trailer really bucked my expectations.
It’s actually amazing. Some react the way you’d expect — talking about the violence, the lack of role models — but some seem to really be enjoying what they see, and others seem interested in actually trying it out.
The ‘Elders react’ series is brilliant in the way that it refuses to put old people in the convenient little box we tend to squeeze them into. This is a great example of that. Must watch stuff.
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