![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, she'd continue playing until becoming well-known last year, when news outlets such as 7 News Boston picked up her story.Īccording to her page on the Guinness Book of World Records, Mori's reason for picking up gaming was quite simple. She first picked up a video game 40 years ago, in the early 80s, when she saw children playing them and got curious. Mori actually didn't start "late," if you could believe it. Mori usually plays alone at home, but launched a YouTube channel in 2014 to connect with other gamers.Hamako Mori's Journey To Becoming "Gamer Grandma" "You can do whatever you want to" in a game, she said, describing them as a "motivation in life". Her favourite games include action-adventure series Grand Theft Auto and popular fantasy role-playing game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Keisuke Nagao" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES - To go with interview by Shingo ITO / AFP / Courtesy of Keisuke Nagao / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Keisuke Nagao" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES - To go with interview by Shingo ITO ![]() The pensioner known as "Gamer Grandma" spends three or more hours a day battling monsters and going on missions in the virtual worlds of her favourite games, and even has a popular YouTube channel for her fans. This handout photo taken on and received on May 31 courtesy of Keisuke Nagao shows 90-Year-old Hamako Mori, dubbed Japan's "Gamer Grandma", posing with her video game controller in Matsudo, Chiba prefecture. She has played most of the gaming world's smash hits, including Super Mario Brothers, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Call of Duty, and admits to sometimes staying up until 2am when she is sucked into a session. "I discovered that there was this fascinating thing that existed in the world," she said. Her first console was a Cassette Vision, which she bought in 1981 after being intrigued by her children's obsession with gaming. Mori isn't new to the gaming world, and has played some 200 titles since she took up the hobby some four decades ago. Ordinary old people are not so enthusiastic about video games as she is." 300,000 YouTube fans "She always gets into the games," her only grandchild, Keisuke Nagao, 43, told AFP. Mori, who lives in Chiba, southeast of Tokyo with her family, holds a Guinness World Record certifying her as the world's oldest gaming YouTuber. She begins the videos she posts on her YouTube channel with a friendly "Konnichiwa" – a common Japanese greeting – and a bow.īut her grandmotherly demeanour disappears when she plays, transformed into a gun-toting character in Call of Duty or a sword-wielding android in NieR: Automata. Mori cuts an elegant, mild-mannered figure, with her hair pulled back into a ponytail and a pair of large glasses perched on her nose. "Every day is an enjoyable day," she said, describing eviscerating on-screen foes as a fantastic stress reliever. "I'm passionate about playing games every day," the white-haired widow told AFP in an interview conducted by videochat. ![]()
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