Baby Boomers game for video games

November 12, 8:04 AMBaby Boomer ExaminerPaul Briand

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The Baby Boomers played Pong, PacMan and Missile Command back in the infancy of video games.

And you might think that they left those games behind along with the keg parties, tie dye shirts and bell bottoms. Think again, especially as the gift giving season rolls toward us.

PC World reported that a quarter of United States gamers are over 50. Game architects and the game industry see a large market among the millions of Baby Boomers for the simple reason they have the disposable income.

A gaming blogger on PopMatters.com noted, "Unlike their children, this demographic generally has a decent amount of disposable income, lots of free time, and are up for spending those things on a hobby."

The question is: What game to buy?

Here's not-in-order and not-at-all inclusive list of video games for Baby Boomers, judging from the writing and postings I've seen about Baby Boomers and video games:

• Brain Age
• Civilization IV
• Grand Theft Auto
• Guitar Hero
• Sing Star
• Rock Band
• The Sims
• Wii Sports
• Sudoku
• Crosswords
  
   

And, of course, there are the more traditional but updated board games -- Monopoly, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Uno.

For those Baby Boomers who want to play a game about themselves, there's The Baby Boomer Retirement Game, examined here a few weeks ago.