And I’m surprisingly unprepared. Any ideas? He’s 94 and the limits of his tech ability are calling and receiving calls. They have an Apple desktop.
And I’m surprisingly unprepared. Any ideas? He’s 94 and the limits of his tech ability are calling and receiving calls. They have an Apple desktop.
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There was an episode of Grandma and Grandpa Turn Young Again that did this. The granddaughter showed them a coop zombie game, and after a little while they become experts and 100% it in a couple of days.
Probably easing him into using the computer with like solitaire or bejeweled or games like that I would imagine is a good spot.
Let him hop into ranked Apex Legends lobbies and watch him obliterate the sweats
Get him into rust! Grandpa time to homestead and lead a clan of chronically online 14 year olds who use the words that remind you of when you were a kid.
95? Has got to have some hand mobility issues by that point. I would recommend Bloons TD6. Slower paced, low input, some online but nonessential.
Hop on Valorant
How does gramps feel about OSRS? I got another account that needs maxing.
Get this man a Wii with Wii Sports!
Might as well just jump into the fire as they say and start with Dark Souls
Chess if he plays
You should probably get him a Wii. It was designed for ease of use. It only requires point-and-click skills, which he likely has from using a TV remote. Get him Wii Sports and a driving wheel.
Get him into map games. Nothing drains more time than map games.
When my generation are grandpa’s we’ll be all good to go
I legitimately think video games can be great for elderly people. It doesn’t have to be the violent ones. Get grandma going on a Stardew Valley farm
Get him Stardew
Balatro seems like a good game it’s really fine and not too hard to understand and the analog of cards are great if he knows poker already
Whatever you do, don’t give him a 3d game to play. It would be insanely hard for a first time player. Here’s a video that should hopefully help: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8jFreGK27DA
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. I’m sure he grew up thinking pirates are cool. Let him be one.
He will love rocket league
If he’s of full cognitive abilities, Age of Empires 2 would be my choice for a great game.
Teach him fortnight. He’s gonna mop the floor with those kids.
Elder scrolls daggerfall
World of Tanks! Free to play, easy to pick up, long to master.
RDR2 is perfect for his generation.
Civ 5 will hit all the marks. It’s inexpensive, runs on a potato computer, is ingeniously fun and addictive and he’ll sink a few thousand hours into it before getting Civ 7. Skip Civ 6, it’s not worth the cash, even on sale.
Getting an Xbox controller and set him up to play firewatch or other narrative adventure games that don’t really need any skill and have a good story
Portal?
Puzzle and story.
VR Horror game?
Peggle is the best answer
“My grandpa plays Dark Souls for the first time”
– OP’s youtube video title
Eat, sleep, game, repeat.
Go visit gramps.
Gramps needs to Helldive. (ftr eating, sleeping, and reading are awesome and I’d do that all day if I made it that far)
“Wait, I’m shooting at nazis? That’s not how I remember it.”
– Grandpa… probably.
Or Mr Burns. 🤷🏻♂️
What about something like Fall Guys? Just a bunch of different little mini games that are all based around platforming
Thrill of the fight on Oculus 2
My grandpa loved flight simulators.