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Lord_of_the_Dense
May 26th, 2005, 12:16 AM
FAIRFIELD, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2005--She used to play poker and bridge with her 80-year-old girlfriends almost every night. Sometimes until four o'clock in the morning. And, her passion was shooting "craps" while on casino junkets.

That is, until Billy Mitchell delivered a Q*bert arcade video game to her house.

Now, Doris Self, of Fort Lauderdale, eats, drinks and sleeps Q*Bert, the classic video game from the early 1980s, practicing day and night. And, if she breaks the Q*bert record, she'll be history's oldest video game world champion.

Read entire story here (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050525/255747.html?.v=1).

Jim Morrison
May 26th, 2005, 02:17 AM
Hell i hope i can still play video games till im 80. Nice Story Lord.

Lord_of_the_Dense
May 26th, 2005, 09:33 AM
Me also. I cannot imagine throwing away the thrill of video games at any age. Only when my hands and eyes deteriate will it then be ok. I may have to go and freeze myself so I can play the PS15.