LinkCrave: Gamer Grandpas Live Forever

A study released in Psychology and Aging reports that elderly test subjects performed better in reasoning and multi-tasking tests after having played real-time strategy games.  These games exercised strengths that are lost in most late-life routines, increasing both quality of life and mental health.  So get in your Lincoln, Grandpa, grab some Mountain Dew and some Sid Meier, you’ll be out of your funk in no time.  Oh, and we’re totally going to destroy your weak, primitive civilization on a head-to-head match.  [technabob]

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