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bohemea: Helena Bonham Carter in Enid

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Helena Bonham Carter in Enid

d0cpr0fess0r: sylphorix: Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Hilda Knott would like to have a word with you. And perhaps a game. The 85-year-old British gamer has been mashing buttons for 40 years — roughly the life of the video game industry – and is showing no signs of slowing down. We’re not talking about just a bunch of boring PC card games, either. In a video interview with the BBC, Knott, who turns 86 next month, shows off her formidable gaming setup, including a sweet 65-inch HDTV and a brand new Playstation 3 Superslim. She discusses her love of Grand Theft Auto IV, which she had a “hilarious” time playing with her 94-year-old-aunt. Knott acknowledges that her deep love of gaming has helped her stay mentally fit, because “a lot of them have puzzles, working out how to do something.” She isn’t joking, either, as the video shows her playing the niche tactical role-playing game, Disgaea 4. That’s hardcore. This lady is a gamer, through and through. And while many of her fellow octogenarians credit games like Wii Sports for keeping them physically active, Knott’s favorite part about playing video games will sound more familiar to the Halo crowd. “Finding something new in the game,” she says. “Getting on to the next stage, or the next event. And the achievement of finishing it.” With 40 years of gaming under her belt, we imagine she’s finished quite a few. Hats off to you, Hilda! Imagine playing Halo online and hearing an old woman’s voice from your headset. And then imagine finding out that the old woman has twice as many kills as you. Exactly how fast do you send that friend request?

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sylphorix:

Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Hilda Knott would like to have a word with you. And perhaps a game.

The 85-year-old British gamer has been mashing buttons for 40 years — roughly the life of the video game industry – and is showing no signs of slowing down.

We’re not talking about just a bunch of boring PC card games, either. In a video interview with the BBC, Knott, who turns 86 next month, shows off her formidable gaming setup, including a sweet 65-inch HDTV and a brand new Playstation 3 Superslim. She discusses her love of Grand Theft Auto IV, which she had a “hilarious” time playing with her 94-year-old-aunt.

Knott acknowledges that her deep love of gaming has helped her stay mentally fit, because “a lot of them have puzzles, working out how to do something.”

She isn’t joking, either, as the video shows her playing the niche tactical role-playing game, Disgaea 4. That’s hardcore. This lady is a gamer, through and through.

And while many of her fellow octogenarians credit games like Wii Sports for keeping them physically active, Knott’s favorite part about playing video games will sound more familiar to the Halo crowd.

“Finding something new in the game,” she says. “Getting on to the next stage, or the next event. And the achievement of finishing it.”

With 40 years of gaming under her belt, we imagine she’s finished quite a few. Hats off to you, Hilda!

Imagine playing Halo online and hearing an old woman’s voice from your headset. And then imagine finding out that the old woman has twice as many kills as you.

Exactly how fast do you send that friend request?

(Source: , via gnarly-quinn)

seawaters: Leonora Carrington Born on 1917 in Lancashire, northern England to an aristocratic family, presented to King as a debutant, objected to the traditional life style of the English upper class, against her parents’ wishes, she began to study art. Moved to Paris and got involved with Surrealism and the artists with that movement such as Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Salvador Dali & more. When the Germans invaded France, she fled to Spain, later to Mexico City. Becamse friends with Remedios Varo, Leonor Fini, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and more. Married, had two sons, painted, wrote several books. Leonora Carrington passed away on May 25, 2011, in Mexico City at the age of 94.

seawaters:

Leonora Carrington

Born on 1917 in Lancashire, northern England to an aristocratic family, presented to King as a debutant, objected to the traditional life style of the English upper class, against her parents’ wishes, she began to study art. Moved to Paris and got involved with Surrealism and the artists with that movement such as Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Salvador Dali & more. When the Germans invaded France, she fled to Spain, later to Mexico City. Becamse friends with Remedios Varo, Leonor Fini, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and more. Married, had two sons, painted, wrote several books. Leonora Carrington passed away on May 25, 2011, in Mexico City at the age of 94.

(via setbabiesonfire)