The Guinness World Records 2011 Gamers' version was released this week (January 20th) and the records contained within confirm that games are not just popular with adolescents, though this demographic does hold their fair share of records too!
Amongst the record holders is 85 year old pensioner John Bates hailing from Onalaska, Wisconsin. Before '09, he had never even touched a video game and then one day he got himself a Nintendo Wii. Of his collection Wii games, the O.A.P got obsessed with one in particular; the bowling mode on Wii Sports. Bates now holds the record for achieving the most perfect games, a staggering 2,850 in total. He compared the feat to playing any sport citing the secret as "staying focused, yet remaining relaxed."
Nine year old Ryota Wade of Tokyo is "so happy to get the record" for being the youngest person to secure a perfect triple A (AAA) score on every single level of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). Looks like she's got her Playstation move down to a T!
Meanwhile, rocker Annie Leung of San Francisco, California is the record holder for highest GH3 score to be achieved by a girl, with a score of a whopping 789,349 points.
I would suggest that video gaming is touching an increasing number of people because of the rising number of casual games and consoles available on the market, particularly the "family friendly" motion gaming provided by the likes of not only Nintendo's Wii console but peripherals Playstation's Move and Xbox 360's Kinect as well.
It's difficult to imagine that John Bates the OAP would have still been able to achieve a gaming world record if it were on games like Left 4 Dead or Call of Duty: Black Ops!
The records book also includes a mention of 25 year old Mitsugu Kikai from Tokyo, who owns the largest collection of Super Mario BROS memorabilia 5,400 items in total!
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