Ohio police entered the home of a 91-year-old woman who’d failed to answer multiple check-in calls, only to find her engrossed in a video game and trying to beat her previous high score. If this nonagenarian were to write a book about the joy of late-in-life gaming, what should it be titled?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: “The Old Woman and the Wii”
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Raven Deerwater, Mendocino, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: “Going for Bonus Lives”
Lucinda Cross, Houston
THIRD PLACE: “Immortal Kombat”
Joel Nelson, Goleta, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Gran Theft Auto”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
“Shawl of Duty”
John Parry, Eldersburg, Md.
“Aunt Candy, Crushing It”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
“Duty Doesn't Stop Calling”
Len Rosen, Wilmington, Del.
“Late In the Game”
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.
“Tell Them Nana Will Visit in a Fortnite”
John Bregoli, Weymouth, Mass.
“I’m as Young as My Avatar”
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass,
“Eat, Play, Score!”
Gary Greene, Greenfield, Mass.
“Keeping Your Mind Crafted”
Marcia Murphy, Burlington, Mass.
“Superannuated Mario”
Jim Riedy, Estero, Fla.
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