Hamako Mori was born in 1930 and recently became 89; Her main hobby outside of gaming were swimming, ranking even second at the Japanese Nationals back then, and she's kept that sport going until she reached the age of 80. She's been uploading videos to YouTube since 2014, under the name of "Gamer Grandma".
She's been gaming since 1981, when the カセットビジョン (Cassette Vision) released, the at-the-time most successful console in Japan, before Nintendo hit the market with the Famicom, which she also had - she's been playing for 38 years; longer than most video game players have even been alive! She loved games such the "The Legend of Zelda" and "Dragon Quest", and also played a lot on the PC-Engine - known in the USA as the TurboGrafix-16 - games such as "Jaseiken Necromancer" and "J.J and Jeff" from Hudson Soft.
She's also got fond memories of gaming in the 90s, "Resident Evil" especially struck out to her with the sense of fear in conveyed and its graphics and storytelling. She also enjoyed "Final Fantasy" and "Ocarina of Time" a lot. (She doesn't say which FF, so I'm not sure whether it's in reference of the series or a specific game that released at the time.)
Recently, she was very fond "The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim", which she was as enamoured by as she was with the original "Resident Evil."
After being asked about why she's enjoying games popular with gamers such as "Days Gone", she says that it feels like experiencting a movie, and that it's graphics are amazing. It felt like she's actually there and that she's happy she got to live to play it.
She's currently looking forward to "The Elder Scrolls VI", and hopes to see a new "Grand Theft Auto" released soon.
Currently, she's got 37'000 subscribes. You can watch her at her YouTube channel, GamerGrandma. She's currently playing GTA5, Days Gone and just started up Borderlands 3.
Source: GameSpark, ANN
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