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holophrastic writes "So my grandparents are now touching a computer for their very first time! (she's 75, he's 85) They've got a nice and creamy-smooth Vista machine to play with. I want to buy them some games, and I'm looking for some suggestions. Ultimately, duplicate bridge online (acbl.org's Bridge Base Online) is keeping them many hours per day. I've got them learning to type with The Typing of the Dead, and they love it, funny as that is. Any other ideas? I'm thinking that it has to be something with a flat interface that they can easily use, since they've never seen anything before — so that rules out FPS, Sierra quest games, and galactic conquest. Most arcade games are going to be too frustrating for them when they forget which sprite is them, and which sprites are the baddies. I'm thinking the incredible machine, myst, and tetris. But I haven't the foggiest as to where to find Vista versions. Any other ideas? (oh yeah, on-board video/audio/nic, core 2 duo, 1.8GHz, 2Gb, vista ultimate, 24" wide)"
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  • I'll recommend you games such as Lemmings or SimCity which will make them "exercise" their brain. I remember not so long ago I went to visit a friend in Spain who was renting an appartment to an old grandma (about 70 years old) and what a nice surprise it was when we went there to visit her to pay the rent and she was actually playing a Nintendo DS, and she told us that her grandson bought it for her with the Brain training academy game.

    The interesting thing is that she thought the DS was *only* to play tha

I feel like I'm in a Toilet Bowl with a thumbtack in my forehead!!

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