I hope when I'm 70 that I'll still be able to see, let alone play video games. Barbara St. Hillaire is not your ordinary 70-year old grandmother. She's been a gamer for 25 years--and is quite good at yet. In fact, Electronic Gaming Monthly named her Grandma Gamer of the Year for 2005. She's played everything from Resident Evil 4 (in which she has beaten three times), Animal Crossing: Wild World, World Championship Poker, and God of War.

Recently, she had the chance to try out Guitar Hero during her first trip to MTV Studios. (Yes, grandma is a video correspondent on MTV.com's game show, G-Hole.) She likes playing Guitar Hero, but she wishes the guitar felt more substantial. The grandson, whom writes about her gaming experiences on a blog called Old Grandma Hardcore, says that his grandma's favorite song to play is David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust." Who knew?

According to her grandson, Barbara has a decent size TV in her room with GameCube, XBox, Playstation 2, SNES, and Genesis. (Someone get the woman 360!) So while other grandmothers are baking cookies, watching game shows, and doing crossword puzzles, Barbara is playing video games 12 to 16 hours a day. Wow.

[Found via Chip Chick]