Research on Over 50 Games

Greetings fellow AARP gamers! I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Dr. Celia Pearce from Northeastern University's Games for Life initiative, which includes AARP as one of its partners. Our goal is to learn as much as we can about the play patterns, preferences and needs of gamers over 50 and provide tools and design guidelines to make better games for you! As an over-50 gamer myself, I'm excited to be able to apply my experience both a game designer and a researcher to improving your gaming opportunities and experiences.  

I'm also excited to share some of our current research, such as these two articles on the AARP Game Center page by my colleagues Bob De Schutter and Leanne Chukowskie on the benefits of gaming for older adults and some of the stigmas that older adults face when playing videogames. More to come! 

We're launching a new survey designed to find out more about how you play and how you use adaptive tools to improve your gaming experience. I'll be posting the link here! We want to hear from you so let us know what you think!