Old Grandma Hardcore
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Barbara St. Hilaire, better known by her nickname
Old Grandma Hardcore is an American
citizen from Mantua, Ohio
. She has become best known for her interest in video games and her excessive preoccupation with them even at her "high" age of 71. She has admitted to playing about 10 hours-a-day.
She has a frequently viewed blog
named "Old Grandma Hardcore" where she gives tips and hints to certain games, among other things. Her 24-year-old grandson, Timothy helps her with her website.
In December 2005, she was hired by MTV as their "senior" video game correspondent and host for the show The G-Hole. On 2006-09-09 Old Granny Hardcore won the Nintendo World
Store's "Coolest Grandparent of the year" Brain Age contest.
In August 2006 she was featured on Attack of the Show covering "Women and Gaming".
She is known for her constant use of swearing while playing games. She is also known for having a very large collection of Xbox live arcade games.
Nickname
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Old Grandma Hardcore is an American
United States
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citizen from Mantua, Ohio
Mantua, Ohio
Mantua is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Mantua Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 1,046 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
. She has become best known for her interest in video games and her excessive preoccupation with them even at her "high" age of 71. She has admitted to playing about 10 hours-a-day.
She has a frequently viewed blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
named "Old Grandma Hardcore" where she gives tips and hints to certain games, among other things. Her 24-year-old grandson, Timothy helps her with her website.
In December 2005, she was hired by MTV as their "senior" video game correspondent and host for the show The G-Hole. On 2006-09-09 Old Granny Hardcore won the Nintendo World
Nintendo World
Nintendo World is a Brazilian video game magazine which covers games for the Nintendo Wii and DS. It was created in 1999 by the Conrad Editora. Initially it covered games for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color consoles, which were very popular in the country at the time...
Store's "Coolest Grandparent of the year" Brain Age contest.
In August 2006 she was featured on Attack of the Show covering "Women and Gaming".
She is known for her constant use of swearing while playing games. She is also known for having a very large collection of Xbox live arcade games.