Shirley Curry, the 80-year-old popularly known as the "Gamer Grandma," has launched a new series for the recently released Skyrim: Special Edition just as she has uploaded her 300th video on YouTube.
Curry regularly uploads Let's Play videos of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and with the launch of Skyrim: Special Edition, it was expected that she would soon upload videos of her playing the remastered and overhauled version of the popular original title.
YouTube Silver Play Button
Curry's YouTube channel features more than 170,000 subscribers, earning the 80-year-old gamer the Silver Play button from the video-sharing website, which gives out the button for channels with more than 100,000 subscribers.
The videos of Curry, who is based in Virginia, have gained a following because of how she makes them. Her videos are almost meditative in quality, as her soothing voice and her reference to listeners as her grandkids quickly calm down viewers. Her videos have been compared to the painting tutorials of the legendary Bob Ross, only with the paint and brushes replaced with all things Skyrim.
The first Let's Play video that Curry published was back in Sept. 18 of last year, and since then, she has uploaded a video almost daily.
Gamer Grandma And Video Games
Probably the most important takeaway, however, of the popularity of "Gamer Grandma" is that it shows how players of all ages can enjoy not just Skyrim: Special Edition, but video games in general. Curry sets an example for players to not worry about whether they are getting too old for their video games - if an 80-year-old can still enjoy Skyrim: Special Edition, then so can everyone else with their favorite games, whatever their age may be.
Skyrim: Special Edition was released in late October to repackage the classic, taking advantage of the power of current-generation video game consoles. The minimum and recommended specs to play the game on the PC are significantly higher compared to the original game that was released in 2011, reflecting the jump from previous-generation consoles to Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One.
One of the major changes that come with Skyrim: Special Edition is the support of mods on consoles, as the original title only supported mods for the PC version. Xbox One players were earlier reported to be getting the better end of the deal though, as early on, there were 65 mods available to the console compared to the 10 mods compatible with the PlayStation 4.
A look at the available mods for the consoles at the time of writing shows that the gap has decreased from the previous six times more, with Xbox One mods now totaling 207 and PlayStation 4 mods numbering 76.
