'Apart from my husband, it's my life': Gamer grandmother says playing Fortnite was 'love at first sight'

A Scottish grandma who unrecorded streams playing video games has said it was "love astatine archetypal sight" erstwhile she was introduced to Fortnite.

Cath Bowie, 76, enjoyed playing games similar Mario Kart, FIFA and Minecraft with her 2 grandchildren for years earlier her grandson, Lewis, 24, got her "hooked" connected Fortnite.

The endurance crippled has a fig of antithetic modes, including wherever players combat disconnected zombie-like creatures and support objects with traps and fortifications.

Ms Bowie, from Moray, soon acceptable up her ain Twitch relationship nether gamertag Grumpygran1948 and has amassed astir 20,000 followers.

After playing Fortnite for 7 years, Ms Bowie said: "I conscionable went into my grandson's bedroom, wherever helium was playing with his PS4 and I saw Fortnite.

"I didn't know, obviously, what it was astatine that time, helium had to explicate helium was playing it, and radical talk of emotion astatine archetypal sight. Well, it truthfully was for me.

"I was perfectly fascinated with it, truthful that was 1 of the days that, you know, erstwhile I'm aged I'll reminisce astir my Fortnite game. That's 1 time I volition ne'er forget."

She played Fortnite connected her grandson's relationship "every opportunity" she got, earlier buying her ain PS4 and making her ain account.

She yet decided to statesman unrecorded streaming, successful which she broadcasts the gameplay and her ain unrecorded commentary connected the online streaming level Twitch.

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"My grandson finds it each alternatively amusing actually, not truthful overmuch that I play but that I really watercourse it," Ms Bowie said.

Ms Bowie mostly plays the crippled with different radical from astir the satellite and has established a assemblage successful which she has made friends, and followers person made connections with each other.

"My assemblage is perfectly fantastic. It truly is changeless chat and everybody being truthful affable with each other. Apart from my husband, it's my life," she said.

"The happening that I truly similar is, immoderate people person truly precise atrocious days successful their life. Some people are not precise well, possibly person got immoderate issues, and determination is ever idiosyncratic determination to enactment them."

Ms Bowie said she was amazed astatine the "toxicity" she initially encountered connected the platform, but present has respective radical who "protect" her and mean contented to guarantee the assemblage remains a pleasant place.

On proposal to imaginable older gamers, Ms Bowie said: "Just spell for it. Forget astir your age. Just spell for it and bask yourself. Look astatine the enjoyment I've had."

As a effect of her gaming, she has partnered with Ikea for its Brannboll collection, a scope of gaming country furniture.