[GFischer]

My grandparents are also close to 90, and they do feel very lonely, I can see it in them whenever I visit.

My grandfather in particular was an agricultural scientist, he loves plants and outdoors and working with tools, and used to be very energetic.

Now he has to sit on a wheelchair, and grows bored of watching TV and reading (it doesn't help that his eyesight is very bad).

Their current enjoyment are their grandchildren, and we've grown old. I just hope they can get to see their grand-grandchildren (my girlfriend and I expect to have children in 2 to 3 years' time), that might get them some enjoyment again.

[Tichy]

I keep wondering if I should introduce my grandma (90 years old) to World Of Warcraft. A couple of years I gave her her first computer (against the advice of the rest of the family), and she does a lot of stuff with it (for example email, online banking, what I know).

Hm, maybe I'll just give her a WoW account + better graphics card for christmass. Who knows :-)

In theory the internet should be great for lonely people stuck at home. My problem is that apart from Hacker News, I don't really know where to turn on the internet when I feel lonely, either.

Any pointers? Most chat rooms seem really tacky, but I didn't do that much research.

Is there a MMORPG for the iPad yet?