Chile Granny Finds Solace, Celebrity in Online Gaming

María Elena Arévalo, 81, plays Free Fire, a popular online video game, at home at her home in Llay-Llay, Valparaiso Region, Chile, on Dec. 19, 2023.

Few players of the online video game Free Fire would know that one of their most ferocious opponents -- a lithe, gun-wielding warrior in a short kimono and fang mask -- is in reality an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile.