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35% Of Parents Game

Posted by Zonk on from the gamer-parents-are-the-best-parents dept.

Next Generation is reporting on an ESA study indicating that something like 35% of parents play games. Most of them play with their kids, and a large percentage say that gaming together knits their family closer together. From the article: "'The data provides further evidence dispelling the myth that game playing is dominated by teens and single twenty-somethings,' said Doug Lowenstein, ESA president. 'It tells us that parents see games both as an enjoyable activity on their own, and one that allows them to engage with their children as well.'"

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  1. Fragged Dad by no_pets · · Score: 1, Funny

    Son: "Ha ha! I just fragged you!"

    Dad: "You're grounded."

    Family bonding.

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    "A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." - Shepard Book Quoting Malcolm Reynolds
  2. In related news... by HugePedlar · · Score: 2, Funny

    People Grow Older with Time.

    A recent study has found that the teenagers of the 80s and 90s have nearly all grown into adults. Many of these adults have sired children and play with them in the manner they used to play themselves.

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    Argh.
    1. Re:In related news... by bedroll · · Score: 2, Funny
      Many of these adults have sired children and play with them in the manner they used to play themselves.

      You may want to consider rephrasing that.

  3. Totally by aphoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm totally waiting for the little one to get old enough to play games with. Then I'm all up ons the babysitting situation.

    "Hon, you want to go out? I'll stay in with the kids. No, we won't just order pizza and play video games."

    I mean, who better to play with than your kids? For a while, you can totally school them, and then when they start winning, you can send them to bed.