Adult Gamers and Their Ulterior Motives for Gaming

twistedcaboose writes "The Philly Inquirer is running a nice little article about why parents game with their children. Seems that adult gamers are still on the rise." From the article: "In a national survey released in January, 35 percent of 501 parents living with children age 2 to 17 said they played computer or video games, according to the Entertainment Software Association. Of those, 80 percent also played with their children. On average, these fathers and mothers - yes, almost half were women - spent 9.1 hours a month gaming with the children."

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Re:Uninsightful

[syphax]

Huh. I basically grew up playing video games (from the 2600 on up), and now have kids. I have no desire to have them play video games, nor do I play many anymore ('cept killing time in airports and such on my Treo). I view all that time playing games and watching TV as largely a waste.

And don't assume that I am a pyshco parent who doesn't let his kids have any fun. Far from it; if anything my kids are under-programmed. I prefer to spend time when them just, you know, doing things. Reading books. Going outside. Jumping on the bed. Playing with Legos.

When they get older, I'm sure we'll butt heads and maybe end up with a console. But its use will be heavily restricted.

So, my point is (and maybe I'm an outlier), it doesn't follow that we all seek to replicate our childhood.

BTW, what the hell does The only people who wouldn't expect this are people who didn't play games as kids. They also happen to be the social types with lots of misconceptions about what 'normal' is mean?