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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."
My son, 12, and I often play PS2, or multiplayer PC games together. Crash Team Racing, or Gauntlet on the PS2, and assorted games like Age of Sail II, etc, on the PC. We have fun, and that's what counts.
He loves them both and so do I.
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Meh.
When you realize that T1 is only 1.5 mbps... and that most home connections already exceed that easily. :P
is playing video games instead of the usual 'Family fun' with the wife and kids. i.e. "Sure Honey, lets spend the evening together as a family... Power Leveling in WoW!". Plus it's a great way to talk the missus into letting you drop 8 grand on high end computers for the entire house or 4 grand on a home theatre + game console.
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Um...no.
Learn statistics before you make statistical claims.
Seriously, as much as I hated stat this year in college, it was a damn useful class, and everyone should have to take it in high school. Until you actually know a bit about how this stuff works, it's surprising how misinformed you can be. All sorts of stuff is masqueraded as "statistics" in the media, when a lot of it's just plain BS. People have so many misconceptions about stat it's not even funny.
And yes, it's still true that there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
*grins* My Dad and I would play Quake with everyone after work at the computer place. Awesome times. We're still hunting for a good game to play long-distance, but his connection's not so hot. Well, that and my brother always skins him alive when we play Warcraft, so that's out. =)
When we're all at home, we play Soulcalibur. The version depends on whose house we're at, but it's something almost all of us can get into. I play, my guy plays, my brother plays, my sister and her guy play, and Dad plays. Mom... plays solitaire on her laptop, but she does it in the room while we're playing, so she's still pretty sociable.
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He could be like me (I'm 37 now) and had a previous life in another career. I was in the Army for awhile as an electronics tech, then picked up a degree in my 30's using the GI Bill. At first it was tough being the outcast until they figured out that some old guys like me are decent with test equipment and are crackerjack soldering artists in the EE lab.
Back to the point: I've been gaming since the 2600 and will stop about two minutes after they certify me dead. I just can't wait for Quake X in 2023 with the coveted "Molasses Mod" for senior citizens.