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."

Comments

Uninsightful

[Austerity Empowers]

People who enjoyed games as kids play as adults with their kids. Shock, dismay.

People who enjoyed playing football as kids, watch football as adults and live vicariously through their kids playing football.

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.

There's nothing to see here, move along.

Re:Uninsightful

[iocat]

To you or me, it's obvious, but let's give credit when credit is due: after all the pointless, stupid, incorrect, negative articles about games, it's excellent to see some (well deserved) good press.

Re:duh!

[Bootvis]

Skilled fps-gamers tend to be smart also. There is actually thinking involved in games like CS and Quake. With good reflexes you can rack up some kills on a public without thinking, but as your opponents improve thinking ahead and predicting them gets more important.
 
  Teamgames also require some good communication-skills

Re:Nothing To See Here

[nwbvt]

I think the headline here is that parents are spending time with their kids, which is something that apparently now is so rare that it has become newsworthy.