Adult Gamers and Their Ulterior Motives for Gaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday March 5, 2006 @05:34AM from the passing-the-joystick dept.

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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Ten bucks says... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-05 06:13 · Score: -1, Troll

... that most of that 501 have no job. The only adult video game players I know are absolute nothings whose only skills are playing video games and reproducing.
Re:Uninsightful by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-05 07:03 · Score: -1, Troll

Wow. Talking about bringing your own baggage to a discussion. Maybe you should try re-reading what he wrote and try responding to that, instead of this rant you've had packed away ready to use.
Just don't pass it off as "quality" time... by sigzero · 2006-03-05 07:31 · Score: -1, Troll

Because it isn't...not even close.