Adults Love Video Games

flabbybuns writes "For those of you who feel you may waste too much time behind a controller fret no longer. According to a recent report on adult gamer statistics, it turns out that the adults are more hardcore about gaming than the kids are. "

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Stress relief

[Migraineman]

God Mode + FPS = Stress Relief

Re:Of course we do.

[kannibal_klown]

I mean, come on. This is a no brainer.

I'm an adult, but my whole childhoold was filled with gaming, through my teenage years. And I still play games.

Sure, if it was 1985 I'd be shocked to hear that more adult gamers were so numerous. But in this period, most young adults grew up playing Atari/Intellivision/Coleco, Nintento, SNES, etc. It's common sense that many of them would continue the habit.

I keep hoping...

[PFI_Optix]

I keep hoping that some day the mainstream groupthink will come to realize that video games are no more immature a pasttime than watching television. The average American has no problem sitting in front of a TV for two hours a night, yet the same people act as if there's something wrong with an adult gaming for the same length of time.

He watches TV, she plays bridge with her friends, they read books, I play games. What's the big deal?

does it inversely relate with impressing women?

[bubba_the_mermaid]

In the tween/early teen years, men spend less time trying to impress women, and more time following "other" pursuits, which video games definitely fall into. From ages 15-25, we spend most of our time trying to impress women, which leaves less time for videogames, sports and other pursuits.

After that, we have long term girlfriends and wives, so pursuing other women will only get us into trouble. Instead, we revert back and pursue "other" interests... videogames, sports etc.

Most adults don't live with their moms

[skam240]

A big reason why adults are more hardcore gammers may be because they don't (typicaly) live with their parents like kids do. They don't have Moms and Dads bugging them to go outside to play and getting them into sports programs. Parents are in charge of the house's TV so if they want video games on it they can make it happen as opposed to kids who have to get their game time in when their parents arent using the tube. Likewise with the family computer.

One might say, in responce, that the wife (or husband) might serve as a limiting factor towards gaming for adults. One thing I have noticed, however, is that married men at least, often have friend networks far smaller than that of most children (which meens they go out to play far less often). While I only have a moderate number of married friends those that I know I see out in social situations far less while I see them playing more games or watching more tv now than they did when they were single. This being housebound seems to happen (albeit less so) to even those married couples who don't have children.

boy that's an odd result /sarcasm

[argStyopa]

Let's see, you have two people in a household that are 'gamers'.

One has a bedtime, one can stay up all night.

One has homework, the other has a boss that can be placated (to a point).

One has (perhaps) an allowance or a part time job, so $50 for a game is a major investment, the other has a REAL job where dropping $3000 for a new computer may be about a similar investment.

Which one would be prone to hardcore gaming addiction?

As far as adults are concerned, the only thing that can stop us are spouses, and, well, this IS slashdot...