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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. "
I'm so sick and tired of TV and the media in general making out that games are just for kids. With the level of technology games currently have and the sheer joyful fun you can have with them, and the fact that this survey proves a lot of adults know this already it's about time the world at large accepted it.
Ya it is quite disturbing when you have this nice image of this girl char who is very nice in game then you get in on a vent channel and they sound like a 70 yr old smoker, who you then later find out its a 60 year old... damn retirement.
Whilst many people may use the "Adults have to work, kids don't" may I remind people that: . Adults have more disposable income than children, moreso if they're single. . Generally, Adults have stopped learning (unless you go to university), and thus, they have more time to game and less to study (as high school is a frantic time) . Adults have all resources available to buy these controversial games (GTA:SA uncensored, all new violent games) whilst children have to pirate or illegally obtain these new games to play them. I would have thought it was pretty obvious.
From TFA ...about one-third of adult gamers spend ten hours or more playing video games per week. Compared to only eleven percent of teens, some have to wonder where we find the time.
I find it hard to believe there are more adults playing long hours of video games than teens. Compare that to a recent poll by Gamefaqs about their users age.
Admittedly, that is only a poll showing the age of the people using that site, but it seems to be a fairly accurate representation of the age demographics of video game players.
Heck yeah. I play through my favorite levels in Jedi Academy with all the cheats enabled just to blow off steam.
Psychologically, (a geek who overanalyzes stuff?!) I think this helps me compensate for the lack of control I have in my life. The demands of work, home, marriage, etc. are all wiped away with a half an hour of tossing stormtroopers into the lava.
I'm part of a clan (www.ofclan.net) that is made up of only people over 30, we have members approaching 60. We play Enemy Territory, many play for several hours daily (the retired members can put in lots of time) and our main server is full every night of the week.
On April 1 we celebrate our first anniversary as a clan, our clan is non-skills based and is purely for the social aspect of the game. It is the social aspect that keeps the members coming back.
It is quite surprising how many older players there are, our server attracts them more since we announce we're the "Old Farts" in the server name, we have many of the players on TeamSpeak when they're playing and it is a great time.
One of the nice things about our servers is we don't allow swearing in the game chat (you can however swear your heart out on our TS server). We do this because many of the members have kids who play with us on the servers or have kids who watch them play.
We also have attempted to make the servers player friendly for newbs and those of all skill levels by limiting abilities.
I'm going to have to disagree with that statement.
While I do love Chess (And everyone and their brother should learn to play Go.) I really don't see the intrinsic intellectual value of Sudoku. Sudoku is quite similar to the children's game with the various shaped pegs that you have to fit into the corresponding holes on a board. It can be challenging, but ultimately it comes down to a process of elimination and time will solve just about any problem as long as you keep track of what you've tried.
I'll grant that your average FPS, MMORPG, and Platform game do almost nothing to improve your intellect and really they only improve response times. There is something to be said for a good quality RTS, Turn based strategy game, or the all but dead adventure game which forces you to think critically. And to a lesser extent even the classic "falling object puzzle" games. Certainly far more than watching movies and television.
Like any and all hobbies, moderation is the key.
This important study just released.
The real life of an average citizen is boring. News at Eleven.
If life were more engaging, if television wasn't full of garbage spewed out by unimaginative conglomerates these statistics would say something else.
But for now it just says games are better than nothing.
You are checking your backups, aren't you?