40% of Adults Play Games

Gamasutra reports on an AP Poll stating that some 40% of American adults play games. From the article: "The poll also yielded plenty of other results worth ruminating on - 45 percent of gamers play over the Internet, and those who do are notably more 'hardcore' than those who do not. Forty-two percent of online gamers spent four hours or more per week playing games, but only 26% of offline gamers did similarly. The AP/AOL survey also revealed that, of those who play online games, almost one in five said they had formed real-life friendships or relationships with those they play with online, showing the use of gaming as a social activity, even when playing remotely against others."

Comments

AP?

[mgabrys_sf]

The Associated Press? The same lunkheads that were pushing Mac FUD less than a week ago about Mac Viruses? The tech group at that pile of generic newpaper filler has to be worse than the Register UK.

Mmmmmmmeh!

Here's some more headlines from the AP, Macs have windows - just like Windows! Atari - they're back - and they're in France!! Microsoft announces Longhorn! Sony PS2 winning customers - can the PS3 be far behind? E3 - what's THAT all about?

What do the other 60% play if not games?

[From A Far Away Land]

It leaves the question, what are the other 60% doing with their time?
Possible options:
reproducing
drinking
watching TV
reading
sleeping
dancing
commuting
feeding children
working
recouperating
making lists.

Re: ALL women play games

[Bruzer]

Women specialize in the mind games.

How many of us have been trapped by the question:

"Do I look fat in this dress?" or "Do these jeans make my butt look big?"

Logic dictates you answer a question honestly, she is asking for your opinion. But experience teaches us not to answer honestly.

The women are training us to lie to them.