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Average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed

Posted by Soulskill on from the fun-also-causes-cancer dept.

kamapuaa writes "According to a study published in the upcoming October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the average US video game player is 35 years old, overweight, and tends toward depression. Specifically, female video game players tended towards depression, while males tended towards large BMIs. While the study itself points to several conclusions, one researcher noted: '... habitual use of video games as a coping response may provide a genesis for obsessive-compulsive video-game playing, if not video-game addiction.'" On the flip side, the Washington Post is running a story about the mental health benefits of playing video games.

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  1. Hmm... by XPeter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me, or does anyone else think the mods intentionally replaced "Slashdotter" with "Gamer" in the title?

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  2. I'll take "Bums" for $1000. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Alex Trebek: This average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed
    Contestant: What is slashdot?
    Alex Trebek: Can you be more specific?
    Contestant: Who is Cowboy Neal?
    Alex Trebek: Congratulations to our new Jeopardy champion!

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  3. Woohoo by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm under average!

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    1. Re:Woohoo by Antho · · Score: 5, Funny

      34, fat and bummed?

  4. Chicken, Egg by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

    Specifically, female video game players tended towards depression, while males tended towards large BMIs.

    Are the women depressed because their dating pool is made up of fat guys?

    Or do we eat because our women are so depressing and food is our only solace?

    1. Re:Chicken, Egg by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or do we eat because our women are so depressing and food is our only solace?

      "At night, a bachelor opens the refrigerator, looks at what's inside, shakes his head, and then goes to bed."

      "At night, a married man goes to the bedroom, looks at what's in the bed, shakes his head, and then goes to the refrigerator."

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  5. Re:Dumbass Researchers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm 38 dammit, and who the hell told you you could use my silhouette for the picture?