---
"title": "Adult Gamers in Action"
"description": "CBS News found adult gamers to illustrate their coverage of our study (and \"White Wedding\" will never be the same for me)."
"date": "2008-12-12"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Susannah Fox"
    "job_title": "Former Researcher"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/susannah-fox/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2008/12/12/adult-gamers-in-action/"
"categories":
  - "Leisure"
  - "Mobile"
"tags":
  - "Gaming"
---

# Adult Gamers in Action

Coverage of our [Adults and Video Games](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/Reports/2008/Adults-and-Video-Games.aspx) report focused on the diversity of the gamer population — women, men, young, old, parents with kids at home, and even how games are being used to develop real-life skills.

CBS News showed video of an [office rock band](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4656434n%3fsource=search_video) as well as a couple who have “date night” in their living room, virtually racing cars.

The Christian Science Monitor found [examples of gaming](http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/09/video-games-grow-up/) in the military, sports, politics, and religious movements. Amazingly, “soccer goalie Marco Amelia revealed last week that he used his experience playing against Ronaldinho in a video game to block a penalty kick from the star in the first half of a real game Sunday between Palermo and AC Milan. ‘It was like playing against Ronaldinho on the PlayStation,’ he excitedly claimed. ‘He did the exact same run-up, it was very strange.'”

And Ars Technica focused on parents: [You have kids? You game. You grow up? You take it offline](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081208-everybody-gaming-now-parents-more-often-than-nonparents.html)