---
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://www.pewresearch.org/staff/susannah-fox/"
url: "https://www.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://www.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)