Tuesday 16 September 2008

Survey: 97 percent of American youth play video games

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Katherine Graden doesn't really like shoot-'em-up video games. She prefers games on her Wii system that test her fitness and agility -- the ones her guy friends tease are her "sissy games." "I'm like, `Fine! Go play your violent games. I'll stick with mine,"' the high school freshman from Chicago says, chuckling. It's a common scenario, according to a new national survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that illustrates just how ingrained games have become in youth culture. The survey found that while young Americans don't necessarily play the same thing, nearly all of them -- girls included -- play video games of one kind or another. CNN Article...

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