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From CNN.com/technology
Published: Septemeber 16th, 2008
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.
And they don't just play by themselves. Nearly two-thirds play video games to socialize face-to-face with friends and family, while just over a quarter said they play with Internet friends. "It shows that gamers are social people," says Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher at Pew who led the report on the survey. "They communicate just as much. They spend time face-to-face, just as much as other kids. They e-mail and text." Read the full story by clicking <here>
