Question of the Day: What Games Do You Play?
The Pew Internet & American Life project released a new study today that said “More than half – 53% – of all American adults play video games of some kind, whether on a computer, on a gaming console, on a cell phone or other handheld device, on a portable gaming device, or online.”
I play video games, and have all my life. Growing up, I played Asteroids on my Commodore 64, mastered Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, and Ice Hockey on a Nintendo NES, spent hours with Sonic the Hedgehog and John Madden Football on my Sega Genesis, and literally burned out multiple Gameboys. Today, I bowl on my Wii, play air hockey on my iPhone, and stay sharp with Brain Age on my Nintendo DS.
My life playing video games is pretty straightforward. I love gaming, but have never devoted the time or energy to it that true gamers do. After all, there are millions of games to play and whole communities and sub-cultures connected to gaming. I have visited them, lurked for a bit, but never joined.
So, the question of the day: What games do you play?
More importantly, have your game habits changed over time — and if so, how? If you don’t play games, why not? And whether you play or not, what do you think of games, and the role they play in our society (for better or worse)?
Let me hear it.
Brian is Managing Director of little m media which provides strategic guidance and support to organizations around the use of the internet and technology to facilitate communications, engagement, education, and mobilization.
