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Children who game together--whether in family basements or after-school clubs--are more likely to volunteer, raise money for a charity or participate politically than those who play alone, according to a report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in Washington.

Overall, "there was no evidence that playing games isolates or distracts youth from civic and political life," said Joseph Kahne, a co-author of the report and education professor at Mills College in California.