Average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed 439
kamapuaa writes "According to a study published in the upcoming October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the average US video game player is 35 years old, overweight, and tends toward depression. Specifically, female video game players tended towards depression, while males tended towards large BMIs. While the study itself points to several conclusions, one researcher noted: '... habitual use of video games as a coping response may provide a genesis for obsessive-compulsive video-game playing, if not video-game addiction.'"
On the flip side, the Washington Post is running a story about the mental health benefits of playing video games.
Hmm... (Score:4, Funny)
Is it just me, or does anyone else think the mods intentionally replaced "Slashdotter" with "Gamer" in the title?
I'll take "Bums" for $1000. (Score:5, Funny)
Alex Trebek: This average Gamer Is 35, Fat and Bummed
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Woohoo (Score:5, Funny)
I'm under average!
2/3 (Score:2, Funny)
I'm 35. I tend toward depression. But I'm one sexy bitch.
My mom even says I'm the handsomest guy in school . . . err, work now, I guess.
Chicken, Egg (Score:5, Funny)
Specifically, female video game players tended towards depression, while males tended towards large BMIs.
Are the women depressed because their dating pool is made up of fat guys?
Or do we eat because our women are so depressing and food is our only solace?
Garrison Keiller on Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
Remember folks to pay a visit to Slashdot: where the gamers are above average [wikipedia.org], the readers are fat and depressed and the women are nonexistent.
Geek Therapy! (Score:4, Funny)
Pissed off at the boss, need to vent? A bit of Gears of War will do the trick.
Need some exercise to burn off the pounds? A late afternoon set or two of Vertua Tennis will keep you slim and trim, baby!
Did someone cut you off on the commute home, Bunky? Time for some Need for Speed revenge, bitches!
Wife not giving it up lately? Create a character in The Sims that digs that back hair, homey!
Re:Dumbass Researchers (Score:5, Funny)
I'm 38 dammit, and who the hell told you you could use my silhouette for the picture?
Re:That's odd - I think games are boring (Score:3, Funny)
depressionquit?
Re:Chicken, Egg (Score:5, Funny)
Or do we eat because our women are so depressing and food is our only solace?
"At night, a bachelor opens the refrigerator, looks at what's inside, shakes his head, and then goes to bed."
"At night, a married man goes to the bedroom, looks at what's in the bed, shakes his head, and then goes to the refrigerator."
Re:Woohoo (Score:5, Funny)
completely and totally off (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'll take "Bums" for $1000. (Score:2, Funny)
ha haha hahaha haha ha ha ha ha ha!
Angle (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Woohoo (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Coping with depression (Score:3, Funny)
You don't help such people by taking away their games and forcing them to go to dance clubs (or whatever). They just sit there, feeling alone in the crowd, and wishing they could be doing something more interesting than listen to air-heads blather on about shoes.
Think of life as being an adventure. No, I'm not being trite, consider.
And look on the bright side. At least Tina speaks the same language as you. Some of us have it much harder. See you have goals, helpfully hardwired into by evolution. If you pursue them you will be rewarded with endorphins, like the Achievements on XBox.
Re:Chicken, Egg (Score:4, Funny)
"At night, PolygamousRanchKid goes to one bedroom, looks at what's in the bed, shakes his head, and then goes to the other bed."