The above photograph, taken by Brant Ward, comes from an article entitled Struggling GameStop reinventing itself . The article is an interesting one, detailing how GameStop plans on incorporating the sale of refurbished products into its core business. But what really caught my attention was that photo. That's no kid buying video games! Truth is, despite what the mainstream media might lead you to believe, THAT is closer to the real face of gaming than any photo of a raging teenager. As I wrote in my blog's mission statement (find it on the right sidebar), gaming isn't just kids stuff anymore! In fact, according to the most recent data from the Entertainment Software Association , the average age of the gamer is now 30 (down from 37 - a strange statistical blip considering the nation is getting older and not younger), with 37 percent of all gamers being over 36 (and 25% over 50, according to another survey I read last year - sorry, c...
Because Edmund Burke would have been a gamer....