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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 4910535" data-attributes="member: 23977">Ok, hypothesis posited... Now go back that up with some sort of research, and maybe you'll have something. (and accurate research does not equal a few guys you know who play video games.)As it stands your statement sounds like this generations version of "TV will rot your brain!" or "Comic books will destroy the youth of america!"I read a study once that indicated after about age 30 people form an attachment to whatever they liked in their "prime" (puberty - early 20s) and almost completely stop liking new things, and even have more of a tendency to dislike new things. I wonder if this is related?A lot of the actual studies are showing that computer games offer a lot of benefit.Increased self esteem, increased hand/eye coordination, increased problem solving skills, increased ability to concentrate (and concentrate on multiple tasks at once) and increased visual acuity being some of the top ones.As to the topic at hand. I can only offer my own experiences growing up.I played D&D. I read a lot. I also played a lot of video games, and watched a lot of TV, and movies. When it wasn't out game time, and I was hanging out with friends, we were probably playing video games, but also talking D&D, or making characters, or looking at game books at the same time. When we were watching TV the same was true.I do the same stuff now. I'm at a bar with my friends who also game, chances are pretty good at some point we'll start talking D&D (and gaming in general.)I talk on enworld/write adventures during free moments at work.If gaming is fun, kids will game. Personally I don't think MMOs are drawing kids away because kids only want computer games these days. I think it's because for the most part, MMOs are more in tune with what kids find "cool" these days, while a lot of TTRPGs are standing firm trying to push what was cool in the 80s and early 90s.</blockquote>

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