
They grew up with Atari and the first generation of Nintendo, and most moms and dads still play video games, says a survey of 1,014 people by video game manufacturer Activision Inc.:
*Nearly three in five parents play video games. Among them, half spend the time playing with their children, while 49 percent play their children's games by themselves.
*Almost three-fourths said they feel comfortable that playing video games is part of the family's life together.
*52 percent of parents research the games using game reviews or previews and gaming Web sites, while 56 percent rely mostly on the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, rating system.
*Eighty-four percent of parents are familiar with the ESRB rating system, and four out of five pay close attention to games' ratings.
source.
Nothing we here at PGL didn't already know, but good to see it actually reported on.