An Industry Is Booming, but Not Just for Gamers


...In both industry and mainstream thought, “gamer” has often meant some separate, sunlight-deprived, caffeine- and pot-fueled subspecies of human being. Ask a homemaker who spends an hour every night playing Bookworm, or an office worker who always has Minesweeper open, or a young family that plays Guitar Hero or Wii bowling if its members consider themselves gamers, and they will almost invariably deny it...


(via ny times)