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1 Sixtypercent ofall Americans age6andolder playvideogames

2. The averageageof a game playeris 28years old

3.43% of video game players are

4 53% ofgameplayers expecttobeplaying as much,ormore,astheydo today tenyearsfromnow

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Students participatein the NCAA video game tournament The winner continued on to thenext round tocompete to become acharacter innext year'srelease of the EA Sports game •Photo by Deanna Wall

Junior Carl Coffee admitted he enjoyed playing video games, especially those related to sports "IfI can't be playing the sport,video games are the next best thing,"hesaid Halo fans waited long and faithfully inanticipation oftherelease ofthesequel to the popular first-person fighter game Students lined up outside stores until 12 a.m on the eve of therelease ofthegame RA'seven took students intheir dorm outtobuy thegame asan approved "latenight."

The draw ofHalo was thereliance on strategy and theability toplay against multiple people. Doug Bender, a Senior, said, "Ienjoy the competition....you can play with like 16 people ata time." Through a multi-player mode called "Team Slayer," teams of two to eight guys canplay each other inthe dorm through thenetwork

The quality of the graphics brought a more realisticatmosphere to the game. As Senior Mike Elliot putit,"When you're in there [the game], it'spretty much like war."

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5.The Best sellingvideo game genresare action andsports

6 Over 90% ofall games arepurchased byadults overtheageof 18

7 Almost 60% offrequent game playersplaywith friends

8.In2003,arecord 9 consolegames soldmore than onemillionunitsand were all rated "E" forEveryone or"T" for Teen

Students pray and readtheir Biblesunder themustard seed map. The prayer room had Bibles available forthose who didn'thave theirown on hand and also supplied alist oftheprayer requeststhat staffand faculty had submitted to the Campus Pastors officeforpeopleto pra y for -Photo by Meggan Moran