{"id":1985,"date":"2018-07-12T04:49:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T04:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.sauldie.org\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2018-07-12T04:49:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T04:49:22","slug":"playing-is-not-a-question-of-age-or-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing is not a question of age or gender"},"content":{"rendered":"

A common misconception about video games is that they are only for a young, predominantly male audience. This is far from the truth, as the following graphic shows. According to the Entertainment Software Association<\/a> (ESA) is neither a pastime for the youth nor a male domain. Quite the opposite: 45 percent of all gamers in the United States are female, and the average gamer is 34 years old. According to the ESA, 60 percent of Americans play video games daily, and in doing so Dozens of billions for content<\/a>, hardware and gaming accessories. \"Infographic:<\/a> Further infographics can be found at Statista<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A widespread misconception about video games is that they are only intended for a young, predominantly male audience. This is far from the truth, as the following chart shows. According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), playing video games is neither a pastime for youth nor a men\u2019s domain. Quite the opposite, in fact \u2026 Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4181],"tags":[4204],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unsortiert","tag-gaming","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"yoast_head":"\nSpielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts - risawave.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts - - risawave.org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/playing-is-not-a-question-of-age-or-gender\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts - - risawave.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/playing-is-not-a-question-of-age-or-gender\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"risawave.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-12T04:49:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/infographic.statista.com\/normal\/chartoftheday_9821_us_gamer_demography_n.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a88d2a92d710b97d3eaaca6aa2a70fc4\"},\"headline\":\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-12T04:49:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/statistics.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Gaming\"],\"articleSection\":[\"z-unsortiert\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/\",\"name\":\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts - risawave.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/statistics.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-12T04:49:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts - - risawave.org\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/statistics.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/statistics.png\",\"width\":854,\"height\":320,\"caption\":\"statistics\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Start\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"risawave.org\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"Place\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"risawave.org\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\"},\"telephone\":[\"015140530884\"],\"openingHoursSpecification\":[],\"email\":\"office@newrella.hk\",\"faxNumber\":\"newrella Limited\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a88d2a92d710b97d3eaaca6aa2a70fc4\",\"name\":\"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/sanjay-sauldie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Globales-logo-scaled-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/risawave.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Globales-logo-scaled-1.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"risawave.org\"}]}<\/script>\n<meta name=\"geo.placename\" content=\"\u8202\u574e\u89d2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"geo.region\" content=\"Hong Kong\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Playing is not a question of age or gender - risawave.org","description":"Playing isn't a question of age or gender - - risawave.org","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/playing-is-not-a-question-of-age-or-gender\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts","og_description":"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts - - risawave.org","og_url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/playing-is-not-a-question-of-age-or-gender\/","og_site_name":"risawave.org","article_published_time":"2018-07-12T04:49:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/infographic.statista.com\/normal\/chartoftheday_9821_us_gamer_demography_n.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/"},"author":{"name":"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#\/schema\/person\/a88d2a92d710b97d3eaaca6aa2a70fc4"},"headline":"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts","datePublished":"2018-07-12T04:49:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/"},"wordCount":115,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/statistics.png","keywords":["Gaming"],"articleSection":["z-unsortiert"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/","url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/","name":"Playing is not a question of age or gender - risawave.org","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/statistics.png","datePublished":"2018-07-12T04:49:22+00:00","description":"Playing isn't a question of age or gender - - risawave.org","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/statistics.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/statistics.png","width":854,"height":320,"caption":"statistics"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Start","item":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spielen ist keine Frage des Alters oder Geschlechts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/","name":"risawave.org","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Organization","Place"],"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#organization","name":"risawave.org","url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/","logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#local-main-organization-logo"},"telephone":["015140530884"],"openingHoursSpecification":[],"email":"office@newrella.hk","faxNumber":"newrella Limited"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/#\/schema\/person\/a88d2a92d710b97d3eaaca6aa2a70fc4","name":"Sanjay Sauldie (M.Sc.)","sameAs":["https:\/\/risawave.org"],"url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/author\/sanjay-sauldie\/"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/spielen-ist-keine-frage-des-alters-oder-geschlechts\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Globales-logo-scaled-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Globales-logo-scaled-1.png","width":2560,"height":2560,"caption":"risawave.org"}]},"geo.placename":"\u8202\u574e\u89d2","geo.region":"Hong Kong"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}