It’s official: If you aren’t out there playing video games of one sort or another, you are in the minority.

A study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 53 percent of American adults play video games. In fairness, this doesn’t mean we have our own Wii or Playstation. The folks at Pew are also counting cell phone games and the like.

Still, this is great news for those of us who love video games and who get a little tired of other adults looking at us like we need to grow up. This is the point where I would have written something snarky about Blythe, the medical reporter who sits next to me. Only I can’t really do that now, since she recently joined the ranks of video game players.

A few interesting tidbits from the study:

• 81 percent of those 18-29 years old play games.
• 23 percent of those over 65 years old play games.
• Men (55 percent) are more likely than women (50 percent) to play.
• People in urban areas (56 percent) are more likely than their rural counterparts (47 percent) to play.

And how about this: Of course younger people are more likely to be gamers. But older adults (the ones that actually play) tend to be more active gamers.

Over one-third (36%) of gamers 65 and older say they play games everyday or almost everyday, compared with 19% of adults aged 50-64, 20% of adults aged 30-49, and 20% of adults aged 18-29. Senior gamers may play more frequently because they have more time to play than
younger gamers, as 77% of senior gamers reported being retired.