Gaming has officially arrived, ladies and gentlemen.

If you thought that our generation was the generation that embraced gaming, think again. A new study reports that almost 80% of children between the ages of 6-11, both boys and girls, played a videogame in the last 30 days as a leisure activity.

Asked what activities they did online in the last 30 days, 78.1% of children ages 6-11 reported they played online games, by far the largest percentage performing any particular online activity. The percentage of boys and girls who played online games was virtually the same, 77.7% vs. 78.5%, respectively.

You can read the rest of this interesting study at MediaMark, and then come back and discuss it with us in the forums!

[Story via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]