Children always are drawn to the most convenient or most stimulating activities. Modern videogames and media are both extremely accessible and highly stimulating, so as long as they exist most children would be drawn to them, unless completely sheltered from it. The other unfortunate factor is that parents these days are afraid to allow their children outside, since they are constantly being reminded of pedophiles and kidnappers (one of the first things children are taught is not to talk to strangers) despite the fact that statistically a child outside is more likely to be struck by lightning [i]twice[/i] than abducted. Those major factors combined, we have forms of entertainment that children are naturally drawn too available within the home, and a generation of parents who are scared to let their children leave the home.