Ron I've read (as a teenager) and watched Lord of the Rings which is essentially a modern morality tale of good truiumphing over evil with well drawn characterization.

I have no children of my own in the age group I referred to but have plenty of friends that do.
On a recent rainy holiday with some friends, including several children aged 10-16, I experienced a lot of these games (which had been bought independently with pocket money) monotonously from early morning to late night. They are really not the same thing at all.