Tuesday, April 13, 2010

For want of a better word...

Is it ''nerdy'' to play videogames? I don't know about you, but I have witnessed some snide taunts and remarks about people who dedicate their lives to their gaming hobby. Stereotypical films like the ''40 year old virgin'' hardly help matters.Of course, gamers don't all come under one category... you have the casual gamer who invests a mere half hour of his life every couple of days completing a few circuits of Gran Turismo, a few massacres on San Andreas, the occasional game of PES.On the other hand, you have the obsessional, perfectionist square eyed gamers, who would rather urinate in an empty cola bottle than ''waste time'' going to the lavatory when they could be maxing out their cooking level on some obscure Japanese RPG.Do you tar all gamers with the same brush? It seems a silly question to ask on a gaming website, but I would like to know your views and experiences concerning the ''hip-ness'' of turning on your Xbox. And pleaseavoid arguments as to which gaming consoles are better!For want of a better word...
I think that some people, including gamers, tend to define you as a 'gamer' or a 'dork' and nothing else, if they find out that you play games. I'm a nerd and I'm proud of it, but I'm a lot of other things too.For want of a better word...
At this point in time it has never been more ''cool'' to be a gamer - but some people still have this idea of gaming being ''nerdy'' and ''geeky'', which is totaly wrong. I'm a gamer, and I'm a nerd (and proud of it) but that doesn't mean all gamers are nerds, and equaly it doesn't mean all nerds are gamers. The 2 are completely separate.
Well, for now, in the birth of the media that is video games, although people know about it, few are loyal fans like us. But, given time, the fanatics of video games will be tolerated like film buffs are.
im a gamer.. and i usually tend to game alot. but at the same time i was a three sport athlete in highschool, and i hung out with all my friends. i guess some people are just more open to games then others.
World of Warcraft killed any last remaining true association of ''nerdy'' with video games. I mean, who would have ever thought there would be a mainstream MMORPG?About the only thing left is LAN parties really.

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