don't a lot of guys come on here just to use the social boards? maybe a lot of dudes who are on the social boards aren't gamers at all. most of the talk on the social boards don't even center on games. And i disagree a lot of older dudes like video games
Oh yes. Definitely. I still play games and still look forward to purchasing new releases. I definitely have my nostalgic glasses on when playing old games. :)
What's changed for me, though, is the lack of time to indulge in games due to a job and life in general.
I enjoy playing video games.... So yes?
With age you just kinda realize there's more to life than video games.
JaH Reborn posted...
With age you just kinda realize there's more to life than video games.
Get out. Just... just leave. Please.
You shouldn't be here.
Lightning Bolt posted...
JaH Reborn posted...
With age you just kinda realize there's more to life than video games.
Get out. Just... just leave. Please.
You shouldn't be here.
"With age you just kinda realize..." ROFL! Electronic hobbyist since I was a kid, building circuits to move dots of light around an oscilloscope screen as a teenager in the early 1960s, lots of other interests and activities but a "gamer" for 55+ years. More to life than video games, sure. Video games as an important part of life, definitely.
I enjoy playing video games.... So yes?
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With age you just kinda realize there's more to life than video games.
Well yeah otherwise I don't think I'd be on here. Obviously I don't play games like I used to but that's part of growing up. With age you just kinda realize there's more to life than video games.
TheGreatNoodles posted...
I enjoy playing video games.... So yes?
I'd argue that there's more to it than that.
But everyone here is literally on a video game web site, which likely none of us ever would have found if we weren't slightly more enthusiastic about video games than is the norm, so odds are everyone here either considers themselves a gamer, used to consider themselves a gamer and is just still here out of a sad sort of inertia, or are kind of deluded about their own gamer-hood.
I don't actively go around calling myself a gamer in real life as I hate labels.
The term has always sounded a bit stupid to me, but I think it's even worse now that there's a growing stigma that a lot of "gamers" are sheltered, ignorant bigots. It used to just be that you were thought of a socially-awkward dork, back in simpler times.
Or, you know, maybe it's the highly-visible gamers who are actually saying and doing racist and misogynist things
DorkLink posted...
The term has always sounded a bit stupid to me, but I think it's even worse now that there's a growing stigma that a lot of "gamers" are sheltered, ignorant bigots. It used to just be that you were thought of a socially-awkward dork, back in simpler times.
Which is mostly based on the stereotype that gamers are white males and the erreoneous belief among SJWs that white people are racist by default and that males hate women, etc, by default.
Zeus posted...
DorkLink posted...
The term has always sounded a bit stupid to me, but I think it's even worse now that there's a growing stigma that a lot of "gamers" are sheltered, ignorant bigots. It used to just be that you were thought of a socially-awkward dork, back in simpler times.
Which is mostly based on the stereotype that gamers are white males and the erreoneous belief among SJWs that white people are racist by default and that males hate women, etc, by default.
It doesn't stop them from making the assumption though, so it's best not to bring it up (that you are a gamer)
By that logic all directors would be suspected of being pedos and rapists because a number of notable ones -- including Roman Polanski -- have ever done it or been accused of it.
Given that directors are a smaller subsect of the population, that would make more sense than branding gamers with a negative stereotype.
JaH Reborn posted...
With age you just kinda realize there's more to life than video games.
Video games are nothing more than another form of entertainment. A lot of guys my age like sport, watch it, go to matches, talk about it on the internet and so on. My Brother is one of those people and loves football(soccer). He probably will all his life. I don't see how video games are any different.
Not really a relevant comparison because there is no apparent correlation between being a director and having an affinity for sexual misconduct.
On the other hand, there has always been a bit of a correlation with gamers being people who lead sheltered lives, and studies that show people who get out and see more of the world being more tolerant.
Doesn't matter that they're a smaller subset of the population when the ratio of openly bigoted gamers to total gamers is surely much larger than the ratio of rapist directors to total directors
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DorkLink posted...
Doesn't matter that they're a smaller subset of the population when the ratio of openly bigoted gamers to total gamers is surely much larger than the ratio of rapist directors to total directors
You're underestimating the rapists and overestimating the racists. There's a substantial enough number sex offender directors which skews the their relatively small number. I would go into detail, but it gets rather graphic. Also keeping in mind that rape is a physical action and is therefore a thousand times worse than any perceived microaggression you're complaining about gamers doing. Short of murder and maybe torture, rape is the worst thing that can be inflicted on a person.
Granted, since Hollywood is liberal, directors get a free pass with many SJWs even supporting pardoning Polanski, who is one of the most notable offenders for taking advantage of a 13 y/o. Meanwhile the same SJWs who defend Polanski will turn around and attack all other white males as being horrible people.
And, as far as labels go, I refuse to call myself a Millennial because of the SJW shit baggage associated with it and the complete bullshit tropes associated with Millennials. Instead, I round up to Gen X. Sure, it's a bit of rounding, but I figure it's close enough and, ideologically speaking, I'm much closer to Gen X anyway.
