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Topic	Extremist feminist DEFENDS video games :O
Lightning Bolt 05/22/17 10:49:10 AM #16:	EightySeven posted... do_ob_tpkillr posted... EightySeven posted... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/10/17/more-women-play-video-games-than-boys-and-other-surprising-facts-lost-in-the-mess-of-gamergate/ Those stats probably include shitty mobile phone/facebook stuff like Bejeweled or Candy Crush. While they're technically "games" and those people who only play those are technically "gamers", it still doesn't fit quite right with people who actually game on notable game consoles like Switch or Playstation. Oh are we gatekeeping now? Is that what we're doing? I think he's just saying those stats are misleading, counting extremely low-investment games equally to hardcore games. Basically the "drop in a bucket" approach, where if you've ever played a game you're a gamer. If the stats were weighted by investment (money/time spent on games), instead of just whether you've touched a game in a day, then I think they would more closely match common perception of who is into games. --- One day dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna run in the woods and never come back, and when I come back I'm gonna be the knife master! -The Rev <cite>Lightning Bolt posted [p:879582472] in Extremist ... [t:75372278]...</cite> <quote><cite>EightySeven posted...</cite> <quote><cite>do_ob_tpkillr posted...</cite> <quote><cite>EightySeven posted...</cite> <quote>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/10/17/more-women-play-video-games-than-boys-and-other-surprising-facts-lost-in-the-mess-of-gamergate/</quote> Those stats probably include shitty mobile phone/facebook stuff like Bejeweled or Candy Crush. While they're technically "games" and those people who only play those are technically "gamers", it still doesn't fit quite right with people who actually game on notable game consoles like Switch or Playstation.</quote> Oh are we gatekeeping now? Is that what we're doing?</quote> I think he's just saying those stats are misleading, counting extremely low-investment games equally to hardcore games. Basically the "drop in a bucket" approach, where if you've ever played a game you're a gamer. If the stats were weighted by investment (money/time spent on games), instead of just whether you've touched a game in a day, then I think they would more closely match common perception of who is into games. --- One day dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna run in the woods and never come back, and when I come back I'm gonna be the knife master! -The Rev</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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