Comments on: Blog Banter: Gamer Stereotypes

By: Bluraven79

Bluraven79 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:37:56 +0000

Wow, that was very well put, and true to boot! I guess in my own mind I do generalize “gamers” as basically the same as the “stoner” crowd (which is odd, as I’m not a stoner myself), but what you’ve said has really made me re-consider this perspective.

By: Valentine

Valentine — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:40:55 +0000

Very nice… straightforward and to the point. And yes..we are all young! :)

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:39:14 +0000

@ BSB Belpers – Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson has some great points about how watching tv often requires making sense of mutiple characters and storylines. He also shows how television has grown more complex in the last twenty years.

@ bs angel – thanks!

@ Silvercube – and I liked the way you said your bit.

@ Weefz – Mass Effect totally transcends going out. Dude, what’s more important that saving the universe?

By: Weefz

Weefz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:21:35 +0000

Yes, they brought up this point at a Girls in Gaming event i was at. What with web games, Facebook games, ARGs, there is waaaaay too much variation to think of gamers as a group any more. You may as well try to generalise about movie-goers.

That being said, you still stay in of a night and say “I’m planning on playing Mass Effect. Oh it’s this game I bought last week.” without being mocked by web-game crowd.

By: Silvercube

Silvercube — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:09:17 +0000

Very well said. I liked it :)

By: bs angel

bs angel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:03:06 +0000

I think you make an important point that there is no stereotype that accurately describes any of us. We are all individuals and with our own preferences, our own thoughts, and our own opinions. You are right when you ask, how can we stereotype that?

By: BSB Belpers

BSB Belpers — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:45:19 +0000

I love it! Short and to the point! Perfect… you’re exactly right… and I’d say we could stereotype ourselves as “real”.

You made me realize though that I stereotype people who watch tv as “losers”… I think… why would anyone waste so much time. I think tv watchers think that same thing about gamers.

I guess that means stereotypes are perspectives, and if you’ve got a million people… you probably have at least a million stereotypes.