Comments on: The gamer social class http://www.stolendroids.com/everythingelse/the-gamer-social-class Geeks of the web unite! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zuke http://www.stolendroids.com/everythingelse/the-gamer-social-class/comment-page-1#comment-292 Zuke Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.stolendroids.com/?p=342#comment-292 I find most sports gamers fall into the Frat Boy category. I find most sports gamers fall into the Frat Boy category.

]]> By: zohner http://www.stolendroids.com/everythingelse/the-gamer-social-class/comment-page-1#comment-291 zohner Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:07:57 +0000 http://www.stolendroids.com/?p=342#comment-291 What about the "reluctant addict"? You know the kind. They disapprove of video games and frown upon their husbands playing them. Yeah. I said husbands. I'm talking about mostly women in this category. They hate games until they actually play them. Then, all of a sudden, the kitchen will start on fire but they're too busy trying to extinguish the fire in their kitchen on <i>The Sims</i> to escape to safety. These are also the people that will mock you for playing <i>Super Mario Bros.</i> for the better part of your elementary school/junior high experience then they'll play for 43 hours straight, hitting you every time you try to take the controller away. There are a few categories of gamers that need to be mentioned here as well: the non-Japanese RPG gamer, ala <i>KOTOR</i>, the sports gamer, a.k.a. the Madden freak, and the RTS gamer. What about the “reluctant addict”? You know the kind. They disapprove of video games and frown upon their husbands playing them. Yeah. I said husbands. I’m talking about mostly women in this category. They hate games until they actually play them. Then, all of a sudden, the kitchen will start on fire but they’re too busy trying to extinguish the fire in their kitchen on The Sims to escape to safety. These are also the people that will mock you for playing Super Mario Bros. for the better part of your elementary school/junior high experience then they’ll play for 43 hours straight, hitting you every time you try to take the controller away.

There are a few categories of gamers that need to be mentioned here as well: the non-Japanese RPG gamer, ala KOTOR, the sports gamer, a.k.a. the Madden freak, and the RTS gamer.

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