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- CobaltBlue, on 08/08/2008, -13/+113My god, that's a lot of whiny whining from Mr. McWhiner Gamer.
I love it that my dad still calls all video games that Mario game. - Migito, on 08/08/2008, -9/+101#7 is so true.
Friend: "So how come they don't make Smash Bros for PS3?"
Me: Because I hate you. - Ouze, on 08/08/2008, -4/+74I always want to choke out people who put down Rock Band/Guitar Hero/etc by saying how dumb it is and that you should go out and actually learn to play a real instrument. It's just as stupid as saying "Call of Duty is stupid - you should join the Marines and actually go to Iraq"
- blatantninja, on 08/07/2008, -10/+78Reminds me of an article from the Dallas Morning News a few months ago. Some feminist was blaming gamers for the reason that women find it so hard to find a good man to marry. Umm, maybe it's because those women are busy establishing careers and such? Stupid heifer.
- pigducksheep, on 08/08/2008, -1/+60My family just calls everything "the nintendo."
- Shuk, on 08/08/2008, -3/+59The funny thing about number 7 is also how non-gamers intentionally mispronounce game names because they are terrified of looking like they are "interested".
Non-gamer: "So apparently there's this game called Mahtle Gayer Solloid or something, I don't know I'm not into these things"
Me: "I see, but can you read basic english?" - serif69, on 08/08/2008, -17/+73Way to destroy that common misconception that gamers are immature with an article written by a third-grader.
- CptBuck, on 08/08/2008, -4/+55Similar to #1 I've talked to people who read murder mystery novels or love watching Tarentino films but hate violent games because they claim that by performing the actions themselves gamers have stepped over the line. I call BS. What they fail to realize is that for a lot of gamers, open ended, immersive, "murder simulators" like GTA4 aren't played for any practical reason like learning how do a drive by but, rather, they let us all be martin scorsese or francis ford coppola. I'd never burn a bunch of cops with a molotove cocktail, but it lets me be Mr. Blonde from resevoir dogs. And, frankly, thats F-ckin cool, and only video games let me do that in such a creative way.
- Sluglas, on 08/07/2008, -4/+51#20. My wife will never understand.
It only take a few minutes for most games and some it only takes seconds. If I interrupt her watching whatever crap is on TV at the moment she can pause or record.
So why is it the end of the world when I tell her I have to save? - Ouze, on 08/08/2008, -1/+42I'd like to see a list with "25 things that annoy gamers about other gamers". Somewhere in a prominent position, i am sure, would be girl gamers who insist on identifying themselves prominently as girl gamers. Yes, you have a vagina, we get it. I think the Frag Dolls have done far more to set back gender neutral gaming then Lara Croft's unrealistic physique.
- whiteguysamurai, on 08/08/2008, -14/+54And how they think owning a "wii" instantly makes them a gamer.
- inactive, on 08/07/2008, -5/+44funny how nowadays it´s cool to be a geek
i may be delusional though - MadxHatTeR, on 08/07/2008, -4/+36lol great article #19 and #20 are the most important IMO.
- inactive, on 08/08/2008, -2/+29#2 was best for me. I know a lot of people who give me crap if I spend a couple of hours playing a pc game. Yet they have no problem spending a whole day staring at the tv. Why is it, most people have no problem wasting away in front of a tv for weeks on end, but if I attach a keyboard to that tv and spend any time on it, suddenly I'm a loser?
- feliks2, on 08/08/2008, -1/+28Mine call everything "toys"
- feliks2, on 08/08/2008, -14/+37Bunch of whiny arrogant asses. I like playing video games and do so quite a lot, but this just makes everyone who plays look really bad.
- Picard102, on 08/08/2008, -1/+23Or just don't see the point in it.
- Velnich, on 08/08/2008, -3/+25"Are you winning?" and "Don't Patronise" get's my digg.
I'd also like to add that encouraging me to "Kill it!" is not appropriate 100% of the time I'm holding a game controller. If the game involves me killing things, then, thank you, I will. Believe it or not, some games don't involve me constantly killing things though. - Shuk, on 08/08/2008, -1/+23Yeah, seriously:
Sitting idly at TV = just normal relaxing
Interacting with TV = OMG Loser! Get a life!!! - nemesiscw, on 08/08/2008, -1/+22Haha #15.
What's surprised me one day is that when I was playing Twilight Princess, my mom gave it a glace and asked, "Is that Zelda?" Now this might not be surprising to some, but my mom basically knows jack squat about video games and showed no interest in them at all for 20+ years. I mean seriously. - Orsenfelt, on 08/08/2008, -7/+28Anyone else get the feeling the article started ok then just turned into a whining bitch rant?
- actionscripted, on 08/08/2008, -4/+24#26 Just because you're a girl, doesn't mean you can't game.
- ShakeWell, on 08/08/2008, -2/+20No, what's a pity is the stigma that games and "playing outside" are mutually exclusive. I am an avid gamer, studying in college right now, and in my over 10 years of gaming, I have always had time to play sports that I like as part of a team or just with some friends. Not to mention the time spent simply goofing off with close friends outside somewhere.
And no, gaming doesn't automatically mean your grades drop, or you don't have time for other things. It's all about good time-management and self-control. - cryonix, on 08/08/2008, -1/+19#25. I want my Psychonauts 2!
- Mike668, on 08/07/2008, -8/+26I'm really surprised there still are non-gamers. Video games are now like movies or music. Everyone should be able to find something they'll enjoy.
- ajwinder, on 08/08/2008, -5/+23Theres also the difference between a "gamer" and someone who plays games, I'm guessing thats what they were going for. I'll play some drunken wii but I dont have the time to get immersed in WoW or the like.
Beyond that, that was a pretty crappy, whiny article. I mean, you might as well add #26 - Getting my ass kicked for crap writing. - Azarken, on 08/08/2008, -4/+21Everyone back off, this one's mine.
How you doin'? - Radan, on 08/08/2008, -1/+17The funny thing is that it's still rather "uncool" to be geeky in most social groups, but today the only difference between geeks and nongeeks is that geeks are better than the non geeks at doing practically the same technical things.
For example, while I like most technical things, my biggest hobbies (and work for that matter) consists of web design and photographing. Today, everyone and their grandmother got a web page of some sort, and most thinks it's rather cool to have a good looking and advanced web page, which they mostly create by using guides, generators and snippets. Though, just because I know how to actually create a website by actual code it's considered geeky. - masterandalf, on 08/08/2008, -1/+17yah and when people know absolutely everything about their stupid tv shows that you can predict what will happen weeks from now, but you know a little about a massive game, you are a nerd, but they are normal.
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 08/08/2008, -4/+20nope, everything is being ruled by science and technology, so yeah tech geeks are turning into the new cool thing.
- Zegarek, on 08/08/2008, -2/+17Quit being a tool thePTS, good games are out there for every genre, every system, etc. Only sticking to PC games can easily be considered more lazy than trying to keep up with all of the AAA titles on each console. Branch out a bit before you miss something.
- krd1979, on 08/08/2008, -7/+22I play PC and console games. I'm not lazy, I just like to play a diverse selection of games. If you do NOT play consoles then I am skeptical of your "gamer" status. You're not so much a gamer as just an elitist *****.
- mjxl47, on 08/08/2008, -0/+15My brother and a friend were playing Halo 2 on my dad's big screen tv one night. My dad walks in the room and asks, "You guys playing pac-man or something?" We still think it's awesome/hilarious.
- JustinDM, on 08/08/2008, -1/+16I like to say that I am winning 3-2. No matter what game I am playing.
- N0153T4NK, on 08/08/2008, -0/+13Also all controllers are paddles.
- LeonHRodriguez, on 08/07/2008, -7/+20They're ignorant to the fact that there are games out there for everyone. Many non-gamers still seem to think that they're all either hyper-violent, strictly for children or too complicated to try.
A pity. - DforSpiD, on 08/08/2008, -2/+15Anyone who really uses those words are posers and douches... whether they believe it or not
- Dumbledorito, on 08/08/2008, -2/+15#11 and #12 are not done by "non-gamers," they're done by "cheating gamers." There's a difference.
- Schmidtopolis, on 08/08/2008, -0/+12$
- dty2010, on 08/08/2008, -1/+13Gamers have no lives, very original.
- CptBuck, on 08/08/2008, -1/+13You are being bitchy, not to mention wrong, I also capitalized Tarentino. F-ckin is capitalized because I originally was going to write effin, but then went back, corrected, and capitalized by mistake. I also forgot to capitalize Reservoir Dogs.
Tell me Freud, what does that say about me? That I have a tendency to write internet posts quickly and sometimes forget to capitalize or over-correct?
You forgot to capitalize Live in "Xbox Live," and even spelled "capitalize" wrong. Speaks Volumes. - coldfire201, on 08/08/2008, -2/+14If I remember right, psychonauts was never DENIED a sequel, Tim Schafer just didn't want to make one.
- captZEEbo, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12this is digg
- BackEnThaWomb, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12you should try using the enter key...works pretty damn well
- feliks2, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12Gamers need to stop using them too, sounds like you have some serious ***** speech and/or mental disability.
- str1fe, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12Anything that automatically equates video game violence with real-world violence annoys me more than much else.
- bagboyrebel, on 08/08/2008, -1/+12anyone who intentionally limits their gaming options isn't really a gamer.
- dekuscrub, on 08/08/2008, -0/+10#2 Looks Who's Talking.
So true!!! My co-worker once tried to tell me how gaming was "wasting time."
She then went on to discuss last night's episode of The Bachelor for the next 10 minutes. - picalicious, on 08/08/2008, -4/+14Well, you didn't exactly prove to us that you build kitten orphanages.
- lukemorris, on 08/07/2008, -4/+14So true
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