No Right Answer: Are Gamers Dead?

[Deadcyde]

I cannot think of a single rational reason to care about this. The words "dance puppets dance" keep coming to mind.

I did care at first, but after a chance to step back and ignore the self righteous high horsing on all sides, I realized it boiled down to this.

Gaming is commercial as much as it is culture, if there's money in it. Gaming will inevitably follow. All these agendas "troll" ideals and what not, are simply social politics. While not mutually exclusive from gaming, aren't defining qualities either. (As much as these online primadonnas would love it to be.)

To paraphrase Dr Manhatten; I would only agree that the discussion "gamer is dead" is as nourishing to gaming as a photo of oxygen to a breathing person.

 

[Ghadente]

I am a gamer and I am dead... when i'm not playing games

Would you list either Playing Games or Gaming as a hobby? if you answered Yes, you are a Gamer.

As for society and its obscured view (which tends to be the case about any topic), will "see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain ...and an athlete... and a basket case... a princess... and a criminal..." and a gamer!

 

[Pinkilicious]

I am a gamer and I am dead... when i'm not playing games

Would you list either Playing Games or Gaming as a hobby? if you answered Yes, you are a Gamer.

As for society and its obscured view (which tends to be the case about any topic), will "see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain ...and an athlete... and a basket case... a princess... and a criminal..." and a gamer!

And some are even a mix or all of the above, how fun!
The unfortunate thing is that I think all would agree with such a proposition had one article with the same topic by a more respected/reasonable person been published a few years ago. I think we all saw the shameless cashgrabbing and false identity of g4's class of 'gamer' and everyone called them out, but there was never an official unified stance, so they considered it acceptable until their final demise. It'd take until Doritosgate to dismantle that completely. Of course, leftism in America has never been about fighting megacorporate interests as it is in other parts of the world.