Post by TV Eye on Aug 4, 2010 19:15:28 GMT -5
First off, read this.
Done? No, I'll wait.
This guy gets it. Gamer stereotypes are the one thing I freaking hate about being a gamer. Not because I fit into the category, or that people make fun of me (they don't, I totally told people at work I play Pokemon and they thought I was badass), but because most of the people I know who play video games fit into at least one of these categories.
For privacy sake, I'll make up their names.
Jimmy loves computers, so much so that he buys new models every week (alright, I'm exaggerating, but you get the picture). He brags that a console can never achieve the level of graphics and processing and black magic that a computer can. "Wow Jimmy! You're right. Gee, Halo sure is much better on the PC than it is on the Xbox. What? You're telling me that the only difference is a glare effect? GET ME A NEW COMPUTER NOW, FOR FUCKS SAKE!"
Sigmund has a Wii. He has a portable DVD player. Now, what's better than playing Brawl? Playing it while waiting for your next class to start, of course! Sigmund has NO OTHER Wii games besides Brawl. For the hell of it, I challenged him to a friendly match. After being killed seconds after spawning, I figure I'll wait for a Smash Ball.
None appear.
In fact, Sigmund has turned off all items, as they take the "fun" out of the game. Now, I know we've all made fun of these types of people in the past, but I couldn't help but bring it up again. What could be more fun than beating the shit out of Jigglypuff with a baseball bat?
And finally we have Gourmand. Gourmand has an Xbox 360. No wait, now he's traded it in for a PSP and a DS. Nope, now he's traded both of those in for a PS3. On second thought, he must've had a change of heart because now he's back to owning a 360 and a PSP. Also he just got another DS.
Gourmand constantly sells his gaming consoles because in his words "There are no good games out now." Alrighty, let's ignore the dozens of games released during the consoles first few days of purchase, or the next hundred released in it's consecutive weeks.
Now, I'm not calling myself perfect, as I constantly look back at myself and want to tell that bastard off. But why can't we just play games for what they were made for? (What they were made for being "fun")
Answer: 'Cause we're indecisive little fucks.
Done? No, I'll wait.
This guy gets it. Gamer stereotypes are the one thing I freaking hate about being a gamer. Not because I fit into the category, or that people make fun of me (they don't, I totally told people at work I play Pokemon and they thought I was badass), but because most of the people I know who play video games fit into at least one of these categories.
For privacy sake, I'll make up their names.
Jimmy loves computers, so much so that he buys new models every week (alright, I'm exaggerating, but you get the picture). He brags that a console can never achieve the level of graphics and processing and black magic that a computer can. "Wow Jimmy! You're right. Gee, Halo sure is much better on the PC than it is on the Xbox. What? You're telling me that the only difference is a glare effect? GET ME A NEW COMPUTER NOW, FOR FUCKS SAKE!"
Sigmund has a Wii. He has a portable DVD player. Now, what's better than playing Brawl? Playing it while waiting for your next class to start, of course! Sigmund has NO OTHER Wii games besides Brawl. For the hell of it, I challenged him to a friendly match. After being killed seconds after spawning, I figure I'll wait for a Smash Ball.
None appear.
In fact, Sigmund has turned off all items, as they take the "fun" out of the game. Now, I know we've all made fun of these types of people in the past, but I couldn't help but bring it up again. What could be more fun than beating the shit out of Jigglypuff with a baseball bat?
And finally we have Gourmand. Gourmand has an Xbox 360. No wait, now he's traded it in for a PSP and a DS. Nope, now he's traded both of those in for a PS3. On second thought, he must've had a change of heart because now he's back to owning a 360 and a PSP. Also he just got another DS.
Gourmand constantly sells his gaming consoles because in his words "There are no good games out now." Alrighty, let's ignore the dozens of games released during the consoles first few days of purchase, or the next hundred released in it's consecutive weeks.
Now, I'm not calling myself perfect, as I constantly look back at myself and want to tell that bastard off. But why can't we just play games for what they were made for? (What they were made for being "fun")
Answer: 'Cause we're indecisive little fucks.
