How Stereotyping a Gamer is Wrong, and How to Stop
What do you think about when you imagine a gamer? I don’t mean a table-top gamer, or a LARPer. I mean a thumb workout, mouse and keyboard home consoler or PC gamer. What do you think about when you see a fat, greasy headed, pimply face kid or guy in town? Do you think he’s a gamer? A couch potato, chip eating internet browsing loser? Or do you simply think he’s a loser in general? Why? I won’t lie, even I do that sometimes. However in my 21 years, I’ve gamed for 19, and let me tell you I am not fat, I’m only greasy when I work out or do physical labor, and pimples were a regular teenage experience. The couch potato part, well it is sort of true. It’s where I sit/lay whenever I’m playing my consoles. But what about you? Do you fit the gamer stereotype? Are you just a regular joe who loves to game?
