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Gamers Aren't (Always) Geeks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gimme-my-pringles-and-mtn-dew-and-turn-of-the-lights dept.

wo1verin3 writes "CNN is reporting that not all gamers are the anti-social folk they are hyped to be by parents and the media. Roughly two-thirds of college students play video games, but the image of a nerdy guy who spends all day in a dimly lit room blowing up computer-generated bad guys is off base, according to a new study. Full story here."

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  1. A Computer is a Tool by jetkust · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What meaning does the word "geek" have when just about anybody uses computers these days?

  2. read between the lines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    //"It takes less time to play a few games than to go downtown or see a movie with your friends. It's easier to meet them online and shoot at them," McNulty says, chuckling."//

    Uh, excuse me .. doesn't half the fun of going to movies exist in hanging out and TALKING FACE to FACE with friends? Communication is 90% NON-VERBAL. You don't get that dynamic "chatting online" during a freakin' game. It's impossible.

    This leads to closet/anti-social behaviour and anti-community bents that are so prevelant in our fractured society. When's the last time anyone had a "block party?"

  3. Re:They socialize with other gamers by Hypocritical+Guy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Real geeks write code. Gamers are the fucking wankers who don't produce anything, just like these jackasses who post on Slashdot all day that don't get any real work done.

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