In Response to "Creating the Normal Gamer" from The Escapist Forum: I am a member of a couple of the adult gamer sites and I went there for two reasons: (1) to play with mature people and (2) to play with groups who would communicate useful information in online matches.
I am over 30 and have a wife, kid, and a full-time job. I think it would benefit developers, publishers, and manufacturers greatly to take my demographic seriously. We are often the hardcore gamer, living in a household with casual gamers, and when it comes to getting out the checkbook to buy products, we are the ones signing our name. I honestly think that we are the pumping in the cash to get these consoles and titles rolling in this generation. We grew up with games, continue to play games, and now that we do not have to beg our parents for arcade quarters, the consumer power to make or break a console or title.
- heavyfeul
I almost gave up on internet gaming and then I found SeasonedGamers. I had no idea that there were so many people like myself that enjoyed games but didn't constantly speak garbage into a mic or on message boards. I feel that SeasonedGamers and sites like it are a haven for those that put an emphasis on integrity, respect and charity.
- Downshift
It would have been nice had The Escapist not edited out the fact that I'm a female gamer. I think that fact supports arguments of growing 'normality' surrounding gaming today. Either way, I think Roger's article makes an excellent point about the irony behind behaviors at places like SG and those dark, online dungeons of "angry nuts."
Here's to a world that embraces gaming as a normality, like going to the movies or out to eat. It's normal enough that SG has an entire group of girl gamers, as I'm sure many of the other 'adult gamer communities' do as well. Such a concept is possibly absurd to some.
- Potluck
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In Response to "And Baby Makes Wii" from The Escapist Forum: This may not be the place to post this...but I really really want to know: Why do Americans (and it is largely Americans) find it acceptable, nay, necessary to stand in line for hours (sometimes days) on end, just to be the first to get a shiny toy, see the newest StarWars and so on?
How would getting an iPhone early so important? What's so crucial about seeing Return of the King on opening night (I went to see it on openeing night, too. It just did not require me waiting for hours...)
It just seems unbelievably silly to me. Can anyone explain this (Is there a psychologist in the house?)
- sharp_as_a_cork
