So,last night here on U.K talk radio,one of the topics,was what's the appeal of games,especialy among advlts ?

Surely with games as big,open and engaging as they are these days,it's easy to see why so many like it? And yet callers came out with such things as ''They need to grow up,games are for kids,etc'', The host even said ''Why do people want to play a army guy blowing up villiges with woman and families'' (I missed that game).

So,what is this mentality about,have you encounterrd such views?

Discuss.

TBH, when the radio starts asking for other peoples opinions, I turn it off for that reason. What the question should be is, why are some people so ignorant?

Lol, the answer, imho, is rather obvious. A lot of people in this world still haven't gotten out of the 80's and 90's mentality that video gamers are nothing more then a small niche group doing something that lots of people find distasteful. Yes, the reality is the opposite, video gamers are a large majority now-a-days, and the people who play them aren't JUST the "30 year old nerds living in their parents basemant" or "Glasses wearing freaks who play D&D and try to summon demons on their off-time". Unfortunately, there are still older people(it's almost always older people) who are unable to get out of that attitude and grasp how much the world of gaming has evolved. It's just like how there are still KKK groups in the United States, despite the fact that racism is looked down upon by a vast majority of Americans, there are always going to be ignorant bastards who cling to out-dated ideals or unable/unwilling to change with the times(My parents for example, on both of the aforementioned).

The best thing to do is to calmly and rationally try to educate people about why video games aren't a thing of the past, and not just for glasses wearing, dice rolling, demon summoning, pasty faced nerds anymore(also, this is a vast exaggeration, please don't shoot me, I know that even in the 80's and 90's people who played video games weren't all like that, I know I wasn't). Don't raise your voice, don't get heated about it, or it will negate everything you say to them. Show them articles online about how accepted video gaming has become, show them how profitable video games are as a genre. Give them good solid facts and evidence. If they are reasoning, thinking people, they'll realize their stereotype is wrong. If not, well, as I said before, some people just aren't willing to change with the times, and there is just nothing you can do.

There are morons everywhere you go, not surprising.

Have those people drop some extra valium in their tea and think happier thoughts of perhaps something else they might have a better understanding of.

What radio station was it?

Just some people not willing to change with the times. I mean there are positives and negatives to gaming, like anything else. I find anti-gamers to be such a small minority that it never bugs me. I'm not really that big of a gamer anymore so its pretty rare that I end up even talking to someone about games, and I can't even remember the last time I had an argument about gaming either.

Games are considered for kids, even if the games explicitly state that they are for advlts. My stepdad just doesn't get it. He doesn't understand how someone can spend hours doing something for which there is no real tangible gain. Yet he just spent this weekend (as he does every other weekend) sat by a lake catching fish which he is required to throw back in the water after he's caught them...
I think it's just because it's relatively new. People will spend hours sat by a lake catching fish they can't eat, watching the lives of fictional people they have no real connection with on soap operas, reading books and poetry which really serve no practical use, playing card games just for the enjoyment of it, and yet they don't understand why people would waste their time playing video games.
People still say that certain books will cause people to become deviant and violent - the Marquis de Sade hasn't made me a sadist, and GTA hasn't made me a car thief. It's just hysteria on that count, I think. A person that plays a violent video game, and then turns it off to go to work or play with their kids doesn't make the news.

Well, the way I see it, there are some people that are just to stupid to see past there own little world. These are the people Natural Selection was meant to take care of -___-

Opinions in general are funny and cause conflict this is why I don't go on certain forums anymore because wasting your time trying to drill something you believe into someone's else's thick head doesn't cause anything but annoyance and bad vibes.

I don't understand why lots of things are popular nor do I need to or care
Theres nothing wrong with that, its being intolerant or disparaging of those whose tastes are different thats stupid

To be honest, I could care less if Girl/Guy X is unaware a lot of people play video games. I don't game for the hopes of being popular.

The sad thing is, most people don't give it a try.

This is why I don't listen to radio of any kind. People are morons. Just give me music, and shut up.

The only person I have encountered with this view is my Grandma.

No matter what you do, there is always going to be someone who says grow up, or they shouldn't do that, they should be spending their time with something else. Heck it's what I do to relax. The people that are calling in are too stuck on the past, and they can't see that new pastimes take over old ones.

But on the other side (I am going with and against the grain here), people that do it, are 25, don't have a job, are living at home with their parents, and don't have any other plans for life need to start growing up a little.

I guess it just depends on how far you take it. If you are playing it for pleasure, or are actually looking into a career with video games, then its ok. But if you are going no where with your life, don't intend to go anywhere and are planning on playing video games your whole life, then you have a problem.

TalkSport,and the host was Matt Forde,I tend to find his show okay...

ChineApplePunk,very much spot on.

I think,as some have said,they missunderstand the nature of modern games,my aunt was warned by a lady next door,that she should get online gaming cut,due to grooming,which on GTA and C.O.D,isn't an issue...

Others,I belive,see them as an evil and a corrupter of children. :rolleyes:

HAAA!!!!

I have never even once thought about killing someone in real life because of video games, or thought about going on a GTA like rampage throughout the city.

though if a 3 year old plays M video games and starts becoming violent, the parents need to stop letting them play games. Take my girlfriend's 3 year old brother for example... He doesn't play video games anymore... :mellow:

I think that's a good point. My friend plays WoW, she has an active social life, has a job, is studying midwifery, and is generally well rounded, but she won't tell people she doesn't know well that she plays, purely because of the stereotype. People hear about certain video games (the one that that guy played before he axed his mate to death in a recreation, or that couple that let their baby die while they cared for an online family etc.) and think that's the norm. It svcks because those kind of people (inc. the basemant dwellers and other stereotypes) are such a tiny minority when you look at the type of people who play as a whole.

Ya I have a couple of friends that love WoW and they are pursuing bachelor degrees at the moment. They know how to balance their time right. I do know a guy that is 21 and lives with his parents and isn't going to school, and all he likes is video games and aliens. It's a little saddening to see him not wanting to go anywhere. That's were it becomes ridiculous.

Yup, but then I know a guy that's obsessed with singing (despite being tone deaf), 30 years old, going nowhere, living with his parents etc. and he tends to avoid all those negative connotations, as long as he says "musician". We need a glamorous spokesperson, I reckon.

I guess Mr. T, Verne Troyer, and Ozzy Osborne don't count as glamorous, huh?

It's because they called them games, which makes them sound like a toy rather than a medium on a par with Tv and film. If we'd called it interactive television it would be more accepted.

The audience of video games, and the audience of callers on talk radio is usually quite different.

my parents are baby boomers so they think its a waste of time and just a phase... lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOkRI5pGT9U

Glenn Beck is svck a moron. Seriously I'd beat him if I saw him right now :swear: