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all right let's get a few things sorted
out welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we're counting down our picks for the
top 10 things that non-gamers get wrong
about real gamers go they don't eat olie
exactly for this list we're looking at
what we considered to be the biggest
misconceptions surrounding video games
and the gaming culture by misinformed or
ignorant non-gamers to be clear we're
focusing on the misconceptions
surrounding the hobby of gaming itself
rather than video games in general first
when it over my reasons why I think most
gamers are safe and then I'm gonna
branch off into tips number 10
gamers are all great with electronics
and the sound car doesn't even work in
this one what for some reason gamers are
typically viewed as being extremely
electronics savvy individuals despite
many not having the faintest idea how
their console or PC works perhaps it
comes from the electronics based form of
the hobby itself but whatever the case
gamers are frequently asked by elderly
family members friends and relatives to
take a look at their computer or see
what's going on with their internet come
on even building a PC is far easier and
less complex than many people think just
because we can play a playstation
doesn't mean we know how it works though
and unlike what the Super Mario Brothers
movie implies we certainly cannot attack
a police computer number 9 video games
make you stupid how can you not make fun
of that one of the biggest urban legends
surrounding video games is that they
promote stupidity particularly in
children critics argue that gaming is a
monotonous stationary hobby and that
gaming can detract from more
stereotypically intelligent pastimes
like reading and the fact that all these
eSports nerds are upset with me I'm
hitting a very very sensitive spot while
there are certainly health detriments to
15 hour gaming binges Kimmy's perfectly
fine in moderation in fact author gave
Zekrom and theorizes that video games
are actually making us smarter fluid
intelligence a measurement in IQ tests
has been on a steady rise since the
early 90s and sacrament attribute
disinclined to fairies components of
playing video games including overcoming
obstacles and creative thinking and a
simple definition of gamification is
it's the process of using game think
and game mechanics to engage audiences
and solve problems number eight gamers
are single they can potentially improve
your chances and getting the ladies way
too much time dick a quick glance around
the internet will tell you how people
view the stereotypical gamer single
alone and in their parents basement
perhaps it's due to the hobbies more
personal reclusive nature but many
people see gamers as the stay indoors
single type while there is little data
to back this up it's pretty safe to say
that this is a really broad and wide
generalization of gamers as a whole I've
known you since we were kids but wow you
married huh this is just kind of one of
those misconceptions that you can solve
with mere anecdotal evidence I'm sure
you know plenty of gamers with girl
and/or boyfriends
let alone husbands and wives it should
hopefully it brings you back to where I
am number 7 gamers are immature playing
video games online certainly doesn't
help this stereotype what with
children's grieving crying racist
comments verbal abuse your mother jokes
and all manner of other trolling
goddamnit rethought even social media
sites like Twitter aren't safe from the
bombardment of childish behavior like
when game developers will get death
threats for delaying their games
unfortunately for gamers this very loud
vocal minority gives the hobby and its
followers a bad name minigames are
filled with great and silent people many
of whom are more than happy to help you
have a conversation help you hone your
craft or provide a sportsman like
challenge you just have to find the
right people and mute and ignore the
dumb ones number 6 you can't make her
career out of video games
she's saying while many non gamers see
gaming as a pointless and dead-end hobby
the truth is that there's a wide range
of individuals that make a very
comfortable living playing video games
there are gaming journalists who play
and review games for a living either
through a website publication as a
freelancer or with their own YouTube
audience
there are also twitch streamers and
YouTube players such as PewDiePie who
earned roughly 7.5 million in 2015 alone
you like it you like Smurfs juice there
are entire companies devoted to making
entertaining content based around video
games and many athletes are now making
millions of dollars through gaming
tournaments and that is not even
mentioning the hundreds of thousands of
developers programmers and artists that
work tirelessly to bring these games to
life number five video games aren't a
respectable artistic medium ask a
question that's been circulating the
past few years our video games art while
views regarding this dance are slowly
shifting with the increasing popularity
of video games there is still a
lingering view amongst two non-gamers
that video games are not art however
this goes against the very nature and
subjectivity of art itself what some may
see is pointless her time wasting others
see as artistic beauty
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even speaking in a conventional sense
many video games are becoming
increasingly artistic indie games like
journey and braid have been praised for
their artistic merits and even
mainstream games like Bioshock have
plenty of artistic value like in any
entertainment medium there is art to be
found with him
number 4 gaming makes you a socially
awkward nerd I'm using real guns love
that Gears of War of course another one
of my favorites
as previously mentioned gaming still has
a personal stigma attached to it in that
many non gamers see players as nerdy
reclusive and awkward people with no
friends however this simply isn't true
as with most hobbies there is a wide
range and diversity amongst its
followers sure some may be socially
awkward but that is in no way
representative of the Hobby as a whole
many famous people who are generally not
considered nerdy like Vin Diesel Snoop
Dogg and the late Robin Williams have
advocated their love of gaming also for
the increased popularity of casual
gaming such as the Wii and mobile
releases it's very evident the gaming is
for everyone not just the socially
awkward number three all gamers are male
is that what they're doing what in the
four think without the expansions that
they're just going with strong winnings
that's it oh thanks
video gaming is seen as an extremely
male-dominated hobby and profession
minigame journalists are male and many
popular video games like Call of Duty
are marketed more towards males than
females however via a study conducted by
the Pew Research Center it was
discovered that gaming is a pastime
almost virtually split right down the
middle in terms of gender they found
that 50% of men and 48% of women
participated in the playing of video
games on a console PC or mobile device
girls hongkong by logic however it
should be said that while it's ignorant
to proclaim that video games are played
solely by men it was found that males
identify themselves as gamers far more
than women which we concede possibly
lends some credence to the myth
number two video games make you violet
it's a different personality type oh
right right right right it's oldest
videos it's a good thing in Japan they
don't play any video game one of the
most widely discussed and controversial
topics surrounding video games is their
link between violent content and violent
behavior people like the now disbarred
lawyer Jack Thompson have advocated
against violent video games and games
have previously been blamed for various
mass shootings in the United States you
get in this digital world this fantasy
world that I think you take a look at
the folks at Columbine Aurora etc the
Pew Research Center found that as many
as 40% of Americans still believe in
this myth despite years of credible
research debunking it including a study
conducted by Oxford University while
it's understandable that an older
generation would believe and buy into a
correlation as they grew up without this
form of entertainment the years of study
suggests that the myth is simply not
true
I mean my my two boys punch and kick
each other all the time they've never
played video games so you know there you
have it number one gaming is for
children
perhaps the biggest misconception still
circling around the general population
is that gaming is meant for kids as
adults are supposed to take on more
mature hobbies but just as gamers have
matured some of the games research
performed by the Entertainment Software
Association revealed that the average
gamer is 48 years old what is perhaps
the most revealing is the fact that more
gamers are over the age of 36 than
between the ages of 18 and 35 it's clear
that video games are not only
transcending gender but age as well as
more adults are playing video games than
ever before as they grew up with the
media while it may appear to non-gamers
that teenagers dominate the market it's
clear that the gaming medium is full of
adults
do you agree with our list what negative
stereotypes do you find yourself saddled
with the best way to understand the
evolution of the craft is by comparing
it to another craft that many people
argued for years was an art movies for
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