tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post2051595692338166169..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Owning Your ObsessionsBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-47450142811864894892014-09-01T13:35:25.496+01:002014-09-01T13:35:25.496+01:00Every time I see Said, it just bugs me that his 1,...Every time I see Said, it just bugs me that his 1,000$ suit is dirty. I mean it kinda makes sense, him being dead and in a dessert, but it still bugs me every single time!Tithianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567723372347346654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-62379770658202817772014-08-25T13:30:11.448+01:002014-08-25T13:30:11.448+01:00Great question! Answered in full in next post.Great question! Answered in full in next post.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-39408288969826387072014-08-25T09:28:31.151+01:002014-08-25T09:28:31.151+01:00whats the relevance of the pictures in the post?whats the relevance of the pictures in the post?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-60754332167842562432014-08-25T02:59:28.030+01:002014-08-25T02:59:28.030+01:00I figured it was a typo. I make plenty of my own. ...I figured it was a typo. I make plenty of my own. ;-)rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-39133526331335074892014-08-24T19:46:07.184+01:002014-08-24T19:46:07.184+01:00@Azurel and Sylow - I think one measure of a "...@Azurel and Sylow - I think one measure of a "real gamer" might be someone who is willing to put "Gamer" on a job application for a non-gaming job. I used to put "reading and writing about comics" in the "Other Interests" section on application forms in the 1980s but I wouldn't have put "playing computer games". <br /><br />Nowadays if, god forbid, I had to go job hunting, I would put "playing and blogging about video games" on a CV but, I think, only because of the "blogging" part. I still wouldn't mention it if I "just" played them.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-29325094639695205222014-08-24T19:40:49.663+01:002014-08-24T19:40:49.663+01:00There definitely was such a research paper. I thou...There definitely was such a research paper. I thought of it while I was writing the post and I would have liked to have linked to it but I've looked for it before and not been able to find it. It's not Nick Yee's research, done around the same time, although I think that would show the same age range.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-75700029841965714652014-08-24T19:37:44.014+01:002014-08-24T19:37:44.014+01:00Oops! Corrected. I do know the difference between ...Oops! Corrected. I do know the difference between you! No idea how that slipped through.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-49604680956280261582014-08-24T16:07:17.019+01:002014-08-24T16:07:17.019+01:00Excellent post on the historicity of "old&quo...Excellent post on the historicity of "old" gamers. In my early forties, I fall between you and Syl in gaming experiences. I did not frequent arcades much due to a lack of funds, and early consoles were definitely played more by kids my age than our parents—folks now in their 60s and 70s. I am guessing that situation held true for Syl's age group, too. I would also guess that it it is folks in their 20s now who are the first generation whose parents were playing video games while raising them.<br /><br />Thank you for the complimentary reference to my "gamer" post. I do feel I should note that the only Rohan I know in the blogosphere is the proprietor of the most excellent http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/ ;-)rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-2463243124864195262014-08-24T09:07:27.618+01:002014-08-24T09:07:27.618+01:00Great post.
The average age of the first MMO-pla...Great post. <br /><br />The average age of the first MMO-players given coincides with my memories, all the people I knew to be playing EverQuest back in the nineties were well into their thirties. They basically were (agewise) the generation that had started playing 'tabletop' RPG's in the 80's as college students (my friends at the time and I were outliers for the Netherlands in that we started at early high-school during the 80's, thanks to a pretty bilangual upbringing), ran into the logistics issues non-student life tends to bring, and could get their fill with MMORPG's - which were, as you noted, very expensive to run with dial-inns.<br /><br />Come to think of it, I faintly remember a research paper (or was it Koster? can't remember) from the early part of the century that the average pre-WoW MMORPG player was (then) in his late twenties.<br /><br /> Since then, easier acces to cheaper Internet etc. probably has lowered the average age, and if you dig deep enough in the Interwebs you can find complaints from the earliest days of Vanilla WoW of players from other games being appalled by the immature and ill-behaved behaviour of too many WoW players (suggesting WoW may have been a watershed, though it could be RuneScape was another one).NetherLandsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-38714231610616223072014-08-24T01:39:25.935+01:002014-08-24T01:39:25.935+01:00I absolutely agree to the paragraph Azuriel quoted...I absolutely agree to the paragraph Azuriel quoted. The very same is true for me, in my job environment. I am expected to be "professional". In this i can admit that i watch movies, ride a motor bike, go to heavy metal festivals and sometimes play paintball. What i can not admit to is being a "gamer" who plays computer games. <br /><br />So, by all means, the time i spend in computer games, the effort i put into them, i see myself very much as gamer, but outside of the circle of my friends, this aspect has to be hidden. I very much hope that the next generation (after all, i am over 40) manages to dispose of this stupid conception and predjudice, but guessing from my younger cousins and my godchildren, the process seems to be slow. Sylownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-34725927406421190512014-08-23T16:30:10.243+01:002014-08-23T16:30:10.243+01:00I think you sort of nailed it when you said:
And ...I think you sort of nailed it when you said:<br /><br /><i>And that's probably at the root of why I don't identify as a Gamer. It's not an age thing. It's a prestige thing. After university, where having the high score on Galaxians was something to be envied, I rarely encountered any social situation where identifying as a Gamer wouldn't have been socially damaging.</i><br /><br />In this sense, I would say that a "true gamer" is someone who acknowledges that admitting to being a gamer would be socially damaging, but does so anyway. Because gaming was/is that important to them. But as you note, such an admission is no longer culturally relevant. Hell, it used to be Madden or FIFA were the safe havens in conversation, but CoD and Minecraft have all but supplanted even them.<br /><br />But yeah, the older I have gotten the less important these distinctions even are. Some people might begrudge those who no longer have to walk uphill through the snow both ways, but I'm personally glad that everyone who wants to play games can do so with minimal fuss.Azurielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581263347888757710noreply@blogger.com