Gaming = Childish?

[airEx]

I have never meet or seen a person who thinks that games are childish.
So I guess that I'm lucky on this one.

 

[Kinguendo]

Except Citizen Kane was boring and Gone With The Wind sucks, where is our Dude, Where's My Car, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, It's a Wondeful Life or Monsters, Inc.?

 

[Kinguendo]

Because in the early day of games, they were seen more as toys than being more than that. That stigma still holds.

But are games not toys?

I don't know, do you sit around having tea parties with them or make them fight ninja's with your G.I. Joes?

Nope, I pop them in the 360 and have play them. Just like I used to do with other kinds of toys when I was younger.

You put your toys in a 360 when you were younger? How old are you?

GASP! You have a time machine!?!

Sarcasm + changing the subject = admitting defeat.

Lame come-back + Dodging the questions / Not getting the joke * Eating butts = Actual Defeat.

 

[Jupsto]

But are games not toys?

Nope. in the same way that books and films aren't. games are culture.

We just have to wait till all the older generations die off until they are accepted.

 

[Evilmonkeysniper0182]

times have changed alot since it was onl kids playing games, i.e the 18 plus ones, which i belive every parent should not let they kids play till they reach the age on the game, (this is how i d it with my 2 kids)

but everyone and anyone from about 12 upwards plays games now, ive read of fully grown men pulling sickies from work when a new game comes out

 

[Zildjin81]

Because in the early day of games, they were seen more as toys than being more than that. That stigma still holds.

But are games not toys?

yeah, they are toys, but they have evolved beyond that. they are becoming much, much more. for the final ________ has only. just. begun.



Cookies for the reference.

Thank you for your sort of half agreement. That wasn't sarcastic.


It really wasn't.

Neither was that.

Ughh how I stop sounding sarcastic through text?

 

[Zildjin81]

Because in the early day of games, they were seen more as toys than being more than that. That stigma still holds.

But are games not toys?

I don't know, do you sit around having tea parties with them or make them fight ninja's with your G.I. Joes?

Nope, I pop them in the 360 and have play them. Just like I used to do with other kinds of toys when I was younger.

You put your toys in a 360 when you were younger? How old are you?

GASP! You have a time machine!?!

Sarcasm + changing the subject = admitting defeat.

Lame come-back + Dodging the questions / Not getting the joke * Eating butts = Actual Defeat.

Where exactly did I "eat butts" and "dodge questions"?

 

[Pimppeter2]

On some levels it is

 

[Sparrow]

... I have another question. Why do you care what other people think?

Yeah, pretty much this.

Who cares?

 

[AlexanderZero]

People think video games are childish for the same reason they think comics, anime, toy collections, model building, and role-playing is childish. It's a nerdy niche-market. Just because they don't understand how deep games can really be doesn't mean you have to get all offended about it.

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

These are the same people who think cartoons are childish, and also the same people who showed their kids Watership Down.

 

[Kinguendo]

Because in the early day of games, they were seen more as toys than being more than that. That stigma still holds.

But are games not toys?

I don't know, do you sit around having tea parties with them or make them fight ninja's with your G.I. Joes?

Nope, I pop them in the 360 and have play them. Just like I used to do with other kinds of toys when I was younger.

You put your toys in a 360 when you were younger? How old are you?

GASP! You have a time machine!?!

Sarcasm + changing the subject = admitting defeat.

Well, he did ask three questions which you didnt answer. And the eating butts was for comedic purposes only.


Lame come-back + Dodging the questions / Not getting the joke * Eating butts = Actual Defeat.

Where exactly did I "eat butts" and "dodge questions"?

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

Video game have been around for over 50 years. I don't know why people have such a problem with it, it's not like its anything new.

30 I could accept but I dont think they had Video Gaming machines back in 1959...
Hold on let me check...

OT: If they were kiddie, why do we have Gore, R +18 Games (Depending on Location) and Vibrating Controllers? (Okay the last one was a spin-off)

EDIT: Okay, Oldest I've found so far is Pac-Man back in 1980.

 

[Garzo]

Most people are just big children though. Their bodies got bigger and they know more stuff, but they're still motivated by the same things.

 

[LeonLethality]

beause they need to find a way to rip on us gamers, and wont admit they suck at games (personal experience at least) and why is it that when i play ff11 i get compared to WoW players by mmo haters, ff11 is FAR from WoW >.> it steams me

 

[IamQ]

Isn't the average gamer age like 25?

 

[A Raging Emo]

Because in the early day of games, they were seen more as toys than being more than that. That stigma still holds.

This.

 

[Iwamori]

If someone wants to think my hobby is childish, more power to them. I hope they enjoy watching reality show #48581 while I have fun. GG No RE

 

[matnatz]

Because working in the console department of a game shop is almost like Daycare.

 

[matnatz]

One of them that I go to has seperate departments. They even have a department for game related stuff, models, mags etc. The PC department used to take up the entire 2nd floor, everything else used to be cramped downstairs. Now the PC depart is just about 1/3 of the bottom floor.