Poll: What subsect of "geek culture" do you identify the most with?
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Oh you don't like all the fillers and the constant insulting amount of flashbacks because the writers think the readers can't remember anything from previous chapters/episodes?Akichi Daikashima said:
I bet 1/3 or more of that pos is just flashbacks and memories. So terrible.
OT: I play videogames a lot and my interests tend to align themselves with geek/nerd things anyways. Star Wars, Game of Thrones, D&D, MLP, very little anime
but there are things I just could never get into. MOBA and MMO's as well as comic books. Just can't do it.
Mine are gaming, anime, science, and sci-fi as of right now although I do read comics just not very often anymore.
I'm mostly gaming, but I'm also tabletop, or perhaps TCG if that's different than tabletop, because I play Magic: The Gathering.
I tend not to go to movies too often. I'd rather enjoy them in the comfort of my own home than an overpriced theatre. I've seen a few animes (like 5 or 6, only two all the way through), but I don't really consider myself an anime guy. So yeah, there's that.
I tend not to go to movies too often. I'd rather enjoy them in the comfort of my own home than an overpriced theatre. I've seen a few animes (like 5 or 6, only two all the way through), but I don't really consider myself an anime guy. So yeah, there's that.
I know more about video games than I think a normal person should so thats where I fit. I've been gaming a long time and controllers feel natural for me to use.
If I were in the right environment I could fit in with the tabletop gamers but with no one to try with I'm outta luck there.
If I were in the right environment I could fit in with the tabletop gamers but with no one to try with I'm outta luck there.
Primarily Tabletop gaming with a heavy influence from Anime/manga/JRPGs.uchytjes said:
I enjoy video games, but my love is tabletop gaming. As a writer, I like the ability to create stories myself and see them come to life as games.
I guess video gaming is the most dominant, but I like a bit of everything from the list. I've only recently started playing tabletops more seriously (joined a group, bi-weekly meetups, etc). I still go to the movies fairly often, but I'm not that into Anime like I was a few years back.
None really. I honestly do not think it is a good idea to base a "culture" around the consumption of a product. Say what you want about other cultures throughout history, but all of them have had some kind of unifying ideal or moral. Geek "culture" has none at all. And it is a tremendous error to replace philosophy, morality, or other types of belief with the purchasing of products, and the related discussion of those products.
I would consider myself of paragon of geek culture in the sense that I've never found a subset of it I was not intensely interested in. I am a videogamer, owning many consoles and a nice self-built computer rig. I am a tabletop gamer, plyaing Warhammer in both the 40k and Fantasy flavors as well as many lesser known titles, dozens of tabletop roleplaying games, and tons of board/card games. I am a comic/anime/manga nerd, collecting series in a variety of formats. I am a movie-going nerd, going so far as to desire a career as a cinema critic.
I am also several other sorts of unlisted geek. I am nerdy about military history, civics, politics, comparative religion, weapons (firearms and ancient forms), and sports (especially gridiron.) Needless to say, I have far too many hobbies, not enough time for them all, and spend a fortune on crap I don't need. It's too bad I have such a strong desire to eat several times a day, that money could get me all sorts of far more interesting things!
I am also several other sorts of unlisted geek. I am nerdy about military history, civics, politics, comparative religion, weapons (firearms and ancient forms), and sports (especially gridiron.) Needless to say, I have far too many hobbies, not enough time for them all, and spend a fortune on crap I don't need. It's too bad I have such a strong desire to eat several times a day, that money could get me all sorts of far more interesting things!
I voted other, since I'm both a video game geek and a movie geek. My libraries of both are fairly huge, and I don't think I could definitively say I'm more fond of one over the other.
I've only ever identified with videogaming, but I don't consider myself a nerd, even within that subculture (except for maybe here. I live a double-life, you know.)