LISTEN &/OR BELIEVE Why do Americans make an identity out of gaming? -

[Syaoran Li]

The reason why so many Americans make an identity of being a gamer? The answer is simple.

People like their hobbies and don't want to see them hijacked by SJW hipster lunatics, like what happened with most of the mainstream media these days. So GamerGate was a natural reaction against said SJW hipster types.

Let's face it, Gone Home was a shitty, boring, and quite pretentious game and most of us would rather be playing Call of Duty than a game like Gone Home (and this is from someone who doesn't even like Call of Duty, I'm more of a fan of Resident Evil)

The SJW's and hipsters want the video game industry to put out more pretentious indie hipster shit that appeals to a niche market instead of fun games that the average consumer would actually enjoy. Plus there's the smugness and virtue signaling that SJW's are infamous for.

 

[Tanner Glass]

Americans don't make an identity out of gaming. Americans make an identity out of everything (see also - every lolcow on this site). Some of those Americans also play games.

 

[Tranhuviya]

Why do Chinese need to wear gas masks when going outside?

 

[CatParty]

Video games are toys for children

 

[Taily Puff]

Video games are toys for children

In all fairness they're also great toys for adult drunks.

 

[StraightShooter]

America has only been around for like 200 years so we don't have much to go by. Thats why we go on about guns and free speech, we pretty much just have the constitution and a history of slavery/genocide but the latter isn't as nice

Corporations today own more 'slaves' via sweatshop labor than America did before the civil war; the average slave on a wealthy plantation had a much more comfortable life than a Chinese sweatshop worker does, no body cares though because Asians aren't "brown enough".

Video games are toys for children

Technically the "video game" isn't the software or console, the actual act of playing it.

The game console and software are more akin to the equipment, like a tennis court and racket; the game is how the person plays it.

 

[CatParty]

In all fairness they're also great toys for adult drunks.

thats sad

Technically the "video game" isn't the software or console, the actual act of playing it.

The game console and software are more akin to the equipment, like a tennis court and racket; the game is how the person plays it.

still a toy for children

 

[StraightShooter]

thats sad


still a toy for children

I'd recommend reading "Playing to Win" by David Sirlin (pro esports fellow) and it'll completely change the way one thinks of what a "video game" actually is.

I do think though the reason video games are slightly associated with autistic manchildren is because a lot of games are designed to give a high sense of reward but with minimal actual effort, compared to a lot of "real sports" - especially games of the "MMORPG" variety where you just "grind" for 8 hours a day and get "rewarded" in the game with super-high levels, or "sandbox" games like Minecraft where there is no real "goal" at all and it just boils down to mental masturbation - games like that tend to appeal to spergs for obvious reasons.

 

[CatParty]

I'd recommend reading "Playing to Win" by David Sirlin (pro esports fellow) and it'll completely change the way one thinks of what a "video game" actually is.

nah i'm fine. i'll go have a social life

 

[StraightShooter]

nah i'm fine. i'll go have a social life

 

[Gym Leader Elesa]

America has only been around for like 200 years so we don't have much to go by. Thats why we go on about guns and free speech, we pretty much just have the constitution and a history of slavery/genocide but the latter isn't as nice

Can't argue that. Once those policies were abolished, we went downhill fast.

 

[Taily Puff]

nah i'm fine. i'll go have a social life

Nigga you post on kiwifarms.

 

[Coleman Francis]

why are americans better at video games?

I thought it was all about Chinese kids in slave factories mining resources in mmo's for cash now?

 

[Calooby]

It's because they are fat and can't get laid, so instead of having sex, they play video games.

 

[sogdiananhero]

Americans, for better or (more often)worse developed a strong consumer culture due to our wealth post-WWII.

Now that the traditional staples of american culture like free-speech, racial segregation, and bibles and guns are being eroded away, most people have to accept an identity based on either what you buy or who you fuck

 

[Hui]

Some people get their enjoyment in life from video games. Video games aren't just toys, they're experiences. They're adventures, challenges. They give you something to do, something to achieve.

Spoiler

For the most part, my life would be dull and hollow without video games. And before you say "lol go make friends and get a life," this IS my life. A strong part of it that is

A necessary part. I can't form relationships due to severe social anxiety, very few interests, and beliefs that make me incompatible with the vast majority of the population.

Spoiler

So don't say "It's just gaymz," because for some people they fill a void in their lives nothing else can.

Tfw nobody can fill that hole in you?

 

[feedtheoctopus]

Because they lack any other meaningful identity and thus can only define themselves via consumerism

 

[timecop]

I thought it was all about Chinese kids in slave factories mining resources in mmo's for cash now?

all a part of the plan

 

[Lazuli]

why are americans better at video games?

Yeah no.

 

[timecop]

Yeah no.

i guarantee that i'll stomp you and all your turkish friends out in the game world and i'll do it for my country