I hadn't read the comments before you mentioned them, but you're right, they're interesting. Funny how "gamer" has come to mean something more than just "someone who plays games". I don't play FPSs and I don't own a console, but I'd still classify myself as a gamer - I play RTSs and various strategy games quite bit, among other things. On the other hand, classifying anyone who plays a game as a gamer at least once a month as a gamer seems to be stretching things a bit. Once a month is only twelve times a year...
To me, the tournament story just shows that gaming is still definitely perceived as a masculine activity. No one would dream of running a "Guy Gamer Tournament".
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sigh, thought that title looked wrong. *relevance!
Also related, http://kotaku.com/5062930/girl-gamers-to-compete-at-grl-gmr-tournament
The second link was good. Did you read the comments? They good be quite good for an essay...
I hadn't read the comments before you mentioned them, but you're right, they're interesting. Funny how "gamer" has come to mean something more than just "someone who plays games". I don't play FPSs and I don't own a console, but I'd still classify myself as a gamer - I play RTSs and various strategy games quite bit, among other things. On the other hand, classifying anyone who plays a game as a gamer at least once a month as a gamer seems to be stretching things a bit. Once a month is only twelve times a year...
To me, the tournament story just shows that gaming is still definitely perceived as a masculine activity. No one would dream of running a "Guy Gamer Tournament".
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