What do "normal" people around you think about games?

Um.

I dont fit any of those "normal" traits, EXCEPT FOR:

"- most of them seem dont care weather their game is from Japan or western. most popular Japaneses game is fighting game like tekken and MVC 3. "

Sorry but I dont really care about the nationatily of my games, I just want to play them and have fun... lol.

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ehh bullet point doesnt serve to be criteria of normal people. it just what people around me think

The gaming community on Guam is definately bigger and more diverse than some. Korean MM Os are popular here along with Do TA, Counterstrike, COD, and most fighting games in general (though MVC 3 is HUGE with the Gamestop staff here - they tend to have tournaments for it like everal times a year). There's a lot of military troops stationed on Guam as well, who tend to be big-time gamers. You'll even find players into the more obscure stuff like Super Meat Boy or Shadow the Colossus, so I guess I'm lucky.

edited 4th Mar '12 8:54:03 PM by SgtRicko

I'm with you, at least, on that mark. Hell, it's not really possible to get a proper game design topic going here of all places.

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What they think? They don't care about games at all. Most of them think they're a waste of time or stuff aimed only at children and immature adults. Among my friends, only the men have played and still occasionally play games and show interest in them at all. The women don't play any and don't plan to. Explains why they look at me weird when I bring up this topic. Some are willing to listen to my rants about the industry though, as most of us study economics, so anything business related is open for discussion, or at least out of curiosity for a product they know little about.

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Most non-"hardcore gamers"*

that know about my gaming habits probably still think in the whole "it's for kids!" sort of mentality. Doesn't help that my main gaming focus is intensely focused on Pokemon of all games. Of course, it leads me to get into some rather heated arguments with a bunch of people who think they are so cool for drowning in the nostalgia that is Gen 1. But... That is a bitchery for another time.

To be honest, I think a lot of them just think of them as a slightly more obsessive form of television. Which is rather ironic, considering my sister probably spends as much time watching TLC specials as I do playing games; probably more, now that I think about it...

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I can comfortably say that the vast majority of people I know who are my age (yes, people not just my friends) have consoles that they own. In fact, I'm one of the few individuals in this reference group that doesn't have a console.

So, for me, 'gamer' is 'normal'. People I know who are older / aren't my age though? They stick to their Ti Vo and cable and such. Even the tech-savvy ones. Though they'll think nothing of racking up hours on Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja or something.

When my parents were still around, they generally thought games were mostly useless, and when I was ~14-16 they were always saying "Why don't you read a book, or draw, or write, instead of that?"

So typical parent stuff.

The majority of my friends aren't really into games, either, sans COD and Skyrim, and "mainstream," stuff, so they don't really get it, either.

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Only my cousins, few of them are into videogames, the others are just typical "videogames will ruin your lifes" nevermind my status at university and their status......... so, yeah, you catch my drifts

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In high school, being a gamer is practically the norm. In fact, most of my friends attend the local video game club here in the high school. Unfortunately, most of them mostly play Call of Duty, something that I couldn't care less about even if I tried.

As for my parents, they aren't huge gamers, beyond Tetris or Pac Man. My sister is sort of on a higher level, but only really plays something like Just Dance.

edited 6th Mar '12 6:28:00 PM by MrW

My mom thinks I play too many video games. My dad plays some video games, but works way to much.

He used to play World Of Warcraft, tried Red Dead Redemption, and kinda got me into video games.

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Normal people around me are engineers in college, so videogames are the norm. However, we've got plenty of people who get weirded out by League of Legends and World of Warcraft.

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I've never really ran into anyone that didn't understand gaming culture. Like it has been stated, gaming is the norm in first world countries, and even those who don't usually play games are still familiar with them. My family was always sort of a gamer group, save for my mom. One time my dad found my Civilization III boxed set and played a sixteen hour marathon session, so that's a pretty good indication that he's a gamer. Both of my brothers enjoy video games, and they make up the bulk of their conversations with me. Also, every single one of my friends considers gaming to be one of their main hobbies, so I don't really get any outside perspectives on video games.

Excellent point on the first world front. Didn't even occur to me, but yes. Back in Malaysia, I would probably be less of a gamer (and have far fewer gamer friends outside of the group I imagine I would have grown up with).

I wouldn't know. No one I know in my circle of friends is particularly "normal" *

, and the people I do meet seem to know what I'm talking about from the get-go, including my little sister and father. The closest to "normal "is my mom, but the furthest things she'd play are Wii Fit, Dance Dance Revolution, and Rhythm Heaven.

edited 7th Mar '12 8:37:53 PM by SuperFrost

I'm in class playing my 3DS.

Person next to me: Is that a phone?

Me: ...

I think what the OP meant was something more along the lines of "What does 'normal' people think of your geekier hobbies", since gaming is something too broad.

Just about everyone younger than 40 plays videogames to a certain extend, but we are the ones who take a deeper interest in the hobby.

This is the reason I never say I'm a "gamer". It's too general, and I don't want to be associated with... some people.

seriously 0_o

well you can say that. thought also want to know how is game treated by other people that is not "geek"

i bump this because i have some *interesting* conversation

any way i am in game shop.

then there is an old man asking about game recommendation for his son

he show me 3 game

- Mario kart 3DS

- Mario tennis 3DS

- SMB 3D land

i chose Mario kart.

then he ask me again if you can play it on PS 3 since he own that (and possibly only that)

i just told him no because there is 3DS logo on the box

do no after that tough. i suspect he just buy a PS 3 game like LBP

edited 30th Jun '12 1:35:28 PM by rrw

I don't consider someone who plays Angry Birds and Call of Duty or World Of Warcraft to be gamers the same way I wouldn't call someone who can make Mac And Cheese a chef.

I tried to bring up videogames to my non-gamer family friends. They're old, have grand-children, and are pretty savvy about most things.

I had just been given 1000 video games you need to play before you die, and was trying to explain this Tiger Woods golf game, and how it had this feature in it that let you play, stroke for stroke, real golf players as they played on TV.

"So, it's got this mode where-"

"you beat someone up with a baseball bat." >chuckling<

and thus, -_-;

Great people otherwise. I've got this other family friend who's always very attentive when I start talking games. When I explained Assassin's Creed 1 to him, he was very excited, because I was explaining the thing it had about explaining via debate the motivations of all the villains, and how it explains via actions its creed of "nothing is true, everything is permitted."

So, it varies from person to person.

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edited 30th Jun '12 1:46:03 PM by TriggerLoaded

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My aunt is scared of Street Fighter amd my grandma thinks Classic So ic and Tails are cute.

I am completely, utterly, and thoroughly done with Sola Sonica and 2D

Most of my friends and family are either fellow gamers, don't have much of an opinion on them, or don't express their opinion often if they do have one.

Also, normality is impossible.

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Well, personally I wasn't much of a gamer until high school(where I discovered all these great franchises/underrated games besides the mainstream ones). Until the Wii, my family seemed to look at gaming with somewhat negative lenses. It's an addictive hobby, it's boring, etc.

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