We aren’t the weird ones anymore. What a strange feeling.
Well I mean, we’re still pretty weird. But just playing video games isn’t weird anymore. That’s neat.
It was always bullshit, though.
As far back as 2010, there were more women playing games like Peggle or Bejeweled than there were men playing games on Steam.
Women didn’t play “real games” or some such fucking bullshit, so they regularly were ignored in the numbers.
Games have always been more popular than people have acted like. It’s just one more thing Boomers spent way too much time chiding and acting like was childish. They did it for so long people are only now to starting to feel lack of judgment for gaming.
Remember when Hillary Clinton wanted to ban GTA over the Hot Coffee mod? Pepperidge Farm Remembers.
Also, it’s wild how much of gaming has become nothing but gambling culture, using the same tools and tricks.
Boomers are A-OK with spending all day sitting at a slot machine while shitting themselves and they think that’s a “game.” They hated our games until our games became like their bullshit ass fucking wank game of chance. Now they’re the fucking Whales that mobile publishers want because they’ll just hit the button endlessly… just like they did with the slots. Losers.
Yup, my parents claim to not play video games, but my mom likes word puzzles on her phone, and that totally counts imo.
Wow you wouldn’t think so with the way video game employees have been culled
