When was it that gaming became synonymous with dude-bro culture?

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D-Minaj225 on 30 April 2013

curl-6 said:
2006-2007 with Gears of War, COD4, and Halo 3. In other words, it's all the Xbox 360's fault. ;)

it started way before 2006, i think it was the late 90s

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Slimebeast on 30 April 2013

From my point of view it was already back when Counter-strike became popular. That's when it became legit for the cool guys to play games, at least here in Sweden.

It already started with Doom a few years before that, but with Counter-strike it exploded. You almost were a nerd it you didn't play CS.

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Jumpin on 30 April 2013

The type of person people call "bros" seem to be mostly losers who are trying to act like a cool person. They always whine about how "women are the devil" and cry and cry and cry about their inability to get laid or about some fat girl they have a suicidal stab-stab crush on... Then they go listen to weezer, dave matthews, or the red hot chili peppers while drinking beer with other bros just like them and some other fat chick who won't bang them. Then they spend Friday and Saturday playing Call of Duty and eating potato chips and drinking "sodas."

At least, that's the impression I get of this sub-culture.

I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

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foodfather on 30 April 2013

the correct answer is GTA: San Andreas

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fillet on 30 April 2013

About 2001-ish.

Blame multiplayer for the really recent changes 2006-2007

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Wright on 30 April 2013

Player2 said:

In Spain they're the same since the PS2 days, the difference is that now they play CoD and Assassin's Creed too, not only GTA/Fifa/PES/NFS. Here they look like this:

You just can't make three or four steps in the Canary Islands without wild-encountering one!

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chapset on 30 April 2013

end of ps1 early ps2, with the gta, madden, fifa, nhl

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S.T.A.G.E. on 30 April 2013

Started with PS2- NBA Live, Madden, Medal of Honor
Ended with Xbox 360- COD, Gears of War and Halo.

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S.T.A.G.E. on 30 April 2013

Player2 said:

In Spain they're the same since the PS2 days, the difference is that now they play CoD and Assassin's Creed too, not only GTA/Fifa/PES/NFS. Here they look like this: