Squilliam on 01 January 2010
| The Ghost of RubangB said: Pre-DS/Wii: the word "gamer" made people think of lonely nerds living in basements glued to their televisions, who only see daylight when going to Star Trek conventions, or World of WarCraft addicts urinating in thermoses during long gaming binges. Post-DS/Wii: the word "gamer" makes people think of multi-ethnic families dressed all in white exercising together, or family holiday parties, or Oprah. |
Just a minor correction, no offense intended. I think the difference is that the DS/Wii opened up a lot of the same games to female participation as to give a much more even split along gender lines. There had been games which did that before but they had been few and far between. There had been girly games before but IMO the DS/Wii were great in that they made the system itself and not the individual titles compelling by simplifying the interface.
@Khuutie, I just realised when I say 'Khuutie' out loud it sounds a lot like cootie which is some horrible aids like disease that afflicts children.
Tease.
