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

[JEMC]

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:

Plus por la referencia a Vaya Semanita.

But they have evolved. Now they are "canis"

For those who doesn't understand it says Ones in danger of extinction. Regarding the others... here I have my shotgun.

Oh, and "gilipollas" is something like asshole

OT: I don't know when it started, probably when games like CoD or others started to gain popularity.