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When ever I see video games in media and despite playing a current console (can tell by controllers) the game sounds like an 80s arcade cabinet with "pew pew" sounds and the actors convey playing games by wildly gesticulating and button mashing.

This representation is, in part, what makes having conversations with people who don't play games about games challenging. It is views as a lesser medium for children or "man children" because cannot conceive that a video game could provide a rich experience on par with television, film, or literature.