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Scruff7 on 18 August 2009

it's nerdy enough telling people i'm into computer games. I mean, i'm 26, with a full time job, and a girlfriend who i live with... computer games are not that cool to most people.

When i do say 'i play video games' they say, "like the Wii?!"

I squirm, fight away the insult and say, "yeah, something like that."

As for tracking the sales: no, i don't tell people, i just say i'm looking for news about a new game.



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TWRoO on 18 August 2009
Scruff7 said:

it's nerdy enough telling people i'm into computer games. I mean, i'm 26, with a full time job, and a girlfriend who i live with... computer games are not that cool to most people.

When i do say 'i play video games' they say, "like the Wii?!"

I squirm, fight away the insult and say, "yeah, something like that."

As for tracking the sales: no, i don't tell people, i just say i'm looking for news about a new game.

I had a similar experience. I told my aunt I play video games and she said "like playstation".

I nearly spat in disgust.



Scruff7 on 18 August 2009
TWRoO said:
Scruff7 said:

it's nerdy enough telling people i'm into computer games. I mean, i'm 26, with a full time job, and a girlfriend who i live with... computer games are not that cool to most people.

When i do say 'i play video games' they say, "like the Wii?!"

I squirm, fight away the insult and say, "yeah, something like that."

As for tracking the sales: no, i don't tell people, i just say i'm looking for news about a new game.

I had a similar experience. I told my aunt I play video games and she said "like playstation".

I nearly spat in disgust.

well played.



Atari 2600, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Advanced, N64, Playstation, Xbox, PSP Phat, PSP 3000, and PS3 60gb (upgraded to 320gb), NDS

Linux Ubuntu user

Favourite game: Killzone 3

Paul on 08 September 2009

My wife thinks I'm weird. She's the only one who knows.



DaHuuuuuudge on 08 September 2009
chapset said:
I always keep a porn site in the background in case my mom come to my room so she'll think am looking at porn not some silly video games data base



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twingo on 09 September 2009

game tv cars property weaponry.

my interest are quite varied, love tlc discovery history channel.



SnesTea on 09 September 2009

Only when I need to back up the Wii is a legit console when arguing with MS fanboys IRL. Which isn't very often.



Lost_Soul on 09 September 2009

I only talk about it with my friends who owns a ps3 and likes gaming to...I also like to hunt for trophies but i can not talk about it at work, those people just don't understand it and they will label you as some kind of not social person who only like's gaming...I hate those kind of people you can't label people...people have multiple interests...