Gamers ... a misconception of class???

[aramike]

Fun read: http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/rants/rants.htm

[Guest]

Yes, the Great King Borg says, gaming is good, yes, oh great king(bowing at the Windows altar).... resistance is futile, you SHALL be assimilated.

Just as I have been!!! lol

[Epsilon 5]

My mother was out of words... unable to find something to say "video games are different... they..."

BCM should go on the news

[echo]

mmmmm Pauly Shore....OH wait! was there an article there?

hahahahaha

[Tyrn]

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Originally posted by aramike:

Fun read:

http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/rants/rants.htm

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Right on the money but too narrow in scope. If I tell people I'm a programmer or network admin or hardware tech or any variation on that theme (yes, all those are my titles plus a handful of others) then their eyes glaze over. Now if I add that I work for the largest sewage plant East of Chicago (and I do) they immediately go on point and start asking questions. Questions about sewage treatment that is. . . .

[ 04-19-2001: Message edited by: Tyrn ]

[Emmett.hendrick]

Just read the link and its right, I have been playing computer games since I was ten and am now 26 I have been working in the computer industry for the past 8 years and have had many jobs including network administrator and Field service engineer and I HAVE to say that my skill base was started by tinkering with Dos to get a game to work or seting Win 95 up for a network game. We may be looked down on but for the moment at least people with IT skills are hot property jobs wise (at least here in Ireland), and I would be very hard pressed to find anyone I have worked with that Does not play games.

Usually if I'm at a party and it comes up what I do in my spare time I ask people were they work and how much they earned in the last year, Then I tell them what I do and how much I earned and tell them that computer games are directly responsible for what I do and that tends to shut most people up fairly quickly!