Gaming Stereotypes

Often when people think of gamers they picture a nerdy, white, mama’s boy who will still living at home at the age of 30 in the basement, or teenage boys who have no social skills what so ever. However this is quickly becoming less and less true as many people out there will have started to realise. For example my parents tend to spend more time gaming on their iPads and iPhones than I do. I can honestly say I that I have only used my phone for gaming in extreme circumstance and I hardly do so. More and more the trend of gamers are shifting away from the “white teenage boy” and moving to a much broader range. This is something that must particularly be taken in to account when research is done on gaming. Pretty much everyone is society is now a gamers. Sure there are different levels of gamers but in the end it is all having the same supposed effect on people. It is a milestone for the genre of gaming, it is time that society really did taken gaming serious as it has become something much more than just something nerdy teens do. Take Major League Gaming (MLG) for example, this is a full on proper league that is solely devoted to gaming. There is so much money is MLG just as there is in most sports. It is reaching the point where credit should be given where credit is due.