Comments on: GamePride: A New Momentum in Gaming – Part 1

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:05:09 +0000

...... Кино фильмы он ла йн...

By: Vunder

Vunder — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:39:27 +0000

...... Бизнесмен из Вас отличный...

By: Grumlin

Grumlin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:34:36 +0000

One of the biggest mistakes that gameshop owners do it let the great unwashed hang around putting off new customers. Seen it time and again. If you are a shopowner, kick them out until they i) wash) ii) get a proper haircut iii) wear something that would not get you beaten up in a pub.

If you are a gamer, think like a genestealer cultist….the more ‘normal’ you look, the quicker you can spread the word…

By: Smurphs

Smurphs — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:23:33 +0000

@ElectronoVisions

Don’t be scared. Just buy your games on the internet, and make sure you only invite (relatively) sane people to your games nights. Lure them in with alcohol, and as Rob mentions in another article DEMONSTRATE the gameplay rather than talk them through the rules.

By: ElectronoVisions

ElectronoVisions — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:08:27 +0000

On the back of discovering Downtime Town I went out to get a board game – something fun and not too daunting. After your glowing review I thought Citadels would be a good place to start.
So I went to visit a games shop, the one near Mono in Glasgow and I was very, very excited.
Inside I tried to make sense of it – ended up looking at lots of books that were (I think) role playing supplements and rule books. Very daunting, very like trying to read another language.
The empty shop starts filling up and this is when my first heart sank. Safe to say that the worst Gamer stereotypes were all there. Terrible, terrible metal t-shirts with names that sound like a list of previous convictions. An encyclopedic knowledge that reduces the games down to complex maths and if I’m being honest questionable hygiene. One guy was glistening with sweat.
I thought – this is exactly what I hoped it wouldn’t be like.
Then a mum comes in with a group of kids – who are all really excited and beaming and that was really lovely to see and what it should all be about. But I saw her eying the adult gamers and you could see her thinking ‘I hope to God my boys don’t end up like that’.
The shop was sold out of Citadels, so I bought a Magic starter set and took it home and mate a couple of games with a friend. It was great, very fun, very enjoyable – and I was really glad I visited the shop. I went a few days later and gazed at booster packs.
I went online to find out more about Magic and came across forum after forum after forum of that awful gamer stereotype – abstracting the game down into numbers, lots of ruthless decks and tactics designed solely to beat inexperienced players in a single turn or less. Ensuring that these sorts of things remain a strange and frightening place from the outside looking in.
It’s a shame that the very people who are so passionate about gaming are often the same people who perpetuate the negative myths behind being a gamer.
I am not saying this is a hard and fast rule – but it seems that with my first tentative peak from the closet i’ve been left more confused than ever.

By: Capt Dieldugh

Capt Dieldugh — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:57:23 +0000

My name’s Tony and I am Proud. Game Proud!

Will coming out of the arcade cabinet make my acne go away?

By: johnnyorgan

johnnyorgan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:57:55 +0000

I AM A GAMER AND I AM PROUD! BRING IT ON DTT!!!!

By: Grapes

Grapes — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:02:11 +0000

I settled in Cataan, but had a Ticket to Ride so took the Eurorails and went to Carcasonne to become a Hunter and Gatherer. My Chess is all checkered and my back is gammoned. S’way I grew up. I don’t have a Monopoly on the experience by any means. It’s a Smallword after all. But then one day in Puerto Rico, I heard a Space Alert. I’m a Galaxy Trucker in a Race for the Galaxy. Saw the Space Hulk (those dudes have Brass, know what I mean?) turn the Twilight Struggle back to the Stone Age. I should be in the Loony Bin but I’m headed back to Terra Nova. Perhaps I’ll write my Memoirs in ‘44. There’s no Dominion over me. I’m off the Power Grid and under my own Steam. Who’s got wood for a sheep? Anyone?…wait…don’t answer that!

By: the man

the man — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:17:22 +0000

1GOTP1NK8CIDBOOTSON and I’m very game proud

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:00:57 +0000

I totally agree. I just started a wee website/blog thing, and while deciding what sections to have on the site, like film reviews, music, things like that, I was almost nervous about reviewing or chatting about games that I’ve played. I assumed it would be a total turn-off for people visiting the site.

I got over that fear, and I take as much pride in my videogames section as I do with my movie and music articles.

More power to your arm.

Scott of http://www.scogblog.co.uk