Time Magazine does gamers all over the world a huge disservice

A lot of people are up in arms about Les Grossman's cover article on Halo 3 which is filled with factual errors and has a suspect tone about gamers. My question to you is should we expect more from the mainstream media about their depiction of gamers or are we expecting too much from the people who write these articles?

I mean, if a mainstream media outlet like Time can't understand us, which mainstream media outlet will?

Time Magazine Halo Cover Story Draws Fire

As soon as you realize everything is about money, things start to make a lot more sense.

... I don't expect to change up until gaming has been around for a few more decades.CarnageHeart

Although now that I think of it, you might be right. Movies that would have been considered pop culture trash a couple decades ago (like Titanic, Gladiator, and Lord of the Rings) are starting to win accolades.... so who knows.

Don't pay attention to the mainstream media...especially when it comes to gaming. These articles are always written by non-gamers who have no frame of reference to be making such stereotypical claims.

I read the article and didn't find that much offensive about it, however there were inaccuracies in a few instances. His last paragraph was pretty ignorant and bordered on being offensive:

"Not that the Bungies care. They don't need to legitimize Halo by associating it with other, more respectable media. They sell enough units and make enough money. They're happy in their invisible geek ghetto. But that's the logic of the marketplace: it can't leave subcultures alone; it has to turn them into cultures. It may be time for the Master Chief to come in from the cold and join the party, with the popular kids. Just don't expect him to take off his helmet."

When he refers to the popular kids (mainstream media), he's saying it's time for gaming to finally join them instead of remaining a "subculture."

Asfor this line:

"THE CLICHÉ ABOUT GAMERS IS THAT THEY'RE antisocial, if not sociopathic, but Bungie is very much a community."

Is that not true? He's not saying they are, he's just pointing out that is has become one, but then counters the statement with the fact that Bungie is not antisocialbut is in fact the opposite. Nothing offensive there. Please people, quote the entire sentence before you criticize.

But yes, I'll concede he was a bit harsh at the end.