Alright. Here we go again.
Tonight's topic touches upon what the rest of the world (not just kids, bored teens, and young adults) thinks of gaming in general. Now, while gaming has often been considered nerdy throughout its earlier years (I mean, look at the lame commercials and people back in the day. You can very much see why), but is it starting to catch on in the whole emcompassing world outside of the dark realm we had once dwelled in? I mean, it's not to say that gaming isn't well established (after all, the average gamer is about 35 years old and there are thousands of games and millions of gamers out there), but will it ever be viewed as more than just a past time in ordinary people's minds? And even though gaming might be well established, the average person still doesn't know squat about the underlying principles and structure of gaming in whole. Sure, the same can be said about movies and books (or all the entertainment subdivisions in general), but that are infinitately more clueless about the game industry. If the knowledge of the other divisions were shadows of thought in an ordinary person's mind, then gaming is a complete and limitlessly dark abyss where thought does not dare to go and if it does dare to go there, it doesn't get far. I still see people in general refer to "nintendo" no matter what system they might be trying to talk about, I seldom see games get talked about other than Halo, GTA, or the other largely casual series, and I've seen people try to talk about the gaming industry, but just completely screw up by incorrectly stating facts or just complete rubbish. Although gaming might be arrosing in the whole world, these kind of acts and facts make me think that people are really not terribly interested and are just playing along until the next big thing comes along.
So, my questions for you tonight are:
1. Is gaming in general considered "cool" or "nerdy" in the minds of the majority of the people?
2. Do you see gaming becoming the next big thing in the entertainment industry (on the same level as movies or rock music)?
3. Do you ever see gaming returning to the niche hobby that it once was?
Please sound off on what you think.
YTMND of the night:
Song of the night:
Bohemian Rhapsody (Artist: Queen, Year: 1975)
Fact of the night:
A book was released in 1898 that almost entirely mirrored the Titanic sinking that came 14 years lately.