• Supervisor194@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    It’s a pretty apt metaphor. One minor quibble, gamers don’t think games are real. Sure, it’s no less important to them maybe just because it isn’t real, but they do not, in fact, think it’s real. Also if you don’t want to play their game, they won’t sack you or throw you in prison or kill you.

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    10 hours ago

    Doesn’t seem like they are nerdy about it. More like watched the movie that was based on the game that was based on a book and think they are the real fans.

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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      That seems to be a human trait. Just ask anyone about their political views, which mobile phone they have, sports teams, climate change, vaccinations, dietary preferences, gender minorities, sexual minorities, parenting styles, music genres, pineapple on pizza, medieval siege engines etc.

      BTW raspberries are better than strawberries.

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      9 hours ago

      My hobby is buying steam games and browsing the steam store or my already owned collection. Not actually playing the games though. That would be weird

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        Have you tried browsing DLCs? It’s great. Some games even have tons of them and there’s bundles of them, and different lists and everything.

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    The religious will virtue signal whatever from religion is convenient to them at a given time but are rarely curious or nerdy about the actual substance of it. Gamers actually need to learn the rules of a game or else they face consequences.

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    They’re immersed in fictional worlds that give them a feeling of power and control, sure.

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    10 hours ago

    i mean … this is backwards.

    Gamers are the new fanatical extremists ready to jihad from the announcement of a new game.