[Music]
all right let’s get a few things sorted
out welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 things that non-gamers get wrong
about real gamers and yo they don’t hide
a folding docket for this list we’re
looking at what we consider to be the
biggest misconceptions surrounding video
games and the gaming culture by
misinformed or ignorant non-gamers to be
clear we’re focusing on the
misconceptions surrounding the hobby of
gaming itself rather than video games in
general first I’m going to go over my
reasons why I think most gamers are
single and then I’m going to branch off
into tips number 10 gamers are all great
with electronics and the sound card
doesn’t even work in this one and when I
just look what for some reason gamers
are typically viewed as being extremely
electronics savvy individuals despite
many not having the faintest idea how
their console or PC works perhaps it
comes from the electronics based form of
the hobby itself but whatever the case
gamers are frequently asked by elderly
family members friends and relatives to
take a look at their computer or see
what’s going on with their internet oh
come on even building a PC is far easier
and less complex than many people think
just because we can play a playstation
doesn’t mean we know how it works though
and unlike what the Super Mario Brothers
movie implies we certainly cannot hack a
police computer can’t believe you’ve
been doing it cuz we’re sitting on my
butt all day playing video games s way
number nine video games make you stupid
how can you not make fun of that one of
the biggest urban legends surrounding
video games is that they promote
stupidity particularly in children
critics argue that gaming is a
monotonous stationary hobby and that
gaming can detract from more
stereotypically intelligent pastimes
like reading and the fact that all these
eSports nerds are upset with me I’m
hitting a very very sensitive spot while
there are certainly health detriments to
15 hour gaming videos Kimi’s perfectly
fine in moderation in fact author gave
zickerman theorizes that video games are
actually making us smarter fluid
intelligence a measurement in IQ tests
has been on a steady rise since the
early 90s and Zekrom an attribute
disinclined to various components of
playing video games including overcoming
obstacles and creative thinking and a
simple definition of gamification is
it’s the process of using game thing
and game mechanics to engage audiences
and solve problems never eight gamers
are single they can potentially improve
your chances and getting the legs
spinning way too much time game a quick
glance around the internet will tell you
how people view the stereotypical gamer
single alone and in their parents
basement perhaps it’s due to the hobbies
more personal reclusive nature but many
people see gamers as the stand or single
type while there is little data to back
this up it’s pretty safe to say that
this is a really broad and wide
generalization of gamers as a whole I’ve
known you since we were kids but wow you
married huh this is just kind of one of
those misconceptions that you can solve
with mere anecdotal evidence I’m sure
you know plenty of gamers with girl–and
or boyfriends let alone husbands and
wives why don’t you go into the face the
wire see if it should hopefully it
brings you back to where I am number 7
gamers are immature playing video games
online certainly doesn’t help this
stereotype but with children screaming
crying racist comments verbal abuse your
mother jokes and all manner of other
trolling again I don’t they’ll be
goddamn a drain thought even social
media sites like Twitter aren’t safe
from the bombardment of childish
behavior like when game developers will
get death threats for delaying their
games
unfortunately for gamers this very loud
vocal minority gives the hobby and its
followers a bad name shut up minigames
are filled with great and silent people
many of whom are more than happy to help
you have a conversation help you hone
your craft or provide a sportsman like
challenge you just have to find the
right people and mute and ignore the
dumb ones number 6 you can’t make her
career out of video games oh she says
while many non gamers see gaming as a
pointless and dead-end hobby the truth
is that there’s a wide range of
individuals that make a very comfortable
living playing video games there are
gaming journalists who play in review
games for a living
either through a website publication as
a freelancer or with their own YouTube
audience there are also twitch streamers
and YouTube players such as PewDiePie
who earned roughly 7.5 million in 2015
alone
you like it you like Smurfs juice there
are entire companies devoted to making
entertaining content based around video
games the hook and many athletes are now
making millions of dollars through
gaming tournaments and that is not even
mentioning the hundreds of thousands of
developers programmers and artists that
work tirelessly to bring these games to
life number five video games aren’t a
respectable artistic medium ask a
question that’s been circulating the
past few years our video games art while
views regarding this dancer slowly
shifting with the increasing popularity
of video games there is still a
lingering view amongst two non-gamers
that video games are not art however
this goes against the very nature and
subjectivity of art itself what some may
see is pointless or time-wasting others
see as artistic beauty
[Music]
even speaking in a conventional sense
many video games are becoming
increasingly artistic indie games like
journey and braid have been praised for
their artistic merits and even
mainstream games like Bioshock have
plenty of artistic value like in any
entertainment medium there is art to be
found with him
number 4 gaming makes you a socially
awkward nerd I’m using real guns love
that uh Gears of War of course another
one of my favorites as previously
mentioned gaming still has a personal
stigma attached to it in that many non
gamers see players as nerdy reclusive
and awkward people with no friends
however this simply isn’t true
as with most hobbies there is a wide
range and diversity amongst its
followers sure some may be socially
awkward but that is in no way
representative of the Hobby as a whole
I’ve heard on the imputing ogre many
famous people who are generally not
considered nerdy like Vin Diesel Snoop
Dogg and the late Robin Williams have
advocated their love of gaming also with
the increased popularity of casual
gaming such as the Wii and mobile
releases it’s very evident the gaming is
for everyone not just socially awkward
number three all gamers are male the
word versus the Alliance is that what
they’re doing what in the for think
without the expansions that they’re just
going with strong win and that’s it oh
thanks oh video gaming is seen as an
extremely male-dominated hobby and
profession mini game journalists are
male and many popular video games like
Call of Duty are marketed more towards
males than females however via a study
conducted by the Pew Research Center it
was discovered that gaming is a pastime
almost virtually split right down the
middle in terms of gender they found
that 50% of men and 48% of women
participated in the playing of video
games on a console PC or mobile device
are they a team deal goes Hongkong by
logic a however it should be said that
while it’s ignorant to proclaim that
video games are played solely by men it
was found that males identify themselves
as gamers far more than women which we
concede possibly lends some credence to
the myth
number two video games make you while it
it’s a different personality type you oh
right right right right its oldest video
games it’s a good thing in Japan they
don’t play any video game one of the
most widely discussed and controversial
topics surrounding video games is their
link between violent content and violent
behavior people like the now disbarred
lawyer Jack Thompson have advocated
against violent video games and games
have previously been blamed for various
mass shootings in the United States but
you get in this digital world this
fantasy world that I think you take a
look at the folks at Columbine Aurora
etc the Pew Research Center found that
as many a forty percent of Americans
still believe in this myth despite years
of credible research debunking it
including a study conducted by Oxford
University while it’s understandable
that an older generation would believe
and buy into a correlation as they grew
up without this form of entertainment
the years of study suggests that the
myth is simply not true I mean my two
boys punch and cook each other all the
time they never played video games so
you know there you have it number one
gaming is for children perhaps the
biggest misconception still circling
around the general population is that
gaming is meant for kids as adults are
supposed to take on more mature hobbies
but just as gamers have matured some of
the games research performed by the
Entertainment Software Association
revealed that the average gamer is 48
years old what is perhaps the most
revealing is the fact that more gamers
are over the age of 36 than between the
ages of 18 and 35
it’s clear that video games are not only
transcending gender but age as well as
more adults are playing video games than
ever before as they grew up with the
media while it may appear to non-gamers
that teenagers dominate the market it’s
clear that the gaming medium is full of
adults
do you agree with our list what negative
stereotypes do you find yourself saddled
with the best way to understand the
evolution of the craft is by comparing
it to another craft that many people
argued for years was an art movies we’re
more open-minded top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com and if the power of
gamification allows us to unleash their
collective ability we’ll all win thank
you
[Applause]
[Music]
all right let’s get a few things sorted
out welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 things that non-gamers get wrong
about real gamers and yo they don’t hide
a folding docket for this list we’re
looking at what we consider to be the
biggest misconceptions surrounding video
games and the gaming culture by
misinformed or ignorant non-gamers to be
clear we’re focusing on the
misconceptions surrounding the hobby of
gaming itself rather than video games in
general first I’m going to go over my
reasons why I think most gamers are
single and then I’m going to branch off
into tips number 10 gamers are all great
with electronics and the sound card
doesn’t even work in this one and when I
just look what for some reason gamers
are typically viewed as being extremely
electronics savvy individuals despite
many not having the faintest idea how
their console or PC works perhaps it
comes from the electronics based form of
the hobby itself but whatever the case
gamers are frequently asked by elderly
family members friends and relatives to
take a look at their computer or see
what’s going on with their internet oh
come on even building a PC is far easier
and less complex than many people think
just because we can play a playstation
doesn’t mean we know how it works though
and unlike what the Super Mario Brothers
movie implies we certainly cannot hack a
police computer can’t believe you’ve
been doing it cuz we’re sitting on my
butt all day playing video games s way
number nine video games make you stupid
how can you not make fun of that one of
the biggest urban legends surrounding
video games is that they promote
stupidity particularly in children
critics argue that gaming is a
monotonous stationary hobby and that
gaming can detract from more
stereotypically intelligent pastimes
like reading and the fact that all these
eSports nerds are upset with me I’m
hitting a very very sensitive spot while
there are certainly health detriments to
15 hour gaming videos Kimi’s perfectly
fine in moderation in fact author gave
zickerman theorizes that video games are
actually making us smarter fluid
intelligence a measurement in IQ tests
has been on a steady rise since the
early 90s and Zekrom an attribute
disinclined to various components of
playing video games including overcoming
obstacles and creative thinking and a
simple definition of gamification is
it’s the process of using game thing
and game mechanics to engage audiences
and solve problems never eight gamers
are single they can potentially improve
your chances and getting the legs
spinning way too much time game a quick
glance around the internet will tell you
how people view the stereotypical gamer
single alone and in their parents
basement perhaps it’s due to the hobbies
more personal reclusive nature but many
people see gamers as the stand or single
type while there is little data to back
this up it’s pretty safe to say that
this is a really broad and wide
generalization of gamers as a whole I’ve
known you since we were kids but wow you
married huh this is just kind of one of
those misconceptions that you can solve
with mere anecdotal evidence I’m sure
you know plenty of gamers with girl–and
or boyfriends let alone husbands and
wives why don’t you go into the face the
wire see if it should hopefully it
brings you back to where I am number 7
gamers are immature playing video games
online certainly doesn’t help this
stereotype but with children screaming
crying racist comments verbal abuse your
mother jokes and all manner of other
trolling again I don’t they’ll be
goddamn a drain thought even social
media sites like Twitter aren’t safe
from the bombardment of childish
behavior like when game developers will
get death threats for delaying their
games
unfortunately for gamers this very loud
vocal minority gives the hobby and its
followers a bad name shut up minigames
are filled with great and silent people
many of whom are more than happy to help
you have a conversation help you hone
your craft or provide a sportsman like
challenge you just have to find the
right people and mute and ignore the
dumb ones number 6 you can’t make her
career out of video games oh she says
while many non gamers see gaming as a
pointless and dead-end hobby the truth
is that there’s a wide range of
individuals that make a very comfortable
living playing video games there are
gaming journalists who play in review
games for a living
either through a website publication as
a freelancer or with their own YouTube
audience there are also twitch streamers
and YouTube players such as PewDiePie
who earned roughly 7.5 million in 2015
alone
you like it you like Smurfs juice there
are entire companies devoted to making
entertaining content based around video
games the hook and many athletes are now
making millions of dollars through
gaming tournaments and that is not even
mentioning the hundreds of thousands of
developers programmers and artists that
work tirelessly to bring these games to
life number five video games aren’t a
respectable artistic medium ask a
question that’s been circulating the
past few years our video games art while
views regarding this dancer slowly
shifting with the increasing popularity
of video games there is still a
lingering view amongst two non-gamers
that video games are not art however
this goes against the very nature and
subjectivity of art itself what some may
see is pointless or time-wasting others
see as artistic beauty
[Music]
even speaking in a conventional sense
many video games are becoming
increasingly artistic indie games like
journey and braid have been praised for
their artistic merits and even
mainstream games like Bioshock have
plenty of artistic value like in any
entertainment medium there is art to be
found with him
number 4 gaming makes you a socially
awkward nerd I’m using real guns love
that uh Gears of War of course another
one of my favorites as previously
mentioned gaming still has a personal
stigma attached to it in that many non
gamers see players as nerdy reclusive
and awkward people with no friends
however this simply isn’t true
as with most hobbies there is a wide
range and diversity amongst its
followers sure some may be socially
awkward but that is in no way
representative of the Hobby as a whole
I’ve heard on the imputing ogre many
famous people who are generally not
considered nerdy like Vin Diesel Snoop
Dogg and the late Robin Williams have
advocated their love of gaming also with
the increased popularity of casual
gaming such as the Wii and mobile
releases it’s very evident the gaming is
for everyone not just socially awkward
number three all gamers are male the
word versus the Alliance is that what
they’re doing what in the for think
without the expansions that they’re just
going with strong win and that’s it oh
thanks oh video gaming is seen as an
extremely male-dominated hobby and
profession mini game journalists are
male and many popular video games like
Call of Duty are marketed more towards
males than females however via a study
conducted by the Pew Research Center it
was discovered that gaming is a pastime
almost virtually split right down the
middle in terms of gender they found
that 50% of men and 48% of women
participated in the playing of video
games on a console PC or mobile device
are they a team deal goes Hongkong by
logic a however it should be said that
while it’s ignorant to proclaim that
video games are played solely by men it
was found that males identify themselves
as gamers far more than women which we
concede possibly lends some credence to
the myth
number two video games make you while it
it’s a different personality type you oh
right right right right its oldest video
games it’s a good thing in Japan they
don’t play any video game one of the
most widely discussed and controversial
topics surrounding video games is their
link between violent content and violent
behavior people like the now disbarred
lawyer Jack Thompson have advocated
against violent video games and games
have previously been blamed for various
mass shootings in the United States but
you get in this digital world this
fantasy world that I think you take a
look at the folks at Columbine Aurora
etc the Pew Research Center found that
as many a forty percent of Americans
still believe in this myth despite years
of credible research debunking it
including a study conducted by Oxford
University while it’s understandable
that an older generation would believe
and buy into a correlation as they grew
up without this form of entertainment
the years of study suggests that the
myth is simply not true I mean my two
boys punch and cook each other all the
time they never played video games so
you know there you have it number one
gaming is for children perhaps the
biggest misconception still circling
around the general population is that
gaming is meant for kids as adults are
supposed to take on more mature hobbies
but just as gamers have matured some of
the games research performed by the
Entertainment Software Association
revealed that the average gamer is 48
years old what is perhaps the most
revealing is the fact that more gamers
are over the age of 36 than between the
ages of 18 and 35
it’s clear that video games are not only
transcending gender but age as well as
more adults are playing video games than
ever before as they grew up with the
media while it may appear to non-gamers
that teenagers dominate the market it’s
clear that the gaming medium is full of
adults
do you agree with our list what negative
stereotypes do you find yourself saddled
with the best way to understand the
evolution of the craft is by comparing
it to another craft that many people
argued for years was an art movies we’re
more open-minded top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com and if the power of
gamification allows us to unleash their
collective ability we’ll all win thank
you
[Applause]
[Music]
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