Crushing Stereotypes or Lying Their Fat Asses Off: You Decide!
I'm processing with a dose of skepticism the news that gamers are fitter than the Average American:
It's been a good week for video gamers and a bad week for stereotypes of video gamers, apparently. Earlier we wrote about a study talking about how video gamers were actually quite social, and now a new study suggests that online gamers are more physically fit than your average American (perhaps not saying much). No one seems to think that there's a causal relationship here, as it may just be that video gamers tend to be wealthier and more educated — who also tend to be in better shape. There's also the issue that this appears to be based on self-reported stats, which may not be that accurate. Still, it appears that studies are starting to chip away at the stereotype of the overweight, social loner video gamer.
I ain't saying it ain't true, only that the study contradicts what I remember from my first year of college, when I locked myself in my dorm with the PC version of GTA III: Vice City and 300 lbs. of Ramen noodles. Man, did I get fat. And awkward. At one point–fearful that I would develop the computer chair equivalent to bed sores– my cool roommate dragged my unfit ass to a frat party where I clung to the walls until someone forced me into a conversation, during which I said something really inappropriate about butt sex and was asked to leave the premises.
1:42 pm
You're implying that it's a *bad* thing to get tossed out of a frat party.
I fundamentally disagreed with this assumption.
2:03 pm
I ended up joining said fraternity as one of several token free-thinkers.
2:28 pm
Sounds like a prison-bitch situation to me.
2:31 pm
"...my cool roommate dragged my unfit ass to a frat party where I clung to the walls until someone forced me into a conversation, during which I said something really inappropriate about butt sex and was asked to leave the premises."
And suddenly I feel an instant connection to you, Mr. Riggs.
3:06 pm
Tricia: Perhaps we should migrate this thread?
10:02 am
What about the part where you later joined said fraternity and made your contribution to the complete hedonistic debauchery that is the American university system?
You also neglected myself, Drock, and CRAIG! all of whom were (are?) avid WoWers-for-hours enthusiasts and banana hammock wearing sex gods.
12:44 pm
As far as I know, CRAIG! has cut back on the WoW-ing, especially since he has a live-in gal-pal. Also, skinny gamers are an anomaly.
Also, see this comment for a response to your first question.