Just saw this on kotaku. Please also watch the video, it's German but it's subtitled, to understand what this thread will be about.

So, what do you think? Do you see yourself in this report?
What do you think is the typical gamer?
And why the heck are there still so many stereotypes about gamers?!


As for me, I thought the report was kinda... stupid. It's pretty okay if they make fun of a group of people but this didn't seem like a joke at all. Oo"
It seems like they just searched for people looking exactly the way they wanted to. If you scan the background, you'll see that there are MANY people who don't look like walking stereotypes at all. But well...

I especially laughed when the guy with the hat was asked if he had a girlfriend - what's that to do with games?! And why the heck is everyone supposed to have a girlfriend. Go out, randomly ask ANY GUY if he has a girlfriend - you'll find that even the "normal" people sometimes don't have girlfriends. Oo"

Oh and I laughed hardest at the end, when they said that the three guys haven't met a girl. If we expect gamers to have normal girlfriends, most of them are probably not interested in games at all and don't want to go to the convention. So there is no need to look for a girlfriend, if you left yours at home... And why the heck would ANYONE go to a games convention to check the girls out?!?!

Ah well, German TV... seems to be much fun. ^^