25 Reasons Gamers and Non-Gamers Don't Get Along

NSX | August 10, 2008 | Top List | Playstation 3 Wii

GameWithABrain counts down the twenty-five biggest reasons why the gamers in this world can't get along with those who don't play video games at all, from explaining that Halo is not an official sport, the gaming controllers in itself, and that the fact that some gaming systems are just too expensive.

20. I don’t want to join a clan.
21. I like licensed games.
22. Game stories bore me.
23. I will not read a book or watch a film based on a video game.
24. I have no idea what a PokeMAN is.
25. I enjoy Bejeweled.

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4 thumbs!
Bri | August 11, 2008

Good list, just one problem:

I'm a gamer and I'm man enough to admit that Bejeweled is a GOOD GAME!
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Zeon I | August 11, 2008

Gamers and Non-Gamers agree on the $600 thing. kthanxbai.
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Jaw7765 | August 11, 2008

Ive had my non gamer friends buy 360's just to get the new maddens that come out till the next generation...boy what a waste...
4 thumbs!
therealNgamer | August 11, 2008

He kind of contradicted himself. He said game stories bore him and claimed the FFVII was the best FF because it was like playing a movie.

I can respect most of what he said except for his enjoyment of licensed games-they just suck and ruin the industry with lazy shovelware garbage. There are plenty of good games that he could enjoy with his kids, like Mario Kart.
2 thumbs!
HawkMan | August 11, 2008

The controllers aren't complicated. People who say that are dumb and lazy, and lack any cognitive skill.
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HawkMan | August 11, 2008

I would also like to add that Zelda needs to be hard edged in the story department. How many times am I gonna have to go into a lame ass a dungeon defeat a lame ass boss, to save the same lame ass princess for the 502nd time?! seriously.
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  ali3n | August 11, 2008
  
  So how exactly should it be hard edged?
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    HawkMan | August 11, 2008
    
    I just want a damn story. I'm tired of playing the same thing over and over and over again,without any better reason to progress throughthe game. I don't care what gameplay gimmick Myamato introduces. And even IF theres no Story at least introduce new gameplay elements like Fables.
    
    Fables>>>Zelda.
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      ali3n | August 11, 2008
      
      It does have a story, they all do. The stories just sub-par for the action RPG compared to others in the same genre.
      
      New gameplay elements are introduced every game, they're the things you just called gimmicks and dismissed.
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Zeta | August 11, 2008

Lol I remember how my dad used to call it "Pokeman" x3
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HisServant77 | August 12, 2008

Hmm . . . maybe I'm a rare breed because I have no problem getting along with "non-gamers."
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MentallyUnstable | August 12, 2008

24. I have no idea what a PokeMAN is.

To this day, people who mispronounce Pokemon STILL get an assword whupping from me! XD
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Final Blade | August 12, 2008

_{Stupid Source, I can't view it atm, says something about an internal error.}
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  black doom | August 12, 2008
  
  I am having the same problem, but every site has problems, unfortunately.
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HD Samus | August 14, 2008

Some non-gamers say that smash bros sucks and I really desagree.
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Tetradecimal | September 07, 2008

My biggest issue with non-gamers is that some of them immediately look down on you for playing video games. But I'm sure that which Final Fantasy was the bestest runs a close second.