Hmmmm. I'm a gamer, and ahhhh zomg, a female! I average maybe 20 minutes one night (the nights I don't play, but log in to check on things, say hi to the gang), to possibly 2 or 3 hours the next night. (that's after work, dedicated raid nights maybe 2 or 3 times a week.)
Gaming is a very low-cost/high concentration form of entertainment, and depending on what the game is or entails, no, is not solely marketed for children anymore. And in regard to how women view adult men that play? I would have to sway towards the side of cute, or endearing. I would much rather have a man glued to the computer monitor playing his MMORPG reality out on screen, rather than him out every night at a bar... besides, I'd most likely be playing next to him (kicking his butt)
It all depends on what you're drawn to. I already know I'm predisposed to the gamer sort of male. They tend to be
(TEND TO BE, I'm not judging every male in existence that plays A video game) larger in size, maybe a bit on the geeky side, more often than not lost or deep in thought, very hand-eye and detail coordinated and meticulously organized (if not at home, in his game world), and tend to be more introverted and wall-flowery/shy, but well worth the effort deep down. That's the guy for me!
You very rarely find a fun and fancy free party animal, with drug or alcohol abuse, or an irresponsible wreckless driver. You find a quiet, reserved man who knows what he likes, keeps primarily to himself, and goes home and plugs in at night to unwind. They still get up in the morning and go to work. They still pay their bills at the end of every month like the rest of us. Life goes on.
With that said, everything in moderation. I want someone who can cram an all night raid in with me the night a new expansion hits the shelves and be totally entranced as I can be. But being able to put it down and enjoy life outside of a virtual reality is a very fine balance, that I think any gamers, bloggers, forum trolls, ebay snipers, facebook misfits, or whatnot, is always perfecting.
I have a quote on my character that runs around my alternate reality world saving the day. It's something along the lines of
"Thought is real, physical is the illusion."
A lot of people's personalities come out online through relationships and comradeship connections that are put to play, that people just wouldn't see on a daily basis, or enjoy.
There was an article on MSNBC about how the investigations based around MMORPGs are therapeutic and being widely treated in cases of PTSD, and how individuals that commonly indulge in virtual realities are better capable to not only acknowledge a lucid dream state, but control it as well. The thought behind the connection to virtual reality gaming is the consistency in which the person was put into a third-party-view and still manipulate the characters, without ever leaving the mindset that they were still
being the person in question. Was a very interesting read.
So to all the adult male gamers in the world out there... someone loves ya
Just remember to change your socks and throw away the fort of mountain dew cans piling up in the corner at least once a week.
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