It wasn’t long ago that nerds and geeks were considered uncool and were essentially untouchable. There has been a gradual lessening of this stigma with the rise in popularity of video games. In recent years this is especially true. The gaming industry has become excellent at making games with mass market appeal. In lieu of turning out plot heavy dungeon crawlers there have been numerous first person shooter releases. It used to be that students would fail out of college because of World of Warcraft, now it is becoming common for individuals to fail out because they got caught up playing Nazi zombies. It’s nice to see nerdy things become more accessible and less damnable, but at the same time I hate to see the dilution of an industry that holds a great deal of personal significance.
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