In addition to it just sounding weird to my ears, this is why I'll never refer to myself as a gamer. Hobby communities usually do not have any news presence, b

In addition to it just sounding weird to my ears, this is why I'll never refer to myself as a gamer. Hobby communities usually do not have any news presence, because the default behavior is, "${Hobbists} are doing their own thing without bothering anyone." Major news coverage occurs when something negative happens e.g. Gamergate, and the only way for a hobby community to recover in the eyes of the public is for those directly responsible to get their comeuppance. Therein lies the issue: it's a gaggle of immature brats acting out via the internet. Now people who play games regularly or are at least interested in a specific game (say Street Fighter or Smash) have to put up with stuff like this. The only thing you ever read in news is something about Gamergate or Grand Theft Auto causing mass shooting. The games themselves were causing unjustified negative coverage to begin with. Now the participants are fueling the fire.