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And if I could add a meta type of story I wish reporters would stop writing, it would be "The Death of X", when X is not a living being; e.g. The Death of [some
by vonnik 9y ago
And if I could add a meta type of story I wish reporters would stop writing, it would be "The Death of X", when X is not a living being; e.g. The Death of [some Technology]. Most technologies never die. They just fade asymptotically. And all the premature announcements of death, while they're great for clicks, are less great for giving readers information...
- retox 9y agoDon't you remember when "gamers" ended because some buddy-buddy journos on a private forum decided to simultaneously declare "the death of gamers"? Gamasutra was amongst them, and they still crop up here every now and then.
- Endy 9y agoI do remember that statement. I even still agree to the basic conceit of the first article I read on the topic a while back - I want to say it was an editorial on the Escapist. "Gamers" as they were in the past, have been pulled into the public eye. The mass popularity of E-Sports and Let's Play and Twitch & other streaming services means that in general, everyone is a gamer. It's not a separate language or culture with esoterica of its own. Whether it's your mother who plays Candy Crush & Farm Friends on Facebook, your "hardcore" buddies playing the newest Doomclones and Dotaclones, the hordes of Minecraft & Minetest players, mobile gamers, etc., games - and gamers, are everywhere and everyone. The "Gamer" as a separate being unto himself has basically died. He's now just another nerd.