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NutmegYankee

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22. Keyboard isn't more difficult.

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 10:15 AM

Oct 2014

It just depends on what you learned on and what motor skills you developed. I'm terrible at game controllers, but can play anything on Keyboard because I never owned a console.

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If you seriously care about gaming, you better pay attention to #Gamergate and its damage. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 OP

I am paying attention Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #1

It is a quandry. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #3

Which leaves one feeling so bloody impotent Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #4

I'm going to get a beanbag chair and see what my kittens do. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #5

it may seem that you can't do much, but in my opinion, doing something in your own life BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #7

you "care about getting more women into gaming"? What does that mean? Why? KittyWampus Oct 2014 #10

GTA is third person. Skeeter Barnes Oct 2014 #11

Still graphic violence though. AND > “Grand Theft Auto V” Is Now A First Person Shooter* KittyWampus Oct 2014 #14

Of course it's violent. Just like an R rated movie. Skeeter Barnes Oct 2014 #15

Wow, did you break something jumping to those conclusions? Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #13

Do you play any games that don't require a console? I will join and try. KittyWampus Oct 2014 #17

I play dozens of games without a console. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #20

Minecraft is really good Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #21

Keyboard isn't more difficult. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #22

Keyboard is more difficult for the Lego games Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #28

My little great grandson plays Mindcraft and plays it with his sister. And I think it is a good game jwirr Oct 2014 #42

Most of us are fine playing with women Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #69

Yes, I know. The boys in our family are all gamers and if they were misogynists I would be the one jwirr Oct 2014 #70

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #71

Adam Baldwin sent his twitter troglodytes after Wu. JaneyVee Oct 2014 #2

"...but now the whole lot of them are tarred with the poison from those groups." Android3.14 Oct 2014 #6

see, this is the thing....you'd sound a lot more sincere if you did one thing first.... BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #8

Looks like hypocrisy is the thing Android3.14 Oct 2014 #46

you seem to believe that mentioning a serious prroblem--which is acknowledged asa global epidemic -- BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #49

Wait. Seriously? NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #53

violence against women is a global epidemic. gamergate is merely BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #55

I obviously misinterpreted your previous post. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #56

thank you very much! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #60

. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #64

Please allow me to clarify Android3.14 Oct 2014 #62

ok, there's a basic miscommunication going on here.....right now, I just BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #66

Wait? Wut? Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #67

Bingo maced666 Oct 2014 #12

No. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #24

Then I respectfully ask that you refrain from adding to the noise Android3.14 Oct 2014 #47

When and how did "gamers" come to mean first person shooters & graphic violence? KittyWampus Oct 2014 #9

As a Gamer Nativechef Oct 2014 #16

you just strengthened my analogy to how media refers to Fundies when Christianity comes up... KittyWampus Oct 2014 #19

worthy of its own thread Skittles Oct 2014 #36

Excellent post, thank you and hope to hear more from you. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #41

so how do the "trolls" become the outspoken majority of gamers online? alp227 Oct 2014 #44

Their not the majority Nativechef Oct 2014 #52

Why is it the obligation of a grandma who plays Farmville to stop the assholes? AngryAmish Oct 2014 #18

Nobody. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #23

I'm not a gamer. According to you I have no obligations of any sort. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #25

what defines a gamer in the community? i get where you're coming from; these "people" are scumbags. dionysus Oct 2014 #58

Why do YOU allow trolls on DU? antiquie Oct 2014 #27

4-3 to leave this post. Me... leave. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #45

From a good article about all this... gater Oct 2014 #26

In other words, we should consider the media the arbitrar of who constitutes 'gamers'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #31

Ummm, I take it you did not read the article then. That's cool. gater Oct 2014 #32

Ok, now I read the article. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #33

Here's the thing about #Gamergate that I really don't *grok*: Coventina Oct 2014 #29

You're right, it's made-up bullshit. An excuse to attack women in gaming. n/t nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #57

Take it to the police. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #30

Second that. If people are making death threats or terroristic threats, that's a crime. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #34

Thanks, grits. Lives are more important. freshwest Oct 2014 #35

My daughter bought me this little Atari device... NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #37

I care as a liberal and a mild gamer LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #38

Great post. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #40

Gamers do need to get off their asses. ileus Oct 2014 #39

I care seriously about threats... 99Forever Oct 2014 #43

Gamergate was never about the industry. It's sexist MRA / SJW bullshit. chrisa Oct 2014 #48

+1 it just shows there are assholes in every community.. SomethingFishy Oct 2014 #50

The type of men doing this shit will not listen to anyone. MicaelS Oct 2014 #51

If the ones driving people from their homes are arrested and charged with making terroristic threats nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #59

Of course, threats should be taken seriously Shankapotomus Oct 2014 #54

Yawn BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #61

Would it offend you to say I have no idea what you're talking about? brooklynite Oct 2014 #63

60 second intro LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #65

I love gaming and I'm paying no attention whatsoever. PorridgeGun Oct 2014 #68