Why it is hard to write about vidoegames (with a handy-dandy chart)

I love videogames.

I’ve been playing videogames on consoles and computers for basically as long as I can remember. I beat Zork. I coded my own text adventure games using QBASIC. I stayed up all night playing DOOM with headphones on, I beat Half-Life, Mario Bros, SSX Tricky, TIE Fighter, Halo, played the crap out of Guitar Hero (I, II, and III), Civ IV, Heroes of Might and Magic, Splinter Cell, God of War, Prince of Persia, and the list goes on…

But I find it really really hard to write about video games.

That’s because the collective realm of video game blogging, journalism, and forum contributions can be broken down using this chart. Guess which part I’m interested in:

[Image: Game Chart]

Not to mention the fact that as soon as you mention “videogames,” most people over 40 roll their eyes yell at you to get off their lawn, damn kids and their noise.

ps. most of the people reading this post are in that .00005% category.