5 reasons it's still not cool to admit you are a gamer.

[J T]

I rather enjoyed this Cracked article. It's self-reflective and comical:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18571_5- ... er_p1.html

[noiseredux]

that article was fantastic. I wish it was twice as long.

[Pichu]

I agree completely.
Very funny article.

[MrPopo]

I wish those weren't so true. Also, that's the first time I heard about that God of War 3 scene. How is that better than Hot Coffee?

[the7k]

If only both gamers and the industry itself would take this to heart.

It may be on a comedy site, but never has the phrase "It's funny because it's true" held more water.

[emwearz]

I dont think console gaming really holds the same 'virgin' label that PC gaming tends to, other than that its pretty spot on haha.

[RadarScope1]

Pretty spot on.

[dsheinem]

Great article. Cracked has some ace writers, and this piece is dead on.

[Niode]

I love Cracked. This article just validates this feeling even more. So very true.

[Jrecee]

I found a lot of it to be accurate, but for a lot of it he seemed to focus on gaming trying to be a storytelling medium. How for every minute of bioshock that had a good story, 10 minutes was shooting things. Games aren't movies or books or plays. They're meant to be played. If a game wants to strive to have a good story, or be 50% cutscenes (which is nearly impossible to guage since the player controls how much time is spent on actual gameplay, like with his gta example) then they should go for it, but just because a game doesn't have a deep story doesn't mean it's not a "mature" game.