All the Ways Video Games (and Gamers) Are Portrayed in Media

It doesn't seem like the media really gets it.

Gamers Are Anti-Social

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There are some studies that suggest playing video games can actually help players become more social, but you wouldn’t think that based on how gamers are portrayed in mainstream media. Time and time again, avid gamers on TV are portrayed as your stereotypical nerd that fears human interaction and struggles to find common grounds with others outside of the gaming community.

The Big Bang Theory has an entire main cast built around the concept that being interested in comic books and video games have turned them into a collective group of anti-social adults. While the character development has certainly managed to develop more over time, there’s no arguing that the show’s foundation is rooted in a rather dated stereotype.


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Just a girl that likes gaming, anime & singing K Pop in the shower. She's worked as an entertainment journalist for roughly four years but finds rumors about video games to be way more interesting than gossip about real people. Go figure. Taylor wrote for Twinfinite from 2016 through until 2018 covering everything anime and The Sims 4, among anything else that caught her eye.