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What is a "Gamer"?

It used to be that a "Gamer" was anyone who played role-playing games (RPGs). Dungeons and Dragons and other popular role-playing games played with dice and miniature figures were extremely popular in the 80s. However, as the computer and internet became ubiquitous, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORGPs) began to surpass RPGs in popularity. Now a "Gamer" refers to anyone who cannot wait to log in and play Starcraft, World of Warcraft, Halo, or another game of that ilk.

The best way to tell if you are a gamer or not is if you cannot go a day without playing at least some sort of role-playing game. Then you are a gamer. However, if you get up from playing a video or computer game for two hours and think to yourself, "I’ve just wasted two hours of my life that I will never get back again," then you're probably not a gamer.

In sports, a "Gamer" is someone who exhibits incredible heart and soul. When Curt Schilling pitched his Boston Red Sox to a victory in the 2004 American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees — while his ankle was bleeding profusely — he earned a spot amongst the great "gamers" of baseball. Boston went on to win the World Series that year, their first since 1918.

Bloggers speaking about gamers can be found at sites like pcpcgames and thatvideogameblog.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “gamer”

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