I'm in my late thirties. Played a lot of video games when I was a kid through college and a little after. But this whole idea of there being a "gaming culture" or how being a "gamer" is a major part of peoples' personalities just seems weird to me. Not even a complaint, just an observation.
:grillman:
eh, people have always formed subcultures around hobbies. Sports, gambling, partying, drug use, sobriety, sex, chastity, whatever it may be, people form cultures around it. Gaming is very immersive and multifaceted so it's no surprise people form subcultures around gaming, or even individual games. Even back when video gaming was simply shit like PONG people would have tournaments.