For the first time ever I joined a voice call while playing a game (among us) and as soon as I said something everyone immediately started going "Is that a female??" "You're a female??" "There are females here??" I get that it was supposed to be a joke but fuck it felt so alienating to be bombarded with that in my first attempt at gaming socially
I could be wrong, but gamers probably tend to see things more through a lens of challenges that need by conquered, and their failure of relationships leads them to fall back on the system they are most familiar with. Specifically, games have a certain procedure you need to follow in order to win, so they are convinced they just need to find the right "strategy guide" in order to get that perfect romantic relationship they desire. I could be way off base here. I was into video games as a kid, but by the time I got interested in things like smooching and candlelit dinners, I was way more into modding / level designing / etc, and now the only video games I really play are rhythm-based music games.
Rhythm based music games. What’s are those?
This is gonna date me... Rock Band, Guitar Hero, DDR, and lately I've been playing one that integrates fully with an actual electronic drumkit and teaches your more or less how to actually play the drums (its called Melodics, its honestly kinda ehhh but I'm fucking addicted to it)
-- Crypt of the NecroDancer
Throw backs. Love those. Although I sucked at all of them lol. They are fun though.