35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

[Mhurron]

Survey: Average gamer is 35, fat and depressed - Games - msnbc.com

Apparently the average US gamer is 35 years old. If you're a male, you're probably also fat. Female, well you're probably crying into your controller right now.

[DakAttack]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Seattle is filled with fat gamers. Good to know.

[Armando]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Fuck. Is this my future?

No, never mind, I'm nowhere close to Seattle.

[cidbahamut]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Center for Disease Control is researching video gamers? Sounds like someone's pushing an agenda.

[Neverslip]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

<<<<< Seattle-ite.

<<<<< under 35 but over 25.

<<<<< more under-weight than over. Ty economic anorexia.

<<<<< mentally healthy? MwaHaHaHaHa... are any of us? Were any of us?

[Durahansolo]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Wii Walk-It-Out will solve those weight problems though.

<<<Under 35
<<<I'm the right weight for my height or maybe a little less
<<<I'm only depressed when I get undercut at the AH

[Feba]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

I am pretty sure that this same label could be applied to pretty much any social group in the country. And you can make it higher than average with a little tweaking of the study methods.

[DieselBoy09]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

22, and an ex-cross country/ body builder. I guess its only downhill from here right?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Hey, people have to come up with newer bullshit about gaming because those Mortal Kombat clips are almost two decades old now. Even images of GTAIII aren't aging well.

Also, mental illness comes from a lot of different things. Video games are essentially a coping mechanism, not a source/cause of mental illness or depression. This is just the media's new spin to scare people about video games.

[Armando]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Video games are essentially a coping mechanism, not a source/cause of mental illness or depression.

I don't know about that BBQ.

After the 130th hour of Pokemon Red, I started having sexual fantasies about my Game Boy Color. Battery-holding cavities had never looked so good.

[Feba]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

armando, you're a mathematician.

you can't actually have sexual fantasies about anything.

STOP LYING TO US.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

I don't know about that BBQ.

After the 130th hour of Pokemon Red, I started having sexual fantasies about my Game Boy Color. Battery-holding cavities had never looked so good.

The GBC isn't Misty, Armando. Its not even the nurse.

[Armando]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

armando, you're a mathematician.

you can't actually have sexual fantasies about anything.

STOP LYING TO US.

I'm about as much a mathematician as Mario is a certified doctor.

The GBC isn't Misty, Armando. Its not even the nurse.

It's got circuitry and a rear opening. It's kinda like raping a really square android that doesn't have feelings or actual thinking capacity.

[Vevau]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

Hmmm, underweight, almost a decade below and English, so once again stats are out, as are the other FFXI players I know in RL.

Armando, when the battery cavity on a GBC gets that attractive you need to get a drink or find a girl amenable to dressing up (a Spongebob costume may work to impersonate a GBC).

[Grizzlebeard]

Re: 35, fat and depressed is no way to go through life, son

I am pretty sure that this same label could be applied to pretty much any social group in the country.

Except online gaming lends itself to sitting on your ass round the clock, only getting up long enough to collect the pizza delivery. I know when I was at my worst I piled on the pounds and my dietary habits and exercise routine went through the floor. I've seen many people over the years who have fallen foul of the same problem.