Game Culture

If you were to look at my msn friends list and ask me who most of them were I wouldn't be able to tell you. Over the years I have added people that I have been talking to whilst playing computer games online. I never use it to talk to people I actually know. To be honest I never use it these days. Probably because there are better methods of communication. I have a large friend list on steam and xbox live. A lot of these are people I've known for years. Its never really been something I've consid
If you were to look at my msn friends list and ask me who most of them were I wouldn't be able to tell you. Over the years I have added people that I have been talking to whilst playing computer games online. I never use it to talk to people I actually know. To be honest I never use it these days. Probably because there are better methods of communication. I have a large friend list on steam and xbox live. A lot of these are people I've known for years. Its never really been something I've consid
ered any different to making friends in real life. I've never had trouble making friends. I have no trouble talking to anyone but its so easy during a game. One of the major advantages of socialiered any different to making friends in real life. I've never had trouble making friends. I have no trouble talking to anyone but its so easy during a game. One of the major advantages of socialising this way is you know you have something in common straight away because your interested in the same game or even many games. The only major difference is never knowing what they look like, and in some cases not even hearing there voice.

So what does this say about my personality. I consider myself to be a friendly guy and ive got time for anyone. The thing that I like best about people online is there just people! The stereotype is socially retarded teens who have trouble integrating with society, but in my experience the majority of people have more in common with me than I would have ever expected.

People form long term relationships online. In my early gaming days I was in a clan for the first medal of honor game on for PC. Although some games were competitive with other clans, it was more about having a chat whilst playing a game together. There girlfriends and wives would take over sometimes and just chat with each other. I never got to meet any of them in person even when the clan would all meet from time to time but I still felt I knew them all very well.