i think you could probably figure out some kind of exponential curve based on cash spent on videogames.

less than 50 bucks you aren't even on the scale, approaching 400 puts you in gamesmaster territory.

i think you are in GMJ territory when you start saying FOR THE FAIL or LULZ in public. i don't know why 400 bucks is GMJ territory either, i have dropped a thousand bucks or so on game-related devices/games (I bought a 360 and a TV on which to play the 360, so what, i am a college student on full tuition and it was a present to myself for getting my first fulltime job. it also plays HD movies and is excellent for throwing parties with) probably in the past 3 years and i do not define myself as a GAMER because it's pretty disgustingly stupid

i dunno i guess i'm pretty nerdy but i don't think i am anywhere close to being irritating or weird about it, i know people who do all this 'heh...im a gamer,so what?? im also a 4channer' stuff and it makes me embarrassed to be around them.

i don't know though, i think the whole HEH FUCKIN FAGGIT GAMERS thing is a little overplayed around here even though i have more than a little sympathy for that point of view. i think when the average non-internet person cares significantly less than you do about the effect of INTERNET CULTURE you are taking it a little too seriously?? there is a minority of these stupid 4chan/shitty anime/hardcore videogame devotees but honestly i think the vast majority of people who play games are not really as involved in it as you think. i mean, there's certainly that hardcore gamer market, but as far as AFFECTING REAL LIFE i think you spending a lot of time on places like gamingw distorts how you look at them because the vast majority of people who own an xbox are just fratboys who like halo deathmatches.

also i liked manhunt at the time (two years ago maybe?) but looking back it's pretty horrible, also my taste has gotten significantly better (i think when i saw Hostel it kind of made me think 'boy this is really stupid'). I don't really think censoring it is a good idea though and I would be pretty up in arms about it if that kind of thing happened. go 1st amendment

$400 is not a lot of games these days anyway.

it's even less in Australia because we have some bullshit that makes em pretty expensive!

craigslist will get you new games for $20 each which means you can buy lots for cheap or just save on something you're only going to play for two days anyways.

gamer culture:  reads gamer webcomics

i meant 400 american dollars not 400 australian racist bux.

also webcomics and 4chan is good but i still think you could do it with just money. i meant 400 bucks a month fyi, not TOTAL because you could probably hit that in a year and not realize it.

i meant 400 american dollars not 400 australian racist bux.

also webcomics and 4chan is good but i still think you could do it with just money. i meant 400 bucks a month fyi, not TOTAL because you could probably hit that in a year and not realize it.

oh yeah 400 bucks a month is pretty ridiculous. i've spent maybe 750 since i bought my xbox in june but that was mostly the xbox and the tv itself and games on craigslist have probably been like 150 at most?? as it is i maybe buy an xbox game a month now.

I've spent 40€ in games this year. Orange Box.

There's a million better things to put your money on then gamse.

Most of the games I want end up being released fairly close to each other (no idea why) and I STILL have never spent $400 on games in a month.  Even if I bought a console, I would get at most 1 game for it because I would not be able to even afford more than that.  I've spent under $150 on games this month, since three new releases I wanted came out this particular month, and that's the most I've spent on games in a long, long while.  Most months I spend...well...NOTHING on games.  At most I get one game.  I can't even imagine $400 a month.  That's insane.  Even if I had infinite amounts of money, I probably couldn't find enough games I want that would add up to $400 (unless I was buying up a bunch of old games that I don't have, and even then I'd eventually have them all and be right back to the beginning).

yeah i think 400 dollars A MONTH on games is pretty outrageous (not including consoles; we're talking pure software here).  i can't even beat a simple first person shooter in a month.  400 dollars would buy me games i couldn't even complete in a year.

If I had a budget of $400 a month for games (consoles and accessories not included), it would probably not even be on games I could play--I'd be buying like...really rare games that are still shrink-wrapped, and signed and some shit.  Unless I was buying a bunch of games I don't even want, I can't see how I'd spend that much.

okay so I overshot you guys figure out what the unforgivable limit is then. your all nerds, do Math for me.

Actually I think you were right in your number.  The problem is that we aren't insane awful gamers.