In reference to the view of gamers, I am curious when we'll break free of the stereotypes and the misunderstanding that actions carried out in games carry over to real life skills. That mindset is as ridiculous as being able to watch Man At Arms for a few episodes and then being a master swordsmith. I remember seeing on an American news show around the time of Watch_Dogs' release and the presenter was going on about how you can hack in it and it's teaching kids who play it (not like it's R18 or anything) to hack devices. Pressing and holding a button on a controller or keyboard does not equate to real life hacking, and it's people like that with a responsibility of informing the masses who spread misinformation and increase the number of people who misunderstand the whole thing.

I will say, though, I was glad to see Julia Hardy from a few episodes back when she was on the news doing a good job of explaining the whole esports scene and explaining to the presenter on where she was wrong and so on in a level-headed manner. I mean, it ended with her saying she wasn't anymore interested but at least now she isn't as ignorant on the subject. Like they said, though, videogames are the current movie scene, and it's definitely less a question of 'Will games become fully accepted?' and more 'When will they become fully accepted?'. I think it would help if some game devs themselves tried first. Like that game Dodger was talking about with the nerd only being compatible with another nerd and so on, even the gamer is stereotyped as a nerd, and that's generally how it goes in other games, too. I'll admit, I'm not surprised that the progress is as slow as it is when even the people making games represent gamers as 'I'm so nerdy, on no my pocket protector snort snort' in their creations. If they won't even represent them us regular individuals then who will?! If someone can point me to a game where that's not the case I'd be interested, but as it stands it seems kind of strange that the stereotype would carry on through into the medium itself.