The Wii showed that people who do not consider themselves gamers still like games. Are they part of gaming culture, or are they simply part of the human race, a race which enjoys recreational activity of various types?

I think both. I think human culture is gaming culture; I think that in the past the culture of many games has been one of exclusivity. From high school you see athletes claiming the authority over gaming culture by virtue of their physical prowess. “Geeks” (for lack of a better term) spawn off their own gaming culture and repeat the behavior they so disliked in their athletic peers.

The whole thing just has to stop. We come to games on their own terms. By definition, these activities are recreational. They should be regarded as fun, no matter how much or little time we want to put into them. I threw myself into poker when I first played the game, but it was still recreation. I had no disdain for people who wanted to “dabble.” That’s the way it should be.

I don’t have time for a better comment, but I think you get what I’m trying to say; I agree with you. I think that the games are their for us, not for us to conform to someone else’s idea of an acceptable culture.

Peace!