video games doesn't feel the need to keep talking to me after i ask it to shut up

Define "weird", then get back to us.

Video games are mainstream now.

Anime however is still in the realm of megalosers

It's because a few years ago, anime and video games weren't entirely socially acceptable. The "normal" people thus avoided them, while the weirdos, already social recluses, decided to embrace them since they are, in fact, pretty entertaining.

Nowadays, some videogames are starting to break into the mainstream, so perhaps the video game side of this isn't as relevant, but the anime stuff still stands.

I am pretty weird and I am not really into anime or video games.

My friends don't even know I like anime. Not even my ex-girlfriend who was a huge weeaboo.

The types of games I play would probably be frowned upon by a normal person. Not even my friends know about them.

And yet I have a pretty normal social life, I'm probably pretty weird. But I have a normal job, normal friends, I dress normally for the most part, and I keep my hair at an agreeable length, all I have is just a weird secret life that only I know about.

as far as anime goes its cause normalfags know how to hide their power level while the obnoxious weird people just don't care.

well, animes are often pretty long series, so you invest a lot more time in them than movies. shows on tv are long, but they're also more popular, so you can watch them with people.

and if you're really into anime, you'll watch them online and watch entire shows in a couple days. video games can also be time consuming and isolating.

but it's easy to do all these things and still socialize

because it gives a chance to all these people to go to an alternative universe where they are not socially inepts. that's why you see them staring into the emptiness while they aren't watching anime or videogames, they are thinking in this universe where they are super awesome and everybody wants to be like them.

>>7219052
I'm not going to do that, because everyone has their own definition. Some of the features that are given to "nerds" stand. So often with some people, it's the level of obsession they have that startles me.

>>7219058
Yeah, you're right about video games. Call of Duty as an example, is breaking into mainstream, as well as the Wii I guess. I can't see Anime getting to that point very soon though.

Anime presents a perfectly structured world in which the main protagonist (usually inept male loser) has lots of friends. Losers like this.

They're both immersive hobbies that distract from reality. People who get really into such hobbies are the types who don't have much going for them in real life, so they live vicariously through anime/video games.

>>7219120
yet miyazaki movies are fairly mainstream
i guess normal people don't like spazzy japanese humor and general oddness

>>7219124
i hate anime like this because i am a loser

>>7219101
>>7219128

But there's a lot of people that read and enjoy many books. Why don't the share the same behaviors/stereotypes that Anime does?

no idea. one of my friends came over today to yell at me to get onto MW2, but I can't find my controller, so he sat down and we watched DBZ for 7 fucking hours (with a break to go into town to get some dogs)

I wouldn't say either of us are stereotypical weird, social recluse.

but then again, compare your average guy who plays MW2 and watches DBZ with your average guy who....shit what do you 4channers play/watch?

I know /v/ has a boner for TF2, not sure what /a/ likes. but you get my drift.


also, I'd like to say that what you play and watch doesn't make who you are socially, nor what you are determines what you like to watch and play. it's your own goddamned choice.

that said, I don't think they are coincidences either, but rather a trend. what the cause for correlation in these trends? hell if I know, ask someone else.

if anything, anime is pretty popular, girls are attracted to its moeblob shit and bright colors and yaoi, ugly feminine guys. Scifi/fantasy, however, with the exception of WoW (fuck you blizz for selling out) is still the home of recluses.

Also, the main thing is that anime is foreign, so there's this 'ehh... asians..." thing to it. l didn't really see whites getting into it until a white friend of mine recognized a few anime movies on my shelf when I was 10.

also I can't speak for anime because I can't stand anime that isn't Dragonball or Miyazaki, but video games have been mainstream for 10+ years. shit, remember Pokemon Red/Blue? Mario 64? Goldeneye? Tony Hawk Pro Skater?

Video games: Sure there's multiplayer, but most games are single player, meaning you're playing by yourself.

Anime: You can watch it with other people, but most of the time you're downloading it and watching it on your tiny-screened computer.

Movies: Movie theaters and DVD (yes, I know anime is on DVD, but c'mon, who buys anime?)

That being said, why it's mainly social recluses that get into anime and video games as opposed to social people and women is because of the fact that they've got nothing else to do. While attractive women and social guys are out partying, hanging with friends, etc., these guys are inside. What are they going to do whilst inside? Play video games, watch anime, etc.

And I wouldn't be surprised if someone quotes this and says, "But I know a hot chick who watches anime," or something, well, of course there are anomalies. I hung out with these "bros" over the summer who watched anime, played video games, AND played Magic: The Gathering. One of the guys had a different chick over each time I was there and each one was pretty fucking hot.

Because even social recluses need to find a way to spend their spare time. normal people hang out with other normal people. us recluses watch cartoons.

>>7219221
what popular games today aren't multiplayer?

>>7219134
people who reads books are often atracted (not in a sexual way) to other people who shares their tastes in literature, and if you have been in a reading group, then discuss about these topics, improving their talk and social ability.
In contrast the usual discusion on people who play videogames will be "oomg triple kill hax" or "my wizard is lvl25 lololol".
the anime people, well MOST (not all) are just plain retards

Losers like to separate themselves in every conceivable way form their tormentors.

>>7219267

Keyword: Popular

You think the social recluses are only playing popular games? Nah, they're playing everything. And even then, just because they play a multiplayer game doesn't mean they aren't social recluses. Back in the day playing a multiplayer game meant you weren't since you must have friends to play with, but nowadays you can just hop online and play.

>>7219134
Bookworms tend to be losers too

>>7219313
what good single player only games are there? I can't remember one since BioShock, which was what, two and a half years ago?

>>7219314

I think the woman in that picture is dead.

>>7219294 <this is me
I completly agree with this >>7219314

>Are you weird because you like video games and/or anime, or do you like them because you're weird?

I think both. People perceive anime as being uncool. People that are weird do indeed like anime.

I'm fairly normal and like anime. I'm also Asian, so maybe this accounts for how I can like anime and still be normal.

>>7219341

You're either a troll or someone who doesn't play video games at all. Seeing as how this is 4chan, I'll assume the former, but whatever.

Bioshock, Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxy, Fallout 3, Dragon Age, Uncharted 2 (it has multiplayer, but people play it for single), Metal Gear Solid 4...

>>7219341
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines kicked ass. But, I imagine you already played it.

>>7219371
You are on R9k, clearly you can not expect anyone to believe you are normal.

>>7219383
Fallout 3 was shit.

I disagree. bookworms are awesome. just quiet. they're like those ultra-Christian girls that have sex 5 times a day in high school.

right now I have a sexually frustrated bookworm complaining to me over aim about how her ultra-Christian best friend is getting sex 5 times a day and she isn't getting any. probably because she's so fucking quiet.

>>7219361
I'd still fuck her since she looks that good

>>7219415
Why are you bragging about having a girl bitch and complain to you?

it's all about escapism. some rely on it more than others.

I have never seen a NORMAL person who watches anime regularly

I downloaded cowboy bebop
goodshit
but these pimply assed cracker girls go and watch fucking youtube of their nigger 'animu' IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY AT THE SPHINCTER OF DAWN

their best friends?
pimply assed cracker white GUYS who write articles in the school newspaper about call of duty

also
these 'people' are TOO nice

The escapism/living vicariously through a computers hero

/thread

>>7219383
I already said BioShock, and I don't know jack shit about Dragon Age, but I'll give you the other ones, even if I don't like them or haven't played them.

I assumed MGS4 had multiplayer? I haven't played it yet, but MGS3 did.

i showed my friend lucky star.

needless to say he is no longer my friend

>>7219458
I know tons of people that watch anime with regularity. there's a difference between watching it regularly, and 8 hours a day 5 days a week. where the line falls is kinda blurry.

to make this thread more fun

halo and niggers
what up with that

>>7219386
never even fucking heard of it dude.

>>7219507
More importantly what is with fightan gaems and blacks?

>>7219464
show him this to try and get back on good terms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVbMp_UnI0

>>7219507
I think they're more into Call of Duty, and a lot less well-known games, like sports games n shit. out of the 100 people on my friends list, every single one of them that isn't a person friend, I've met playing Halo, and only one person on my entire friends list is black.

him and another black guy he met playing Halo got me tickets to a Nets game though. awesome dudes.

>>7219518
You should look into it. Don't let the name discourage you it's nothing like Twilight or other vampire shit.

>>7219575
I'm extremely picky when it comes to video games, so I probably won't. curious though, is it an older game or something?

>>7219518
V:TM is one of /v/'s favorites. It's got horror/suspense out the ass and will freak the shit out of you even if you're a hardcore survival/horror fan.

Worth at least one play. Every time someone mentions it, at least one person reinstalls it.

>>7219592
>Extrememly picky
>Won't play the highest rated games /v/ can come up with

Lemme guess, Baldur's Gate passed you by because RPGs aren't your thing?

Go back to Halo.

>>7219602
I really can't agree with /v/'s taste in video games, period. I like Half Life and Metal Gear, and that's about where the similarities end.

not saying it's a bad game, it's probably one of those old rare gems, but I -know- I won't like it.

I was always a weird kid, and one day my aunt sat me down in front of Cartoon Network to distract me when Toonami was on and it was like I'd found something to match my weirdness.

Around the 8th grade I got really weeaboo. That lasted until the middle of 10th grade, around the same time I found 4chan, I wised up and got normal. Most people now have no idea I even know what anime is, or have ever touched a video game in my life. I even cosplay now, I'm just good at hiding it from everyone. I treat it like a double life. I'm still a huge weeaboo. I belong in /jp/.

>>7219624
I've seen Baldur's Gate at a friends house, and it just didn't look interesting to me. but it's her all time favorite game, and I trust her judgement, so I bet it's pretty good quality.

but like you said rpg's aren't my thing. I liked KotOR back in the day, but I don't think I'd play it again. I might borrow it from someone and play through it again, see if I still like it. kinda curious now.

and I'd totally be playing Halo right now if I knew where my controller was, as outlined waaaay da fuck earlier in the thread.

>>7219665
Yeah, do the world a favor and never mention video games again.

Ever.

>>7219665
Have you ever played Morrowind?

>>7219655
who the fuck doesn't play video games? I hang around a pretty even number of dudes and chicks, that aren't introverted losers, every single one of them plays, even if casually.

also Toonami was cool. that's kind of the pinnacle of mainstream anime in the US. hell I thought they were just cartoons until a few years ago, and still call them cartoons when anywhere but 4chan.

>>7219691
played Oblivion? isn't that like, a spiritual successor?

>>7219665
This must be what excellent trolling is like.

Brent? Is that you?

>>7219725

No. I'm a different Brent.

>>7219128

victory

lock this thread

>>7219685
actually there was this one game for PS2. Monster Something. like Monster Trainer? I think that was an rpg? was a couple of years ago, don't really remember.

and there was some other rpg....real japanese....fuck I can't remember what it was called but if I saw it I'd know it. I remember like, you had a world map, and you'd run into these goopy black blobs, and they turned into creatures you'd fight. lazy fucking animators. I think that may have been for Gamecube though.

>>7219710
Not even close. Morrowind is easily many times better.

>[Goku]

Troll thread

>>7219712
? I really just don't really like rpg's. Oblivion is fun, running around stabbing people with swords n shit, but I don't think I'd enjoy that for the 40 hours or so it takes to complete it.

was KotOR 2 any better than KotOR?

>>7219704
I'm a chick, so it's more believable. Trust me, dude, when you live in a girls dorm it's shocking to find out what the retarded rich girls say, do, or don't do. God, never again. There were only 3 normal girls in that whole building...crazy bitches, way too much estrogen.

>What is it about Anime and Video Games that seems to attract the stereotypical weird, social recluse?

When one feels out of place in society, they may tend to seek another culture, which feels like a new society, to confide in and join. It's animal nature. Sometimes, primates exclude themsleves for one reason or another, maybe it's physical frailty so they can't get a female, etc. but they end up going to other social circles trying to be accepted.

As for the video games, they offer a fantasy world, an escape, but they are just fun in general.

The only video game I've played in the past 6 months is Empire Total War

I'm still on the same fucking campaign I started when I first bought it - as the British Empire. each turn takes an hour or more now.

>>7219751
well if I ever come across it (I bet one of my friends has it) I'll play it, but I won't go out of my way to buy it unless I do play it and I like it. aren't there like 3 Morrowinds though?

>>7219760
I use this trip from time to time.

>>7219764
No because they removed all the parts of the game that would have made it make sense. They actually removed the ending.

>>7219101
this is just as sad as it is true...

>>7219769
alright I can understand that.

>>7219770
yknow, I've actually wondered this about MMO's. I never understood what was so addictive about them.

>>7219771
that any different from Rome Total War?
call me a freak, but I just like the strategic shit. yeah doing combat is actually pretty fun, and fucking epic, but I just like to move through the campaign. shit's time consuming, and I feel like the computer does a pretty good job with good or even odds.

>>7219822
You ever play Europa Barbarorum? Shit makes the campaign map incredible.

you guys are pretty damn stuck up about video games. I mean, I'm super fucking picky, but I don't call people trolls for not liking certain games, or even genre's.

I think I've only liked about 5 games that have come out in the last 2 years.

>ITT: /v/ arguing about video games

>>7219883
never even heard of it D:

related to....Europa Universalilestnseltsel whatever? never played it, but apparently it's legendary?

as far as map strategy games go, I played the shit out of the first HoI. I'd play the new one, but it won't run on my computer for some dumb reason. can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Weird, therefore I like anime (not into the vidya at all, atypical for a 22 year old male living in the USA).

Actually, I started watching anime to figure out what the hell people saw in it and then I got hooked. And I got interested in Japan BEFORE ever knowing anything about anime.

I'm not your stereotypical anime fan though, I would never, ever dress up like an anime character in public or flaunt my interest and I'm not into the stereotypical stuff at all - I'm a foreign film buff, and most of what I like in anime is the artsy/deep stuff like Winter Days, Gosenzosama Banbanzai, Texhnolyze, Haibane Renmei, Aoi Bungaku.

>>7219710
Fuck no. Oblivion is inferior to Morrowind in every non-GRAFIX related way.

>>7219898
what's wrong with that? video games are cool dude. better than most of the crap that's posted here daily, even if this is still kinda crap.

>>7219905
No, it's just a mod that adds detail and realism to the original game.
http://www.europabarbarorum.com/factions.html

I think the ting about being a nerd is openness.

I mean, I guess I'm "weird" for liking to spend my time reading comics or playing videogames, or having a night of D&D with my friends, but I don't think it's any more weird than someone who spends all their time and money being a sports fan or some shit. Hell, 90% of the certifiably manly men I know are all Star Trek and Stargate fans (I defy you to find one father who didn't watch Star Trek).

But being a nerd, I'm open to anything. You wanna watch anime? Sure, I'll give it a shot. You wanna go to a convention in costume? Awesome, sounds like fun. You wanna go LARPing and beat eachother up with swords in the woods? Let me get my boots.

Everyone else in the world is so averse to even SEEMING nerdy that they avoid what could otherwise be fun shit, just because their peers might not approve.

Fuck them. I'll spend my life having fun.

turnipbloxxhead

>>7219132

>yet miyazaki movies are fairly mainstream
>miyazaki
>mainstream

wat?

If it's mainstream nearly everyone has heard of it. I lurk a fair bit and I have no idea what you're talking about. And i'm not the average soap-opera-watching, pop music listener that defines the mainstream.

>>7219958
I might try it out next time I reinstall. forgot how cool the combat looks. also 4 turns a year sounds great. that always bugged me.

>>7219770
It's essentally what he said.

You must know that some of these people may not find regular tv programing entertaining to them. Becoming self-aware to that knowledge, they seek out entertainment that will more suit them. That form of entertainment will lead them to a niche, and that niche will help them fit into the greater mainstream.

Like teenagers, they may not be into sport, underage drinking, or dating. But if they are interested in a niche they will seek out people in the same niche, and...you understand what I'm talking about right?

>>7219037
Sean Connery? pfft, smalltime.

Keanu Reeves is IMMORTAL.

>>7219037
I like then because they're weird. I don't fit in too well in my society and Anime isn't as full of the biases this society has

>>7219083
why didn't you tell your glf?

Also what games u play? lolicon games? rapelay?

>>7219052

abnormal, why do you have to pick everything apart you goddamn retarded subjectivists.

>>7219531
>>7219507
>>7219560
Uh, honkey are addicted as fuck to Halo.

and as the other anon said, black peopel play Sports games a SHITLOAD more. From my experinces.

>>7219769
>>7219655
Closet Weeaboo. I am disappoint. Selling ou to the normals. Fuck that shit, be PROUD of being an anime fan.

/dude who wears a TGL armband and shit.

>>7220402
*TTGL; as in gurren lagann

Video games let us take up our fucked up violent fantasies and hatred for the people around us out on nonexistent objects.

Anime presents a euphoric fantasy world of romance and polished charm. Why do lonely housewives read romance novels? Exactly.