You can totally call it elitism, the rest of us prefer to call it 'taste'. Now there's enough possibility for pretentious thought in that opening sentence to point a camera at a cat's behind and call it 'modern art', but the fact remains that due to the thousands of titles available inside the gaming medium, a fairly poignant set of divides exists between the kinds of people who will sink a small lifetime into something like Skyrim, Dark Souls, Battlefield or FIFA, and that of your casual mobile gamer. The idea of the closeted , basement-dwelling gamer is pretty much long gone, as everybody and their granny has heard of (or most likely played) something like World of Warcraft or Grand Theft Auto, and so instead that re-appropriated vision of the society-shunning individual crosses over into critic territory, much the same as it has in other artforms. You always have to remember that gaming as a medium is still essentially in its infancy, especially in comparison to film. However with the rise of indie games as a viable talking point amongst the average pop-culture enthusiast, so to has the idea of the video game buff made the leap from the annals of your average forum and into the pubs, shops and water-cooler-talking-points of the world. Chances are if you think you know your games, and you find yourself agreeing with any of the following points, chances are you're already wearing a metaphorical buff-badge. Don't worry though, it's definitely something to be proud of.
16. You Scoff At The Very Mention Of Call Of Duty
Remember when the paradigm shifted back around 2007? All of a sudden celebrities in interviews would mention they were playing Call of Duty in their downtime, and it was all okay! Back then the online military shooter was approaching a whole new level of appreciation the likes of Counter-Strike could only dream of, but little did we know COD was going to be hammered down our throats in annual instalments, with screaming children inhabiting any bullet-ridden corner of every map.
