I look forward to this future. I also look forward to taking down zombies with various country/state/world leaders.

i have such a gamercrush on randy pitchford and his endless game related wisdom

Amen to that.If only this future could happen by tomorrow

i love randy haha way to throw a book at fox news

I am officially old LOL. But the reason video games have had a tougher time is because they're considered games unlike other mediums, and therefore more child's play and corrupting of our youth. Yeah, with time this stigma will disappear.

Heh. I could only imagine what Glen Beck's gamer tag would be.

I'm not clever enough to come up with things.

that's exactly what i was thinking about 2 days ago. i was thinking 50 years from now and most of the world will be gamers or former gamers. its gonna be awesome XD

cant wait till a we get a gamer president.

Interesting to think about.

I'm 28 and my generation essentially grew up with video games but I still run into the stereotypes associated with gaming from my own peers from time to time (only social outcasts are gamers, games are a waste of time, etc.). I've noticed amongst younger generations it is more widely accepted and understood. It's unfortunate I won't be around when all of the misconceptions about my favorite activity are finally weeded out.

He's right. I can't wait. I'm also glad I was able to "game in the old days". I'll tell my kids about it.

Randy Pitchford is awesome, he says some of the best stuff. I was thinking about this awhile ago, we are reaching that point that soon and for many years after that, our leaders/important figures will have grown up with or near games.

I totally agree with him. There's also a peer gap in my parents generation when the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision came out. Those who were lucky enough to get one generally don't have a huge issue with gaming. Especially the ones in that generation who went out to play Mortal Kombat later on. But those who didn't get to play them grew up without them and almost shun those of their own age who allow their kids to play games. It's a very interesting peer gap that I see. I even see it with both of my parents. My dad had an Intellivision and went out to play Mortal Kombat at the arcades with his Navy friends and my mom never got one. My dad has no issue with us playing games as long as we don't take what happens in the games to real life. My mom on the other hand hates the majority of the games we play and can't stand to be in the living room when we're playing them.

Some of this should be used when someone writes the Holy Gamers' Bible/Torah/Qua-ran/Jedi Code complete with old, new, newer, and newest testaments, and a hymnal with over 500 of gaming's greatest originals with unforgettable pieces like: Aperture Science (Ft. GLaDOS).  And who could forget the time honored "Mario World Stg. 1" and its Underworld remix.  Hymns like the original "Tetris Theme" will be stuck in your head for days on end and you'll love ever toony and chipper second of it.  "And so thy admiral had spoketh unto the fighter squadron,"IT'S A TRAP" -Luke Skywalker 9:13

i've been thinking the same thing for over a year now. It'll happen eventually!

Very interesting insight. I had to live through generations of "console wars" since Atari 2600 vs Colleco and Intelevision; NES vs SegaMaster; Genesis vs SNES and so forth. Of all those years I rather be a gamer than any console fanboy (or fangirl). Aside from news anchors each with Gamertags, I have a feeling political campaigning will be based on gamer scores in the future. That might be sad yet welcoming in way.

I was actually thinking about this today. I wondered what it'd be like to have a teacher that grew up playing video games on the scale that most of this community's users do, and how they'd reference Mass Effect or Braid during a lecture, rather than Shakespeare or Socrates. There would have to be some rather specific circumstances for this to happen, but there will be a day when video games are perceived as being on the same level as literature, film and art.

Randy, for the love of god... FOCUS! get the Duke Nukem off your desk and get cracking on Borderlands!

I am starting to see Randy Pitchford interviews more then Michael Pachter references!

Please Randy, go put in the man-months.

Nice!

That's totally true. It bugs the heck out of me when people treat gaming like some sort of joke, or claim that gaming is bad for you. My parents actually thought that GI was just a bunch of guys getting together on weekends as some sort of hobby! It's absolutely ridiculous how closed-minded the older generation can be.