The DS Stigma

remus808

Anyone else notice the glances, the sneers?

Your sitting there, on the bus, in college, wherever- playing a bit of the new Zelda, stylus in hand- and you can just feel society pressuring down on you.

It's not a kids console, argh!! I'm sick of being judged lol

Anyone else get this?

ntlbell

what age are you?

meanpeoplesuck

Ha yeah, it defo gets a few stares!

remus808

ntlbell wrote: »

what age are you?

Only 18... but people look at me like I'm at 8.

And that's not even to mention when I play Mario haha or Cooking Mama hahahah

ntlbell

Do you be talking to it? :D

Attol

I see loadsa people of all ages on the bus playing it. I've never had any issues. I'm 20.

wake-up-your

im 21 and i'm the youngest person on my bus route that plays ds! I'm serious I've never seen such little stigma in having a consol on the bus! Wat u need to do is get another bus to wherever it is your going! obviously these people are stuck in the past!

Jim

Try it with a pink DS, people kept mistaking it for a makeup case.

CiDeRmAn

I get a certain amount of comments from my work colleagues, I'm 35.
They still think games began and ended with Pacman and see videogames as a nerds only club.
Ah well, they all know I'm a game freak so it doen't bother them or I that much, they just don't understand videogames and never will, life has passed them by, or at least this aspect of life.

I do have to be careful playing Warioware touched though, especially Mikes stages, no one likes to see a grown man talking to his DS, could lead them to believe I'm madder than I actually am!

ntlbell

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I get a certain amount of comments from my work colleagues, I'm 35.
They still think games began and ended with Pacman and see videogames as a nerds only club.

You don't work in IT then?

Rew

I see 25-30 year old male and females plaing DS Lites on the train every morning and evening on my comute in to Dub City Center.

CCCP^

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ah well, they all know I'm a game freak so it doen't bother them or I that much, they just don't understand videogames and never will, life has passed them by, or at least this aspect of life.

I've found a new sig ladies and gentlemen! The motto of my stolen youth!

1huge1

Well im 17 I've never used mine outside the house or maybe once on a plane, Not so much that im ashamed of it but never really have the chance, on the bus I much rather listen to music etc but lately i'm driving myself and well playing a DS while driving... not such a good idea

o1s1n

I'm 23 myself and play my DS for three hours a day on buses. Never noticed to be honest. Although I'm usually too engrossed in a game to care

Mr E

I'm 33 and I love my DS. On a recent flight back from the States, I was playing 2 player games against a cute (but engaged!) 30 year old woman from New York.

The stigma is all in your head...

CiDeRmAn

ntlbell wrote: »

You don't work in IT then?

Sadly not, I am a Nurse for people with an intellectual disability.
Videogaming strangely under represented in that field!

~Marky~

My mother has a Ds and she is in her fifties and she loves it

koneko

You'll get some people look at you funny, but those aren't the kind of people I'd care to know so it doesn't bother me, just enjoy it anyway.

I bought my mam a DS too, she even went out and bought Sonic Rush herself with no prompting from me

00sully

you would get a strange look at certain parts of Zelda alright unless you went into a fit of coughing into the mic haha

smokingman

I've got one of those wired mic/headphone things for mine and there have been one or two times when I was blowing, apparently at nothing (only has one headphone and was on the other side of my head to those looking at me).....

The eyes moved silently, slowly over to the guy in the next seat who was very confused looking...."it's a Nintendo game, you blow into the mic....." silently, slowly move head back....

Apart from the blowing bits (damn you Zelda!), I've never had any stares and usually see someone at least once a week on my train playing one.

Rew

I was staring at some guy on the Luas the other day, but I was trying to see if he was playing Zelda (2 days before the offical release) thats all.

witnessmenow

Mr E wrote: »

I'm 33 and I love my DS. On a recent flight back from the States, I was playing 2 player games against a cute (but engaged!) 30 year old woman from New York.

The stigma is all in your head...

Hold on you! You where playing multiplayer games on the plane! Wi-fi on planes is a big no no!!!

andyeire

My mam and dad both in there 70's have a DS that is played regulary.Mainly Suduko and brain training .The DS must be the least childish console out there .There are not particularly techie they wouldnt know where to start with a PC or the internet.

johnnyrotten

I can see where they are coming from. The PSP is the chap

1huge1

andyeire wrote: »

My mam and dad both in there 70's have a DS that is played regulary.Mainly Suduko and brain training .The DS must be the least childish console out there .There are not particularly techie they wouldnt know where to start with a PC or the internet.

Ya my dad is the only one playing my ds at the moment, he loves brain training,
my parents room is next to mine and every morning I waken by him repeatedly saying 'blue' in that colours game

Fringe

I have a friend who was playing it on the bus and got threatened with a knife. He never saw the DS again.