I have always been a bit uncertain
about putting my inner nerd on display. If it's good enough for Wil
Wheaton then it's good enough for me. I think that this is one of the
reason I have got into blogging.
Every time a subject relating to my
inner nerd comes up in someone else's conversation I always feel a
little uneasy. How much to reveal? I work in a sector fairly
unforgiving of weakness and I have always thought that this was a
hard on me. I mean it's not like I am destroying the environment
(much) or maiming small animals. Most of my mates are computer types
so they don't know what I am talking about.
I am not the sort that goes to
conventions. Maybe the odd wargames show but nothing much more than
that. I had a chance to go to a zombie LARP last year and I bailed
and I kind of regret that now. Perhaps I am a little too old to to
change but maybe not. Nerd is the new black. Or something like that.
When I go to gaming shops and even places like forbidden planet, I am
starting to see women. I am not just talking the ageing overweight
Goth types either. The sort who game because it is the only way to
see their badly dressed and slightly malodorous other half. I haven't
seen any tens yet but there are plenty of sixes and sevens and even
an eight.
What am I trying to say here? Well the
world is changing. For the better. Maybe it's shows like The Big Bang
Theory in the US or The IT Crowd in the UK. Nerd is cool.
Make the most of it whilst it lasts :-)
Well, its a technological advance that is rooted so deep in us, not being a macho isn't too bad. Don't worry, I still talk about the hobby just to guy on the net and now and then, when we meet, to people that also play. I feel bad if I have to talk to my gf about it. But I do, a man has to talk when a man has to talk, haha.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, blog is great, just the people of your kind all around, hehehe.
I am kinds of doing this for my own ego. That said, it is nice when other people get it.
ReplyDeleteThanks