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Trip, these examples are over a 30 year period, so it's not quite as bad as I make it out to be. But I do like to do my best to debunk the gamer stereotype.

I've gotten over being bothered by it, now it just amuses me. I guess it comes up in conversation more with me because I write about a lot of different things in my blog and invite people to check it out. My farmer friend has actually been featured in one of my non-gaming entries and I wanted her to read it and tell me what she thought.

Travis, I'm a New England girl, we melt when the temp gets above 75.

Chris, thanks for commenting! Yeah, I'm glad about gaming becoming more mainstream, too. And it's amusing to see that it's now cool to be a geek.

Aaron, you live in TX, if I lived there I wouldn't go outside much, either!

It's not a constant thing, and it has been getting better over the last ten years as gaming has gone more mainstream. I've gone from being annoyed to amused when it happens. Plus, I've been looking at it as an educational opportunity. Yes, I'm female; yes, I'm in my 40; yes, I work in an outdoor profession; yes, I play video games.

Yeah, pretty much. Like I said, it's getting better, though.

I've had accounts with IGN, GameSpot, Playfire, and a few others. Playfire had potential back during their beta, but dumped all the fun community stuff when they redid the site. And they completely disenfranchised all the retro gamers.

Thanks for the chuckle, glad I'm not the only one who got that sit-down chat about the dangers of D&D!

It seems to be a phenomenon among us gamers over the age of 35. Our peers just don't seem to get it. I'll have to repost my blog: "why does gaming have to be relevent?" sometime.

Matt, ask any female gamer about their experiences in big box and national chains that sell games. There will be at least one story like that. Game Stop and Best Buy seem to be the worst, but they're both improving. Smaller, independant stores that sell games seem to be a bit better for the most part.