For me it’s PC games, for my gf it’s tabletop games, so I was interested, what do you folks imagine as the first thing when someone says “games”?
I just lost the game
Damnit, you just made me lose the game.
I had probably gone a year or two until someone mentioned it last month.
For me I’d probably assume it was video games of some sort if someone said they were ‘really into games’. That’s speaking as someone who knows a lot of hardcore boardgame players.
That said context is everything…
I feel like people who play video games call it “gaming”, like “really into gaming”. Saying just “games” sounds unnatural for video games but maybe okay for board games.
Mind games
Without context, the “are you playing games with me” meaning
Homestar Runner saying it.
Hamstray Runner
Characters? Downloads!
*Homsar
I’m forever your girl!
Video games.
My toxic ex
For me personally “gaming” is a combination of tabletop and vidya roleplaying and strategy games. Generally I like very cerebral and slow-paced stuff.
What’s weird is if somebody tells me they are into games, I immediately assume they are into genres of games I don’t enjoy like FPS, action games, MOBAs, etc.
Homestar Runner
“it’s dot com”
Toons!
Games!
Characters…
Downlooooads!
Stooore!
Eeeemail…
It’s incredible that I can still hear exactly how these sound.
We like both, so usually we say “cardboard” when referring to table top games
War Games (watched it not long ago)
War games is a legendary movie
Both, I sometimes ask if I am unsure. I try to assume the context and sometimes know they mean video games. But sometimes its tabletop
It depends who I’m talking to.
If I’m talking to an older person, I might think of arcade games or mobile games.
If I’m talking to a millenial or gen z, i probably think of a console.
Even though I mainly play on PC, it’s usually not what people around me are referring to
I think of my mother and her actions. She’s one of those people who enjoy conflict, so she invents problems.
