User blog comment:XelNecra/The Stereotype of a "Gamer"/@comment-80.174.244.67-20130131120534

"they think about some overweight teen with glases sitting in the basement, playing games for 20 hours a day, who is incapable of social activities, raging in his small little world."

That stereotype hasn't been around since WoW, the Wii, and the phone game storm xD At least, no more than the "couch potato" overweight-40-years-old-with-beer-in-hand for the TV Sports fan.

People nowadys recognize that image you describe for what it is: a parodic stereotype.