Jane McGonigal Quotes

I realized I was a gamer when I didn't sleep three consecutive nights playing EverQuest, which was a popular MMORPG sold at retail.

I've always been a gamer, and I had a period where I was gaming at a really hardcore level.

I actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need.

[W]e spend three billion hours a week playing online games.

I'm, like, a binge gamer.

Rooster Teeth has always had a big following in the gamer community, and we are lifelong gamers ourselves.

I can't say I'm a full-on gamer, since, basically, I just don't have time for it. I know nowadays, gaming can be a lot like social media. People just stay on it all day long. Like they're logged into the Matrix. But yeah, I enjoy it. When I get the time.

I used to play 'Grand Theft Auto' when I was an early teen, between eleven and thirteen.

I've always played games. I've been brought up around gaming.

I'm obsessed with my PlayStation. I'll come home and plug away at 'Fallout' for a couple of hours. Or, if I'm feeling the hacking and slashing, I'll play a little 'God of War.'

I'm on the Web a lot. I like to play games online. Sometimes I play Sims.

I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day.

When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends.

As others have recently suggested, the term 'gamer' is no longer useful as an identity because games are for everyone. These days, even my mom spends an inordinate amount of time gaming on her iPad. So I'll take a cue from my younger self and say I don't care about being a 'gamer,' but I sure do love video games.

I'm a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox.

Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.

I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not.

One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.

At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance, I head over to my friend Kyri's house to play his PS3.

Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by people who played video games all the time - sometimes actually in the call centers, playing online multiplayer games. I saw friends of mine who began to feel that going online was more compelling to them than real life.

I used to game a lot, and I used to game a little too hard.

I'm a think gamer with twitch tendencies.

I don't have too many gadgets in the house. I do like playing computer games every now and again, though.

Games have gotten so big and interesting that they've moved beyond the toy/entertainment space. It's not just a diversion from their regular lives; for a lot of people, it becomes an important part of their lives.

The amount of people online who game is huge. It's a community that's not very visible but is in full force.