According to stereotype, gamers are supposed to be apathetic, socially challenged slackers who live off their parents and don't care about much beyond where the next bag of Cheetos is coming from. The same lot whom we refer to dig-C (digitally insane gaming crazy). And dig-C is what I am.
That image will likely be tested in the coming months as politicians ramp up efforts to regulate video games. Microsoft's introduction of the new Xbox 360 console will surely be the most-hyped video game story of the fall, but the drive in Washington to bring the industry under federal oversight will certainly have farther-reaching ramifications both for the industry and for gamers themselves.
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