When will video games become a medium that everyone accepts?

Yea and there are tons of people who have hobbies I find silly but I don't judge them on it. Unfortunately the same can't be said about video games. The stereotypes are lame and outdated about games. It's changing though as people have grown up with it more than ever. The NES generation on up is more accepting of it.

A lot of times people connect being a deadbeat/loser/basement dweller with video games and make lame jokes if they overhear me talking about games. It's a strange occurrence since so many people have played/experienced games these days.

The next generation will be a lot more accepting of it, there's no way it can hold this negative connotation with them being so popular now. This generation is starting to lean toward accepting it, but you still get the whole nerdy/loser aspect depending on your wording and games being discussed.

example, things said in public, followed by public reaction

-"Hey man wanna come over and play some NCAA before we go out?" -nothing wrong with that, just guys being guys

-"Hey man wanna come over and play some call of duty before we go out?" -kinda nerdy but hey millions of people play call of duty its not that bad

-"Hey man wanna come over and play some Skyrim/Borderlands/Mass Effect/(any game that isn't CoD) before we go out?" -omg these guys are nerds who would play that before going out

-"Hey man wanna come over and play video games before we go out?" -lol they're not fooling anyone, we know they ain't going out anywhere. I'm surprised they made it outside their parents basement

Playing video games is no better or worse a hobby than anything else.

I think the stereotype comes from people who don't have balance in their lives and everything revolves around gaming. Honestly I don't personally know anyone like that. Not that I know of anyway.

But in all honesty, if you've ever been to a midnight COD release you will immediate know where the stereotype comes from lol.

Stout can link you up some sweet halo/black ops 2 midnight release photos

I just beat the frick out of everyone who says shite like that to me.

"You just got beat up by a nerd...."

I am sure as society progresses they will. People use to be against all sorts of things. Liquor, Rock and Roll music, books. All were eventually accepted and are now main stream in society today.