re: When will video games become a medium that everyone accepts?

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