What's the video game equivalent of a cinephile? It's not "gamer," that describes a pretty surface-level infatuation. I need a pretentious word to describe myself, basically.
And yes this is a setup. I put myself in the Twitter dunk tank. Do your worst.
@SirLarr Video Gamianado
@Diction Perfect. It will take me ten full seconds to say this and it will involve a lot of vibrato.
@SirLarr homo ludens, duh
@blooblee1 Damn, a cut as deep as it is correct
@SirLarr Game taster, the one who hones the taste of games
@irlspidey [smacks lips] exquisite
@SirLarr A gámer. Has much more class.
@SirLarr A video game gourmand😂
@SirLarr Virgin
@SirLarr Bethespian
@SirLarr Yeah I'm a Gamer: G A M E Racist
@SirLarr In Germany we call it a Hurensohn. It shows great determination so you should absolutely put it in your bio :^)
@SirLarr A "Gameur
@SirLarr gamephile sounds wrong
@SirLarr Quintessential gamer
@SirLarr Videoludophile.
@SirLarr How about smiply : ludophile ? In french there’s a classy word for music lover: mélomane; I reckon we could come up woth something involving video games… ludomane/ ludomaniac? 😂
@SirLarr Quintessential gamer
@SirLarr Describe yourself in third person as The Player Character and if anyone ask what games you’re playing tell them you don’t “pLaY gAmEs” you “experience art in four dimensions”
@SirLarr Gaming aut-eur-istic. A blend of the classy and the obsessive.
@SirLarr Since there is bio such word in the dictionary yet, you're legally allowed to just name it after yourself. Sonntagphilia
@SirLarr Pedophile, I think it suits quite well
@SirLarr Quintessential Gamer
@SirLarr Pixelier. Like sommelier.
@SirLarr Xx Gamer xX
@SirLarr qu-quintessential...?
@SirLarr Person of play
@SirLarr There’s no noun, but you can describe yourself as “quintessential” and it’ll work
@SirLarr Omg me too, lemme know when you find the word
@SirLarr A dork
@SirLarr A gamerphiliac if you will
@SirLarr Unfortunately, it just may be the addition of the adjective “hardcore” ahead of “gamer”.
