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25 Annoying Things About Non-Gamers

The clueless habits, mistakes and assumptions that drive us insane

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US
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V13Dragongal  - 4 months 3 days ago 
LOL this rocks. When my friends come over they get mad at me for not letting them play(and possibly ruin)my fav games
wiiking8  - 3 months 29 days ago 
Hate people that do more than 2 of those.
Stalpph  - 3 months 29 days ago 
I got another one

#26 Trust me, that game is crap

When a non-gamer comes over to your house and they choose a game that they want to play and it is the worst game in your collection, most commonly a movie game or a $ 20 spin-off and you try and try to explain that the game is a really bad game and then they say, "Well can we just try it?" What, just to prove to you that turning on the game was a waste of time?
IGiveUFunkButt  - 3 months 26 days ago 
Great article! I can see so many parallels in my gamer interaction with my non gamer wife. However, I really liked "The Path of Neo".

In fact if you guys ever write a "Gamers Favourite Levels" article the Neo vs a thousand Agent Smiths battle would be in my top 5. (Damn you Microsoft for not making Path of Neo playable on the 360!)
xxIceNeroxx  - 3 months 21 days ago 
Ugh.... No. 15 is SO. FREAKING. TRUE.

His name is not zelda, for 50,000th time.
jigsaw21  - 3 months 16 days ago 
these same reasons were featured in Xbox Magazine a month or two ago!
Felixthecat  - 3 months 13 days ago 
Also how they think they know absolutely everything and on the new Mario Kart Wii advert in the UK, the guy says "I've got a Blue Shell, i've got a Blue Shell!". LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT ONE IS!!!
jeezee  - 3 months 11 days ago 
this is so true definatly no.9 and 8
PS3FANBOYKID  - 3 months 10 days ago 
I just get pissed when my little brother comes in and acts like a pro... and then brings down my kill-death ratio.
GMAN2  - 3 months 7 days ago 
agree with every single thing on here. Most common for me would be people walking in front of the screen or saying "Are you winning?"
themooninites  - 3 months 6 days ago 
so completely true...and so irritating
seifer93  - 3 months 5 days ago 
I like the last comment the most. Okami and Psychonauts were my two favorite last gen games, I would have been ecstatic to see a sequel or even a next gen remake of them.
Wonderwolf  - 2 months 29 days ago 
This is so true
comm22  - 2 months 25 days ago 
there needs to be a psychonauts sequel! one of the most awesome games ever. or at least they could make a remake for the nex gen
guyver3  - 2 months 5 days ago 
god yes im so making my gf read this she thinks i shouldnt play cos im also a girl but i mean cmon when did gaming have to be about sex.. so cant wait to show her that shes the tool muahahaha
guyver3  - 2 months 5 days ago 
god yes im so making my gf read this she thinks i shouldnt play cos im also a girl but i mean cmon when did gaming have to be about sex.. so cant wait to show her that shes the tool muahahaha
hybrid616  - 1 month 25 days ago 
aren't #24 and #25 exactly the same thing?
Till  - 1 month 19 days ago 
#25 +1
McTurtles  - 1 month 19 days ago 
Whenever I have company over, and I'm playin a game, they'll be like "Oh is that one of those shoot--em-up/stab-em games" I want to get in their face and go "Uhh yes you could say that a game, with a gun/sword is a shoot-em-up/stab-em game. But like a movie, there someting called a story."
And I hate playing WoW with other people. "Oh he are you killing the magic darkness sorcerer of Askaban?*Retarded laugh*"
No I'm not playing harry potter you prick.
Yeah people need to play video games, it makes them a little less of a douche.
linkganon  - 1 month 10 days ago 
#5, it is definitely your fault for standing in an area with no cover with nothing but a handgun while i have a sniper rifle aimed at your head and have only one part of me is exposed. it is also your fault you didn't check if there were landmines, claymore mines, or a proximitry trigger (microwave). not my fault you finished every metal gear solid game with the worst score ever (999 alerts, 999 deaths, 999 kills, 999 rations used, over 300 hours wasted on very easy one playthrough). i can get through very hard on sons of liberty with only 2 deaths (in the gun battle at the end, snake died once), several kills, without using stealth and only have 2 alerts. i still have to do the hardest difficulty, the first boss battle with olga no rations and i can only take 2 bullets to die and she throws grenades making it hard to take cover.
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