The Steam Deck is changing how normies think of gaming PCs.

Eddie@lemmy.lucitt.social to Gaming@beehaw.org – 363 points –

Just thought I'd share something I thought was pretty interesting. I have a mother in law who is... well let's just say she's a stereotypical older mom who doesn't own a computer, just an iPad. During the pandemic, she started getting into Nintendo games and bought herself a Switch. Fast forward a few years later and she's interested in getting a Steam Deck, since one of her "mom groups" told her about some pandemic inspired games, similar to Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing that are only available on Steam.

When it comes down to it, she doesn't care about her computer, she just wants to play computer games in a way that's easy and accessible for her. We'll be getting her a Steam Deck for her birthday, which in my opinion is just super neat. Even PC gaming is becoming extremely accessible, and it's a fantastic time to be a gamer.

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Normie is gross but it's mainly just dismissive and having too high an opinion of one's own taste/interests.

Really? I always thought it was supposed to be self deprecating, like saying "people who aren't fucking weirdos like myself"

I can see how it probably started that way, but once incels co-opt a term it makes it harder to use

Since when has normies been an incel thing?

really "normie" is a normie term now, ever since Wednesday on Netflix became a pop culture phenomenon. I've heard people in real life use this term