Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I don't have any problems with non-gamers who watch games on YouTube. I have problems with people who have no idea what they're talking about.
// I hate when people rehash the "You can't be a fan of the game without playing it" because it always devolves in just crapping on poor people.
What are you talking about? I literally never see that happen around this discourse. Heck, I live in a third-world country. I've experienced poverty, but even I can still be able to play the games that I want to play. This isn't a classism issue. This is a desperate validation issue, and to all the non-gamers out there who just watched YouTube for it, why do you need the gamers' validation? Just say what you think about the game and be done with it.
// "Just emulate bro." Most modern games have such big specs that getting a device to run them is already an undertaking.
Yes, if we're talking about modern games, but for older games that you can play on your phones, emulating them is definitely a solution.
// Sure, I'm going to risk bricking my only phone or PC just because I don't want to be called a LARP-er.
Uh, you won't brick your phone or PC just because you're trying to emulate games. Emulating games are some of the safest things that you can do with your phone or PC. If you think that you risk bricking your devices, then you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, and that is way more of a problem in this discourse than the people who don't play games.
I don't have any problems with non-gamers who watch games on YouTube. I have problems with people who have no idea what they're talking about.
// I hate when people rehash the "You can't be a fan of the game without playing it" because it always devolves in just crapping on poor people.
What are you talking about? I literally never see that happen around this discourse. Heck, I live in a third-world country. I've experienced poverty, but even I can still be able to play the games that I want to play. This isn't a classism issue. This is a desperate validation issue, and to all the non-gamers out there who just watched YouTube for it, why do you need the gamers' validation? Just say what you think about the game and be done with it.
// "Just emulate bro." Most modern games have such big specs that getting a device to run them is already an undertaking.
Yes, if we're talking about modern games, but for older games that you can play on your phones, emulating them is definitely a solution.
// Sure, I'm going to risk bricking my only phone or PC just because I don't want to be called a LARP-er.
Uh, you won't brick your phone or PC just because you're trying to emulate games. Emulating games are some of the safest things that you can do with your phone or PC. If you think that you risk bricking your devices, then you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, and that is way more of a problem in this discourse than the people who don't play games.
