[Ebrey]

It never, ever made sense for video games to be a "nerdy" hobby. They're way too suited to violence, sports, and competition. The only reason they had a "nerdy" association for a while was that technophiles are the first adopters of new technology. Video games are no more nerdy than cell phones.

Furthermore, the masses who go to Spider-Man and Batman would never set foot in a comic store, so I'm not sure how "nerdy" they are.

I bet there were articles just like this when Star Wars came out and was the most popular movie of all time.