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- noun Plural form of
nongamer .
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Examples
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The added peripherals to the Wii Remote and DS (or DSi itself for that matter) are simply insult to injury to Microsoft and Sony, who once said they were not interested in "nongamers" just a few years ago.
DS-x2 headlines 2010
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Fortunately, my friend (and cohort during my time at Kotaku) Mike McWhertor and his partner Scott have created game-inspired shirts that actually look good even to nongamers.
Meat Bun Is For Fashion SVGL 2008
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: Consoles can be a good choice even for nongamers.
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I'm often writing about how it's important for games to understand how "normal people" -- i. e, nongamers, different demographics than we're used to, etc. -- perceive video games, and I just found it fascinating how like, our whole value system isn't visible to your regular folks coming in from the outside.
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After all, one of the chief joys of gameplay (which nongamers tend to misunderstand) isn't in having mastered it.
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Gamers also consume media in different ways than nongamers, with hardcore gamers spending five more hours on the Internet, two more hours watching television and two more hours listening to music than nongamers per week
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Gamers are twice as likely to go out on dates as nongamers in a given month
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Gamers are twice as likely as nongamers to buy a product featuring new technology even if they are aware that there are still bugs
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But the positive aspects of gaming - creativity, community, self-esteem, problem-solving - are somehow less visible to nongamers.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Video Gamers treat the world as a place for creation, not consumption. 2006
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Gamers also consume media in different ways than nongamers, with hardcore gamers spending five more hours on the Internet, two more hours watching television and two more hours listening to music than nongamers per week
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