After recording our latest podcast a week ago, it got me thinking about yet another stereotype that seems to get applied to gamer geeks everywhere: that we don’t like going outside and doing active things, and don’t enjoy sports. Well, straight off the bat, if gamer geeks are active outdoors men/women please explain the following.
But what I really want to get the hub of is the thought that we can’t enjoy more mainstream activities like cheering on a sports a team. Well, myself and co-host Rich spent a good long time discussing the various merits of that most noble of sporting pursuits; Test Match Cricket. in fact, we may have on about it for a bit too long in a podcast that’s only about 50 minutes long, but there is a whole lot that can be said about the game.
Geeks love sports because they are a combination of rules, statistics, and physical strength.
Geek Physique is a Minneapolis-based meetup group that aims to provide fitness and sports activities that embrace being a geek. This may be simple stuff like archery (shooting at Dalek targets!) or frisbee golf, but also contains more exotic activities like Klingon Bat’leth training. I imagine that there are similar groups across the nation (and if not, why not start one?)