If you want to go WAY back, it was when Zelda II: Adventure of Link came out and Toys r Us didn't have any due to a "microchip shortage." I about cried that day. There was no Internet, just Nintendo Power.

Fortunately, a couple days later they managed to get TWO copies AND when I called, they agreed to hold one for me for 20 minutes (got to love the old days). After begging my mom and promising to do chores and sell my soul, she quickly drove me down there to pick it up.

More recently, there was the time I went into Gamestop and the employee argued with me that there was no difference between HDMI and composite cables. Later in the conversation I found out that he "gamed" on an non-HD 19" TV. Seriously . . .

This wasn't a gaming story employee but it was a game story patron in line behind us and his ignorance was unbelievable.

My buddies and I were talking about "The Lord of the Rings" video games while we were in line. Someone we did not know heard our conversation and said "What is Lord of the Rings?" We all laughed assuming he was joking.

I tried to give him a chance for clarification. I said, "Do you mean you are not a fan or are you saying that you actually haven't heard of it?"

He said, "I haven't heard of it at all."

My friend said, "So do your parents chain you to the wall of your basement or do they just lock the door? Is it rare that they let you out in to the world like this?"

I could not help but laugh but in an effort to be civil I said, "I am sorry but it is just hard to believe. I think I would have an easier time finding someone who has never heard of Joe Biden then I would finding someone that hasn't heard of The Lord of the RIngs."

He then responded with "Who is Joe Biden?" Thankfully we were close enough to the front of the line that our conversation ended but I think this guy was either messing with us or he was going for a gold metal in "Fail."

Ah, the ignoring of the girl. Because we can't possibly game or know what we're talking about unless it's HelloKittyAdevnetureLand. Bah. Yeah, I've gotten that to a fair few times. Like 75%. Silly people.

I can understand a gamer assuming that an attractive female does not game because that is prevalent theme. I have been told by many people that the reason they don't game is they like sex too much. I have also had attractive women tell me rather directly that my being a gamer is a deal breaker for them. That said if a women tells me she is a gamer I am normally thrilled by the news. I am not sure what was going through this guys head. Perhaps he was denial.

short story, but when my bf and i were in line buying wow : cataclysm expansion when it came out (collector's edition!!), we had two copies. the clerk goes "oh who's the 2nd copy for?" his head swivels to me, i see his brain go "nah not for her" then he swivels back to my bf, who points at me, and i smile. cue clerk shock.

i love being the only girl in gaming stores. especially when i'm dressed like a girl instead of in PJ pants and a giant sweatshirt with a robot on the back which is my normal weekend attire.

side note, i love god of war. i am dying inside not having a ps3 and can't play ascension. oh well, i can always rip harpy heads off in 2.

I think the people that told me they like sex too much were actually just making fun of me. They weren't saying that gaming would cut in to their time too much. They were saying that gamers are losers that women are not interested in. Since I had already stated to them that I was a gamer they were by extension telling me that I am a loser that women would not be interested in and they do not wish to be like me.

I am inclined to agree. I didn't lose sleep over it or anything like that. I thought that the dig was rather juvenile.

I can't say I appreciate the stereotypes either. That said I can understand why they exist. I have been to enough Magic The Gathering tournaments to see that you just don't see many women.

This is why Katt Gun is one of my favorite gamers of all time. Her gamer tag is Mystik and if you haven't heard of her you should definitely look her up. Not only is she a smoking hottie. She won the WCG ultimate gamer competition. She had to go head to head with a guy named Yaz and he was amazing.

Yaz recognized that she was great early on in the competition and he did everything he could to get rid of her by voting her up for elimination over and over again. Kat managed to survive elimination every single time and eventually Yaz had to face her himself and with everything tied up the final game was Halo which Kat was way better than Yaz at so she smoked him in a one sided landslide victory.

I was jumping up and down in my living room. Even coming in second would have been impressive but it was so great to see a hot female gamer win the whole thing and prove once and for all that it is the gamer's skill that matters and nothing else.