Emma’s Reviews > Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms > Status Update

See, if this guy didnt sound so condescending and unsure of geek culture, I'd probably love this book. There's a chapter about WIZARD ROCK.

I mean, I guess I am lucky to have grown up in a time that was more accepting of the fantasy genre as a whole and was able to believe that my friends will still like being friends with me even though they also know I like D&D and cosplay. But this dude just seems like he's in denial, and that instead of embracing his geek, he wants to explain it away as an escape from the bad things in his past.

Well....so far, this guy just seems like he's got some real issues with just admitting that he's a giant nerd. Judging himself and not embracing who he is and what he enjoys because maybe his friends will suddenly decide to stop liking him? Because NOW they'll know he's just too weird. Because he does things like READ TOLKIEN. And PLAY D&D.