On GamesRadar is an excellent feature on videogame store employees. They talked to eight current and former employees, giving them complete freedom and anonymity, effectively having them spill their guts about the so-called “dream job” of many gamers. Here’s a sample:

GR: That’s definitely a popular stereotype. What other assumptions do people make about you? #1: That we’re all single, nerdy and pasty pale from never venturing outdoors during the day. Socially inept and our lives revolve around videogames.

#4: People think we don’t have a life and play Dungeons & Dragons after work.

#6: Yeah… geeky girlfriend-less males that get paid to stand around and play videogames all day.

#2: Or that we’re condescending jerks… which is true in many cases. Especially after the 50th phone call that day asking if we have any Nintendo Wiis in stock.

Very interesting read.