Categorization

From an early age, the modern gamer is taught
how to categorize things. Games are separated into genres and then into
sub-genres and even into specific niches of gaming. The modern gamer is even taught to categorize by rating. Children know
that they are most likely not going to be allowed to play an M-rated game when they are 8 years old. There are
exceptions to the rule, I know, but on the whole,
the rating system keeps kids from seeing things they shouldn’t until they can
understand and process fully what they are experiencing. So this is the first
of many skills that will put the next generation of gamers ahead of your
standard nerds in the social pecking order.