Not everyone is a gaming geek.
I wouldn't know who he was if I wasn't going out with Double F.

Mind you, I get wound up when someone famous died and people go 'who?' The worst case of this was when John Peel died. I worked with a load of people who hadn't a clue who he was. There was an awful lot of facepalming that day.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:20, archived)

That's a bit of double standards right there.

( Jobe, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:21, archived)

Oh I know.

( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:29, archived)

That's ok then.

( Jobe, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:31, archived)

I'd never heard of John Peel until he died.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:22, archived)

I didn't know who he was,
but then I had just turned 16 when he died and I don't listen to the radio.
( Malchick, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:23, archived)

Yes, but you'd think that people taking a "guess the game from the characters" quiz would know who he was.
Twice as many people were familiar with Final Fantasy characters, for example.
( Malchick, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:24, archived)

It's quite simple really
You don't have to read endless speech bubbles saying "Cloud Strife" on them in Half-Life λ
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:27, archived)

Excellent point.

( Malchick, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:31, archived)

John Peel's dead?

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 14:29, archived)

Who?

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 15:14, archived)

the bloke who invented orange peel

( manolith hooray for me, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 15:41, archived)