Weekend Confirmed 148 - Disney Infinity, Path of Exile, CES 2013, video game legislation

Hello to the WC crew and all the Shackers, I have been a long time lurker, but after listening to the last episode, I had to come out of hiding.

What really surprised me is the hate on Big Bang Theory, especially the amount of venom coming at the show because it works with the stereotypes of nerds and geeks "as seen by the producers". Well, I don´t know Chuck Lorre or Bill Prady, but I would argue they used to be more geeks in their youth, than jocks. So they probably know something about it.

What is more important though, the stereotypes are not only with the nerds (the four guys), but basically with ALL THE CHARACTERS on the show. The fun factor is not in the plain "DnD jokes" (which the author of the article took out of a working context to make his point), but with the interactions that happen in situations when the "geeks meet the normal people".

I respect that the WC crew has an opinion and (for various reasons) don´t like the show, but I was taken aback by the credit that was given to a random, poorly argumented and out of the context-written blogpost. Not only by the WC crew but also by Ben Kuchera at Penny Arcade. Why?

I am totally OK with people not liking the show, because I can enjoy it nevertheless. What struck me was the campaign against a show that is anything but a "swing at a nerd". It is poking fun at us, sure, but have we become so self-entitled and serious, that we can´t laugh at the things we do and, honestly, obsess about?

Because it is a bit dissonant if we hate the show for showing us a (hyperbolic, yet somewhat true) reflection of ourselves and then go and talk about... Skylanders and Disney Infinity.