performative gamers play 20ft away from their tvs. usually a mid-tier lcd without full array local dimming, or a poorly calibrated OLED with c20 color temp connected to the internet. or multiple monitors. they have their rgb range and black levels to auto-auto instead of limited-low. have +10 games installed. play 2 hours a day. they share on twitter-reddit every new game they play

they played the witcher 3 in 2020. bloodborne in 2018. death stranding after the plandemic. rdr2 before rdr1. love elden ring. love clair obscur. shilled baldur's gate 3. prefer persona 5 royal over vanilla. prefer path of exile over diablo 2. they lose their shit for gta vi but get mad when you ask them why.
/v/ is full of them, btw.