Completely out of touch

Kotaku just posted a story that shows how increasingly out of touch mainstream culture is with video games. I would post content from the actual news article, but it appears that their server has crashed, likely from the influx of traffic from gaming sites.

The high school student committed the heinous crime of -- making a CounterStrike map. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, the map was of his (now former) high school. His bedroom was searched, producing swords of all things, and this led to his removal from Clements High School.

I'm going to admit something that hopefully won't lead to my own arrest. I actually wanted to design a CS map based on my high school. Many of my friends also thought it was a fun idea. The only thing that held us back was a lack of any skill whatsoever at the complicated and exacting task of mapping. Anyone who knew a damn thing about gaming would know that a kid who had the skill to accurately map his high school probably isn't a safety risk - anyone who would take that much time and interest in what is essentially an artistic endeavor is not the sort of person who is usually a danger to others. At a bare minimum, two or three hours of conversation would exonerate him or show that he needed some form of psychological help.

And swords?? We're worried about swords?? How many geeks / nerds / gamers have now, or have ever owned a sword, dagger, or large knife? I can name at least two, if not three of my friends who are perfectly functional and safe who own such things.

The general public needs to stop treating gamers like maladjusted time-bombs. It is tremendously disrespectful, and we're getting sick of it.