By its advertisers shall ye know it - aftershave, televisions, watches, masculine skincare - could it be that the new British version of Wired isn’t that interested in the geek market anymore?
Back in the 1990s, when Wired was published in the UK by Wired Ventures in association with Guardian Media, the focus was quite clearly on geekdom, the wonder of the interwebs and all that would bring. Today’s Wired, now owned by glossy magazine powerhouse Conde Nast, advises on shopping for laptops, espresso machines and folding bikes. That’s not the …

Something has gone badly wrong with video games. Once the exclusive domain of geeky boys, gaming has become not just socially acceptable but, well, actually quite popular with normal people.
This sad state of affairs is the unfortunate consequence of a long-running de-nerdification of the video games industry:

1947 - The first ever video game, entitled Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device, is invented by Thomas T. Goldsmith, Ph.D. Due to the high cost of the experimental equipment required, the game can only be played by a handful of top-level government scientists.

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