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[DadNier]

I think the logic is (that i SORT OF agree with) is that the term has become dirtied by people whose lives are nothing beyond video games (and these people are without exception really lame) and smug elitists like us don't want to associate ourselves with some mainstream-FPS-playing-ctrl+alt+delete-reading "GAMER MAN I LOOOOVE VIDEO GAMES BRO!!" guy


however i know you're writing for an article and you need to quickly convey the idea of "a person who plays game" so ignore all that and keep using it for your article, don't worry

edit: more logical explanation also; we don't really make a special term for people who go to movies and people who read books (the term "reader" doesn't have an implication of anything other than "one who reads," there isn't a "reading books subculture")
but again, let me stress that you're right and quickly conveying idea for the practicality of an article supercedes all of this and I doubt most people who will be reading your article will think of it this way