Editorials

Happy President’s Day, You Beautiful Gamer You

By Sean Lama

Posted on February 20, 2012

You may not have voted for him, you may not respect him, but you gotta love having President’s Day off from work. Quasi-holidays like PDay are the best because, unlike Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, not everyone has this day off so it’s not as easy to get roped into family trips and visits. Rather, it’s this sort of Bermuda Triangle of free time that can be dedicated utterly to gaming.

I realize not everyone benefits from PDay. Only 4% of the world population are American citizens (and 25% of the world prison population are U.S. citizens, how’s that for a random interesting factoid that has absolutely nothing to do with video games? but then again, if you’re in prison you probably aren’t gaming so perhaps it’s relevant), and I’m not sure how many of that 4% actually have the day off. But let’s say 1/4 of the country does have it off, that’s approximately 1% of the world population that could potentially be playing their PS Vitas or League of Legends.

So, congratulations to all you 1 Percenters! You are on top of the world today! Happy President’s Day, everyone!

Sean Lama

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Sean started playing video games in infancy. He was not given a choice as much as a directive from his parents to be the best gamer on Earth. Sean was subjected to 10-12 hours of rigorous daily gaming throughout his youth, mastering the most complex video games and dominating online competitions. Sean's symbiotic relationship with video games led to writing about them for various gaming websites, and he is currently involved in sales strategy and analytics at one of the largest video game publishers in the world. Sean's mission is simple: Turn 100% of the human population into gamers, willingly or otherwise.