I am Korean American and I came to the States after graduated from my middle school in South Korea(Trust me. You have no idea how many people have asked me "which Korea?"). I do speak fluent Korean and English but I have just enough subtle accents to give off the "foreign" vibe, as my friends would say. I have and love PlayStations. I enjoy playing JRPG but not exclusively. But I did pick PS3 over 360 because the games I enjoy are PS3 exclusives, which is a natural thing since I have been a long time Sony fan. Take that as you will. Unlike other Koreans, however, I do not like Star Craft. Never got into it, never enjoyed it. Some people found that very strange. I am not crazy good at video games but I get by. I am not overweight, do not have long hairs, but do wear thick black glasses. I do care about fashion and how I look. I enjoy playing tennis and, sadly, that is pretty much the only sport I play. Some might even call me a hipster but I have yet to discover what defines "hipster." I do have high GPA and I am an overachiever as many would associate with Asian Americans.

Base on what people have told me, the stereotypes of "Asian gamer" are;

Overweight, crazy good at games(especially fighting games or Star Craft if you're Korean), Japanese for the most of the times, has high GPA(but that is Asian stereotype in general), do not really go outside, do not take showers, wear one shirt and one pair of pants only(again, that is a stereotype for overachieving Asian), broken English and, this one always makes me laugh, have every JRPG in the world.

I do not know how much of them are universal but these are the stereotypes that I have heard, experienced or collected over the 9 years of my life in the States. More or less, I fit into 50 percent of stereotypes. But it makes me sad that how people love to categorize others base on something that is not really a fact. Comments like "of course you like Street Fighters" or something like "What? You don't play Star Craft? What kind of Korean are you?"

Every time when I get such responses, I say "so you must be Halo crazy and drink Mountain Dew every 5 seconds, huh?" and they do not say anything.

I know it is hard to believe we still have these kinds of stereotypes in 21st century, especially if you are from big cities like LA, New York, San Francisco, etc. But the truth is, there is still a good number of people who believe I should be controlling marines with glowing keyboards because I am Korean. Sad, but true.

So my question is this; How much is it true? What do you think about them? Do they bother you? What are the expectations that people have when you say you play video games?

Obviously enough, the biggest one I get is "you must be good at Star Craft." What about you? Please discuss!