Gamers and games get flamed for the 'ills of this world'

More and more people are becoming 'hostile' towards gamers and their games. They are being blamed for the 'ills of this world' as quoted from bbc.

"There is a discrepancy between gamers and their perception in society by non-gamers."

What is happening is that people are becoming stereotypical about gamers and the industries that create such games. The average teenager is not a 16 year old spotty kid who spends his day planning to kill his teacher.

"There are more than 50 million games consumers in Europe alone, half of them are adults, and only a tiny fraction of games on the market are rated 18+"