Top 100 Gaming Trends in 2013

As time progresses and consumers become more difficult to entertain, video games are poised to become the next main source of entertainment. This is slowly becoming a reality, as seen with the gaming trends of 2013.

This past year saw a wave of unabashed gamer pride from the least expected places, with high-fashion cosplay photo shoots and high-end video game pixel art taking games to completely new territory. Further reflecting a new, more open attitude toward video games, pieces such as cellphone-enabled laser tag and video game-inspired board games prove that gaming is no longer just for the basement-dwelling, Mountain Dew-chugging teenager. The gamer of 2013 looks much differently than expected.

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