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I grew up playing Counter-Strike and have in the past few years bought a few guns; despite their solid reputation and the fact that they do what I want, I never even considered a Glock. Was this causal? Who knows, but I wouldn't rule it out.


Given how effective advertising is, I think it's safer to assume that such a relationship does exist for some.

We're all subject to a wide variety of unconscious biases.


I assume that a gamer would want a Heckler & Koch VP9 just for the appearance.


Well, there was a noticeable surge of new Mini14 owners at my local range during the peak of PUBG (Player Unknown's Battlegrounds) battle royale game.




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