I have no idea who Howard Stern is. :P Means nothing to me. But, since this is perpetrating the idea that gamers are fatties who spend all their time playing video games and living in their parents basement... it's just enforcing the negative stereotype.

I mean like... if you are a baseball fan, people who don't like baseball aren't going to look down on you for liking baseball. However, enjoying video games does have a stigma to it. Perhaps respect was the wrong way to put it, but yeah. I will admit though, it is going away, but the general stereotyped gamer still lingers. Ah well. :3