Why "Forum Gaming" and "Gaming?"

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When I look at the directory of forum topics, I see two relatively anemic, yet related topics that continue to be kept separate, as noted above. Granted, I know I'm not a gamer, but just looking at the numbers, the two, combined, have less than 1,000 combined topics. Yes, most other topic headings are <1,000, too, but why isn't gaming a single topic, regardless, considering they are narrowly separate topics. After all, we have separate topics for "People" and "Personal." So, why does gaming get to take up space with 2 separate topic headings?

Just a thought.
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Mafia generates more traffic than any other subject.  Anything non-mafia that  shares the Mafia queue  gets quickly pushed out of visibility.  The Topic should just be called Mafia since Mafia effectively prevents other forum games from being played.
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Now, see, there's my ignorance of gaming shining through. I've heard of Mafia, of course, and have seen it discussed, but I have no idea in which of the two gaming topics it resides.
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Oro is quite correct.  In an ideal world, Forum Gaming would be the second item in the menu, "stickied" as top threads on Reddit.  It is a location where actual games are played on this website.  

"Gaming" just refers to video games, in general.  Not related to actual playing games on this website. 
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But you're both still just talking about general and specific. I still don't see how that should necessarily be separated topics. It's all games. Look at the variety of activity that falls under "sports"