I'm not ashamed of playing or making games, i'm proud of it and it's my passion. I don't even mind telling people i still love playing kirby games (and i often do) or yugioh or whatever. It's not childish, it's super cool :P

Though sometimes i feel shy telling people what im working on. Wether they think its sometimes too "different/boring" or it's too huge (when talking about online games). But i guess that's the burden every visionary have to take, and that's what gamedesigner are, visionaries.