Off-putting and vaguely insulting ⚓

John Siracusa about Game Center on Mountain Lion:

On the Mac, Apple is sticking with the same parlor-games theme of green felt and wood that it used in iOS. As a gamer, I find this design off-putting and vaguely insulting, but perhaps I am not Apple's target audience.

I haven't seen any gamer enjoying or even liking this design. Still wondering why on Earth Apple is sticking with it. It is even worse on the desktop (just look at the text only tabs on the top with the "Requests (2)"). I don't know where to begin…