256: Hardcore Maleness

[stonemaskstoryteller]

I'm not sure it's a matter of gender-related-status, the 'Hardcore' vs. 'Casual' issue is just a matter of elitism.

Most people, regardless of what circle or background they come from want to be recognized for their achievements, to be seen as king of the castle. It's sad that nowerdays a lot of people obsesses over their own arrogant position as a 'hardcore' gamer and use it as an excuse to act like a dipshit to others who perhaps don't have as much experience playing games.

I'm not saying the term 'hardcore' is essentially bad, it's just a label which descibes the dedicated amount of time which a player plays games - an experienced 'hardcore' gamer can still be a decent guy towards casual players. Sadly though nowerdays 'hardcore' is growing to be a desciption of ATTITUDE rather than gaming experience.

Because of this, I think using the term 'Gamer' without the specifity of Hardcore or casual would just make it more inclusive and universal...besides, opening up to and accepting a wider audience, however keen they are about games, can only a good thing surely?

 

[Bios06]

Wow, well I guess this implies a sheer amount of ignorance on my part, but I always thought that the difference between hardcore and casual gaming were the mechanics of the games themselves.

I was under the impression that "casual games" were games that could be played by anyone, of all ages (i.e. - farmville, sims, etc.) that the physical mechanics of the games were simple, the story was simple (if it could be called a "story" and not so much a goal). "Hardcore games" were games with complex mechanics, that had complex story lines and involved some kind of motor skills beyond clicking a mouse. I guess I've been wrong all this time.

Calling yourself "casual" or "hardcore" is just like calling yourself casual or hardcore for anything else, it probably has a basis in how seriously you take that activity and how knowledgable you are about it. I have no idea where the feminine/masculine idea came from, I suppose the author has never met a woman who was devoted to something and considered herself "hardcore".

The concept of "rape" in games, as far as I've always experienced, has more to do with getting the hell kicked out of you by an enemy or another player. I don't recall this ever being sexual within the context of video games, ever.

Frankly, I'd like to know when we started making these new associations with words, apparently I missed that meeting. It seems like many people with their own ideas are trying to tell us that the words we've been using for quite some time now have new, derogatory meanings, as opposed to the meanings we've placed on them. I thought the whole concept of having a "language" was to imply something with our words. Why all the misinterpretation people?

 

[SimpleReally]

I disagree, I think for a game to be called casual it must have very little gameplay elements that might raise the learning curve.
Sims is called casual because you can't really "fail" at it.