The subject of PC gaming seems kinda controversial. And people often seem to shift the term when it is convenient for them.
I, personally, don't consider myself a PC gamer, despite some things that may seem sorta "PC-ish". Allow me to describe myself a little bit for those who are new to me.
- Prefer jRPGs to wRPGs
- Am a Nintendo fangirl
- Prefer playing games with a controller
- Religiously follow doujin gaming
- Get most excited about emulation when building new PCs
- Spend more time gaming on the PC than any other system
- Am a heavy emulation enthusiast and prefer playing console games on the PC to PC games
- Do not like First Person Shooters
- Am not all that fond of wRPGs and Real Time Strategy games
- To a lesser extent, follow indie gaming in general
- Hold Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Touhou, and Tales as my most important video game franchises in life
- Like emulating games because I find it more approachable, in many ways, than consoles themselves
- Like emulating because they breathe life into games I love. I would rather make aesthetically beautiful, older games like PlayStation games shine as much as they are capable of, than new games with peak graphics I find to be ugly. Graphically demanding FPS games, for instance, to me, are a complete waste of graphics, and if I had to play them, would rather play them on the lowest resolution possible.
- Largely built my gaming PC for PlayStation 2 emulation
- Largely avoided PC gaming for most of my life because I didn't like Windows games that were readily available to me
- Own more than one high-end gaming PC. One complete with an Intel 2500K and HD 6870.
- Own a mountain of emulation hardware.
- Own a mountain of gaming peripherals for the PC, like USB controllers.
Here's the thing. I technically prefer the PC for gaming. I game on it more often, and I like the options that PC gaming provides. However, how people most describe PC gaming is contrary to me. That is, use of a keyboard rather than a controller, preference of Windows format common games instead of console common games. I've never heard Touhou fans called PC gamers, I've never heard emulation fans called PC gamers, I've never heard people who enjoy peripherals like USB controllers called PC gamers, I've never heard Umineko no Naku Koro ni readers called PC gamers. I've never heard Minecraft or Indie gamers called PC gamers. I mostly hear First Person Shooter fans, Real Time Strategy fans, wRPG fans, and sometimes MMORPG fans, who prefer playing with the keyboard, PC gamers.
But what I do is geared, honestly, towards using the PC for everything, including gaming. What is a PC gamer, and am I one?
I, personally, don't consider myself a PC gamer, despite some things that may seem sorta "PC-ish". Allow me to describe myself a little bit for those who are new to me.
- Prefer jRPGs to wRPGs
- Am a Nintendo fangirl
- Prefer playing games with a controller
- Religiously follow doujin gaming
- Get most excited about emulation when building new PCs
- Spend more time gaming on the PC than any other system
- Am a heavy emulation enthusiast and prefer playing console games on the PC to PC games
- Do not like First Person Shooters
- Am not all that fond of wRPGs and Real Time Strategy games
- To a lesser extent, follow indie gaming in general
- Hold Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Touhou, and Tales as my most important video game franchises in life
- Like emulating games because I find it more approachable, in many ways, than consoles themselves
- Like emulating because they breathe life into games I love. I would rather make aesthetically beautiful, older games like PlayStation games shine as much as they are capable of, than new games with peak graphics I find to be ugly. Graphically demanding FPS games, for instance, to me, are a complete waste of graphics, and if I had to play them, would rather play them on the lowest resolution possible.
- Largely built my gaming PC for PlayStation 2 emulation
- Largely avoided PC gaming for most of my life because I didn't like Windows games that were readily available to me
- Own more than one high-end gaming PC. One complete with an Intel 2500K and HD 6870.
- Own a mountain of emulation hardware.
- Own a mountain of gaming peripherals for the PC, like USB controllers.
Here's the thing. I technically prefer the PC for gaming. I game on it more often, and I like the options that PC gaming provides. However, how people most describe PC gaming is contrary to me. That is, use of a keyboard rather than a controller, preference of Windows format common games instead of console common games. I've never heard Touhou fans called PC gamers, I've never heard emulation fans called PC gamers, I've never heard people who enjoy peripherals like USB controllers called PC gamers, I've never heard Umineko no Naku Koro ni readers called PC gamers. I've never heard Minecraft or Indie gamers called PC gamers. I mostly hear First Person Shooter fans, Real Time Strategy fans, wRPG fans, and sometimes MMORPG fans, who prefer playing with the keyboard, PC gamers.
But what I do is geared, honestly, towards using the PC for everything, including gaming. What is a PC gamer, and am I one?
