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Mon Nov 23
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I think more people should get into gaming.
08/01/09
ridiculous.
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A miserable pile of popcorn!
08/01/09
I see what you're getting at, but the thing is, Flash games are to full production video games as Youtube videos are to Full length, feature films.
Tons of things that take advantage of video recording are not referred to as "film." In the same way, I think it's fair to say that, while solitaire and flash games take advantage of the same technology, they're not really the same thing as full retail games.
Calling these kinds of people 'gamers' is like calling the guy who reads the weekly funny pages a 'fan of graphic novels.'
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Though to be fair, some of the better flash game creators go on to become game developers(see Behemoth, The), much like a few YouTube video creators have become actual movie creators.
Granted it is usually only the cream of the crop that does this, though.
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I guess I just have a problem with people looking down on the 'casual gamer', like they're not good enough to earn the grand title of "hardcore" or (shudder) "real" gamer.
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It's also people who really enjoy story-driven games getting frustrated by people playing Wii fit and thinking they're experiencing the best that gaming has to offer.
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I rest my case.
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At the same time, you're also correct. This is maddening, as I'm rather particular about language and word selection.
It comes down to this: the word gamer, as is the case for the majority of our words, has different meanings depending on context.
There are golfers, and there are golfers. If I play golf, then I am a golfer. But if you ask someone what they do, and they reply "I am a golfer," that has a different meaning, implying more than just the simple fact that they play golf on occasion. In both cases, the choice of words is correct.
Really, it's the same thing here. There are gamers, and there are gamers.
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Whether or not you choose to append "professional" or "amateur" to the word is your own choice, but the using just the base term to describe either group is correct regardless.
07/12/09
Most console folks don't play online games.
So they only buy games they REEEALLY want. They cut back.
Online gamers just play for longer periods to either get their money's worth during economic hardship, or they play more online games because it keeps them from engaging in other activites that may result in them spending money.
It's also important to note the differences in the taste of games for both groups.
Also, I never said that there aren't people who do both, so to whoever is angrily typing their response right this moment: STOP IT
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If they're going to classify every browser and such mini-game packages as games along with full fledged retail or console network releases then yes Online gaming is on a rise and console gaming is on a decline.
But really this seems like a statistic that needs a bit more explaining into instead of randomly clumping of facts.
It's like saying yes all humans are equal and they are the dominant species on the planet because we can count 6 billion of them but microbes prolly outnumber us by possibly 10^6 that amount. So yeah.
I'd say online leisure activities are on the rise. Pretty sure it's not universal otherwise people would realize you could play sega classics on their browser at work (from their site).
07/12/09
Admit it, we all sneak the odd game or two when we're bored. :P
07/12/09
Plus you get to experience adventures with different type of people, make new friends and it's free. Consoles like the Xbox360 have something like that but again, what they lack is free and online has a lot of that.
06/29/09
I can think of so many less boring things to do.
06/29/09
In other words, if someone like Microsoft wanted to keep more money in its pocket (than allow someone like Gamestop to profit), Make the retail price from $59.99 to $29.99.
Or, you could rent or just wait. You don't need to run out and buy it! Stop the madness! OXYCLEAN!
06/29/09
There was only ONE game I have ever returned and I do not plan to ever do so again.
Game was Orphan BTW. One of the worst games I have played.
06/30/09
You're absolutely right that it takes two to do the Gamestop tango. If they weren't getting trade-ins at the rate they wanted, they'd have to offer more money.
06/29/09
If the used games market was really squeezing anybody out of business, we would have had a game studio apocalypse by now.
06/29/09
Right now I can scan Ebay or craigslist or local pawnshops and find games that nobody is even THINKING about offering for digital download (Like Gauntlet: Dark Legacy). What happens when only the most popular games are available? Fuck that. I don't usually like the most popular games, and I want to be able to get old games that I didn't get to play or have nostalgia factor WHEN I WANT.
The thought that I can't just go find a copy of something somewhere because the poor widdle corporations aren't making profit off a 10 year old game makes me very, very sad.
06/29/09