| JPL78 said: I would ask a bunch of questions. Are video games your favorite type of entertainment? No, equal to movies and music Do you play almost every day? No Do you prefer to spend most of your disposable income on games? NO Have you played your whole life? Yes Do you enjoy most genres of games? I guess, I only hate a few genres Do you follow video game news sites or magazines often? Yes Do you know at least some of the history of video games? Yes Do you watch television shows about video games? No Do you daydream about video games? Sometimes Do you discuss video games online? Yes Are you constantly planning the next games you will play? Yes Do you own multiple systems at the same time? I own multiple systems, but not current-gen ones Do you play retro games? Hellz yes Do you beat a majority of the games you play that you like enough to beat? wait......what? Do you challenge any games on their hardest difficulty level? Occasionally Have you ever purchased a video game soundtrack? No Have you ever read a book based on a video game? Yes Do you have any clothing or accessories with video game characters on them? No Eh, I'm sure there's more but I'm tapped for the moment. I would think there are different levels of hardcore as well. I answered yes to every question except "Have you ever read a book based on a video game?" That said I fully recognize that there are people who would be considered much more hard core. I wouldn't be able to do an actual list of games I've beaten or played a lot because I lost count back in the NES days. Although I wish I had documented that through the years. |
Am I teh hardcore?
"Pier was a chef, a gifted and respected chef who made millions selling his dishes to the residents of New York City and Boston, he even had a famous jingle playing in those cities that everyone knew by heart. He also had a restaurant in Los Angeles, but not expecting LA to have such a massive population he only used his name on that restaurant and left it to his least capable and cheapest chefs. While his New York restaurant sold kobe beef for $100 and his Boston restaurant sold lobster for $50, his LA restaurant sold cheap hotdogs for $30. Initially these hot dogs sold fairly well because residents of los angeles were starving for good food and hoped that the famous name would denote a high quality, but most were disappointed with what they ate. Seeing the success of his cheap hot dogs in LA, Pier thought "why bother giving Los Angeles quality meats when I can oversell them on cheap hotdogs forever, and since I don't care about the product anyways, why bother advertising them? So Pier continued to only sell cheap hotdogs in LA and was surprised to see that they no longer sold. Pier's conclusion? Residents of Los Angeles don't like food."
"The so-called "hardcore" gamer is a marketing brainwashed, innovation shunting, self-righteous idiot who pays videogame makers far too much money than what is delivered."
