Last paragraph:
"Gamers are even worse than most people in assuming that whatever we believe is best must be right and everyone else is just wrong. Our compatriots are opinionated and loud, shouting from the rooftops what they think about a game, genre or console. We talk down about games we've never played and rant about the drawbacks of systems we've never owned, simply so we can feel better about ourselves. Nowhere has this ridiculous hate speech been more displaced than on the casual gaming genre, a subset of gaming enjoyed by millions yet abhorred by "real" gamers. I for one am tired of it, as there's no reason to pick on these titles any longer. A good game is a good game regardless of whether it stars space marines or unicorns, and those who claim otherwise are simply standing as an obstacle to progress for our industry as a whole. So for all those who say that casual titles are the downfall of modern gaming I will say this plainly and clearly so you won't misinterpret; you are wrong."
Absolute ownage. People are not going to like it but they do need to be told when they are being obnoxious, and obviously self centered. A good article, but these should have been written a long time ago. It's quite sad that it's been allowed to go on this long and only now are they apologizing and speaking out. That's media for ya though.
