What is "Hardcore"? Whats not?

[mancandy]

Kwaad said:

Mario 64 is a classic game now. Second. By that definition. Whatever that dumbass rugrats game for the GameCube is...

You run around and collect batterys, you have to solve puzzles, and collect coins, go to the right places at the right times.

So Rugrats is hardcore.

Hardcore is NOT WarCraft3, Hardcore is NOT Diablo2, Hardcore is NOT WoW. Hardcore is NOT Halo2+3.

I consider something hardcore... Something made for... a few select people. X3 is Hardcore, Civ is Hardcore.

However I do think that most of the time that mature/not mature games is another way to define hardcore.

Games like Duke Nukem are ***mature*** I hate to say it, but In terms of a general audiance the Original Duke Nukem 3D, was probibally one of the most mature games in history. Why? How many games do you know of you can run around and blow up pigs wearing cop uniforms, and give money to strippers?!? 

That's why you can't really call something hardcore, it's all opinion. Like you said "I consider..." That's what you think is hardcore and that's cool. I think that anyone who spends 10+ hours a day playing any game is hardcore. If someone plays Rugrats 10+ hours a day....I think that's pretty hardcore. But that's my opinion, feel free to disagree.