I suppose a hardcore gamer is someone for whom gaming is a serious hobby, and not just something you unwind with for 5 minutes after work. I wouldn't call someone who doesn't follow gaming news at all, and only plays a single console/brand hardcore, but that's just me. Professional gamers who only ever play one game to make money out of it are right out.
A hardcore game is much more tricky, as this one is almost completely subjective. It doesn't help how it's frequently teamed up with "casual game" to form a praise/condemnation pair a lot of people are in the habit of using way too much. Not jumping onto this bandwagon seems to attract criticism as anti-elitism, which is pretty much the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
Saying something about skill and dedication would be nice, but in the end I suppose it means a game that's designed to appeal to the portion of gamers that's been playing for a while already, as opposed to casual games that are supposed to attract new people into gaming. Labeling hack&slash or FPS games that require 2 second attention spans as hardcore feels wrong to me, but I suppose they're included in my definition.
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