ChronotriggerJM on 03 January 2008
To me, you reach "hardcore gamer" status by not only making video games a hobby, but your social life as well xD. For a while 7-8 of my close friends all played FFXI, any time we'd get away from our computers/ps2's, we'd still be talking about the damn thing. To me that means video games are more than just your "escape", there your passion.
[edit] But if were talking about just games? I'd say anything non-casual personally >_>;;; Any game focused on telling a point, or attempting to lead you somewhere that isn't just "the next high score" is a hardcore game. I don't care if you fork out 60 hours a week on bejewled >_> you are not a hardcore gamer.
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