Nintendo's Doing Something Right (response to Hating on the casuals thread)

[Pristine20]

LNRT said:

Pristine20 said:

SmokedHostage said:

Pristine20 said:

LNRT said:
Games are meant to be entertaining. Why is it so important that they be considered art? I don't buy games because they are art, I buy them to have fun. This article nails it.

 

Playing games can also be competitive, relaxing, rewarding and many other values. Nintendo fans just seem to want to be lieve that "fun" is the end all in gaming. In my case, I don't play games to have fun. I do it to relax or compete with friends or engross myself in a new world. I date for my fun thanks.

 

You can relax by laying down on a soft couch.  You can compete with friends via sports.  You can engross yourself in a new world via reading a book.  All the things you use games can be done well if not better with these methods.  You can have fun doing other things but shouldn't games be games?

Everyone is entitled to have their own use for a medium. Its illogical to impose the idea that games must be "fun" on others. Games can be a sweet frustration like the original NG was to me and be enjoyable. Books can also solely be read to gain more vocabulary rather than engrossing oneself in a new world. Its all up to the user to decide his/her use for the medium.

 

When I say fun that is what I mean. Fun is enjoyment.

 

If "enjoyable" is really what we are all getting at, why do wii owners keep pummeling the HD crowd about how their games are more "fun"? They sure made it sound like that meant "family fun", "everybody can play"-type stuff. With my arguement, if fun = enjoyable, then fun is up to the person playing and not a label to be grossly generalized on any piece of software because some people may not find it enjoyable/fun.