The problem with saying that casual games aren’t games is that it’s a classic case of moving the goal posts. (Unless you’re talking about FarmVille, which totally isn’t a game, it’s a psychological manipulation marketing tool, and not even a well-disguised one at that.)
So here are some reasons why I think the hate for casual games is bullshit and why I wish the phrase “casual game” would go away forever. I’m sick of the hate, and I’m sick of the not-really-veiled attempt to define “real” gaming as the parts that don’t contain girls. I could write an entirely separate post about my hatred for the Fake Nerd Girl meme, but I won’t.Īnd I’m sick of it. And yet among a certain set of gamers, the idea of casual gamers seems to elicit the same sort of disgust as would lepers or genuine fans of Rob Liefeld. I hate it when people hate on casual games, and I ESPECIALLY hate it when people hate on casual gamers, especially given that pretty much everyone knows that casual gamers almost always = women. I think that 47% figure is factoring in women that play Angry Birds on their IPhones or something. In the comments on my previous post, the following nugget of casual-gamer-hate popped up:
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