Casual and Proud

Posted on August 11, 2010, in Editorials, Personal by Toad · 4 Comments

I’m a casual gamer.

Now, before you accuse me of liking games such as Carnival Games, allow me to explain myself. I play games casually, and, therefore, I’m a casual gamer. Rocket science? No? Good, I don’t think so either.

The way people throw around the term “casual gamer” these days seems completely wrong to me. If you’re branded as a “casual gamer,” it automatically means you love shovelware and minigame compilations. Why? Well, because that’s what everyone else likes to think! And if everyone seems to follow the same train of thought, then it must be true!

I like to call myself a casual gamer. That doesn’t mean I enjoy shovelware. I still love playing Zelda games, Mario games, Halo games, some indie games, and more. I’m not saying these games are “hardcore.” I’m simply trying to prove that I can be a casual gamer and still play the “big boy” games.

Why is it that the term has become an insult for the “hardcore” gamers to throw around? I declare bullshit. We’re all gamers. Who cares what games we play? Who cares how often we play? Can’t we all just agree that we’re all gamers and that we have no lives?

I know that was a bit unorganized and it wasn’t exactly well thought-out, but I hope you understand where I’m coming from. The whole rant sounded a lot better in my head, so I’m sorry if I bored you.

Also, on a completely unrelated note, I’m going to be experimenting with using my headset to record myself playing violin and piano. If the sound quality is decent, I may start recording and uploading some videos. I’ll keep you posted.

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4 Comments to Casual and Proud


  1. by Roland on August 12, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    Yeah, honestly I think the entire gaming community has gotten out of control.

    Truthfully, you’d be surprised how many people are sucked into the idea of casual gamers being the mindless brainwashed Wii families who all sit in front of their couch and play the damn cow milking game for hours on end and drink an iced cooler afterwards and tell their children to clean their room and go to bed.

    There are families like that, but lets be honest. Casual has taken on a new meaning these days. Casual is something to represent people that don’t take online competition too seriously, play for fun and not for money or gaming stardom or some other pipe dream lived by extremely few people. I’m not paying extra money for a fight stick to play street fighter, I’m not turning my sensitivity up to 10 and spending hours of practicing my BR in Halo. I learn to play games for fun, yes I do take them seriously in some cases, but it’s still all fun in the same.

  2. by Chris on August 15, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    I was going to make a lengthy comment giving my opinion and whatnot, but Roland hit the nail on the head. I’m a casual gamer but I don’t have any desire to play launch day bargain bin games.

  3. by Toad on August 16, 2010 at 12:27 am

    I’m glad to see you both agree. The current meaning of the term “casual gamer” is completely inaccurate.

  4. by poop head on August 18, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    ur moms innacurate

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