What Type Of Gamer Are You?

Jordan Davis

 

 

            A "Gamer" is someone who plays videos games. It's as simple as that. Now what type of gamer? That's a slightly more complicated manner.

 

            There are two main types of "Gamer". First of all there is a casual gamer. I think before I get into what a casual gamer is I need to define what a casual game is. A casual game is a game that you can just sit down, bring up on your computer and play for fifteen to thirty minutes, be entertained and then continue on with what you were doing before. Some examples of some casual games are Bejeweled, FreeCell and Tetris. As these games don't require you to sit down and play them for hours on end, although some people do play them that way. Now I would define a casual gamer as someone who players these types of games relatively often

 

            Then we have the hardcore gamer also known as a serious gamer. Once again I will need to define a hardcore/serious game. A serious game I think would be defined as a game that requires a fair amount of hours invested into it in order to see any noticeable progress. These types of games can be played anywhere from an hour to more than five hours in one sitting and they often are. Some examples of hardcore games would be, World of Warcraft, Skyrim, and Call of Duty. As you can imagine a hardcore gamer usually focuses on these types of games.

 

            I know that there are middle grounds in this topic like maybe you enjoy all the listed casual games and your friend invites you over to play a game of Call of Duty. Does that make you a hardcore gamer? I don't think so because you played a more serious game but you did so casually. So unless you get like super into it and start replacing some of your casual games with this game. I think that is when you step over the line to become more of a hardcore gamer.

 

            When I think about "Gamers" I know that if someone is a gamer, a hard core gamer in particular that they have a passion for whatever type of game it is that suits their fancy. Frankly I find that to be awesome just the raw passion that drives them to play whatever game it is that they play. However the only downside to this that I can see would have to be the conflict. For example the argument of Xbox or PlayStation 3? Lots of people have passion for both sides thus causing a conflict. I think that that is part of what drives the industry forward.