Comments on: Is Casual Mutually Exclusive with Hardcore? http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/09/is-casual-mutually-exclusive-with-hardcore/ An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts Mon, 21 May 2012 10:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kain Osterholt http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/09/is-casual-mutually-exclusive-with-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-57439 Kain Osterholt Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:50:28 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/09/is-casual-mutually-exclusive-with-hardcore/#comment-57439 I have always been a fan of breaking up awards into genre categories. Tetris is a puzzle game and could arguably be number 1 in that list. It just doesn't make sense to say that Tetris is better than Doom or vice versa. Which do you think is better? Yahtzee or Legacy of Kain : Soul Reaver?? You see what I mean? Both are technically "games" but it's not really fair to compare the two. I think the Nintendo Power list is flawed in that it is basically a list of apples, oranges, and even other fruits and vegetables that I wouldn't eat in a single sitting. The term 'game' or even 'video game' is a very broad category. I would venture to compare the scope of such a term to the term 'snack'. Ok, so lets list the top 100 snacks. 1. Cool Ranch Doritos 2. Twix 3. Apples 4. Oranges etc. No one would ever agree on this list because it is flawed in the same way as the discussed example. Close in on the scope and it makes much more sense. How about the best kinds of chips? Or the best candy bars or fruits? Now we're gettin' somewhere. I have always been a fan of breaking up awards into genre categories. Tetris is a puzzle game and could arguably be number 1 in that list. It just doesn’t make sense to say that Tetris is better than Doom or vice versa. Which do you think is better? Yahtzee or Legacy of Kain : Soul Reaver?? You see what I mean? Both are technically “games” but it’s not really fair to compare the two.

I think the Nintendo Power list is flawed in that it is basically a list of apples, oranges, and even other fruits and vegetables that I wouldn’t eat in a single sitting. The term ‘game’ or even ‘video game’ is a very broad category. I would venture to compare the scope of such a term to the term ‘snack’. Ok, so lets list the top 100 snacks.

1. Cool Ranch Doritos
2. Twix
3. Apples
4. Oranges
etc.

No one would ever agree on this list because it is flawed in the same way as the discussed example. Close in on the scope and it makes much more sense. How about the best kinds of chips? Or the best candy bars or fruits? Now we’re gettin’ somewhere.

]]> By: David Carlton http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/09/is-casual-mutually-exclusive-with-hardcore/comment-page-1/#comment-57428 David Carlton Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:14:07 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/09/is-casual-mutually-exclusive-with-hardcore/#comment-57428 Anybody who thinks Tetris doesn't belong on such a list is, um, not fit for polite society? It's about the only game that I can't think of anything wrong with, a delightful local maximum in the game design space. Anybody who thinks Tetris doesn’t belong on such a list is, um, not fit for polite society? It’s about the only game that I can’t think of anything wrong with, a delightful local maximum in the game design space.

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