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Gamers and the 'hardcore' gaming mindeset that started in the 2000s' ruined the video game community (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hardcore gamer = someone who plays only cinematic grizzed white dude games and/or military fetishizing FPS

Casual gamer = anyone that is not a 15-25 yo male, and/or plays anything outside of the previously mentioned games, especially if those games are colorful.

So basically the gaming community is full of gatekeeping, misogyny, toxic masculinity and general chuddery. They make sure they're the loudest voice heard when anything about games is talked about, and won't be happy until all games a homogenous stream of bland, hyper-realistic but with a grey filter slog of mindless action with no heart or soul. And don't you dare force them to read any dialogue or story.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The "ethical game journalism" days, to freeze-gamer gaters, looked like this. https://i.imgur.com/P37EDfX.jpg

I know that's an ad, not journalism, which is the point. They don't want journalism. They want hype waves and to feel bazinga about what they buy without any downer talk whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blatant false advertising. Nobody has ever wanted Battlecruiser 3000AD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Uhh...😅 I did...

I thought it would basically be No Man's Sky. Fly around to planets and do stuff. But the designer himself flamed me on USENET so I quit following it and never played.

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