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Shenske's Projects & Thoughts
sorwah:
I feel it's the time put in. Someone who spends 8+ hours a day playing games I call Hardcore. Someone who owns 1000+ games and 25+ systems I call a collector.
sheep2001:
I agree - i call myself a collector, and a casual gamer. As a kid i was probably a pretty hardcore gamer, but I now only play maybe twice a week for an hour or 2.
I still enjoy collecting though - and that takes up more space than time. ;D
Grumbleduke:
i agree 2. I spend more time collecting and covering than i do playing nowadays. Its the guys who spend all day on Ninja Gaiden etc who are hardcore (they would have to be!!)
KaiserWAVE:
I'd consider myself a hardcore gamer. Gaming is where a good chunk of my money goes every month. I usually play every day, be it at home on Wii, 360 etc. or on my cell phone when I'm on the bus on my way to and from work.
I check gaming sites several times a day for any updates, try to read gaming related news or features as much as I can. When I listen to music I play air guitar and think "that would be fun to play in rock band" :) Microsoft made me an achievement whore which adds to my motivation to play through games multiple times.
So all in all, while I'm also a collector, and the majority of my newly acquired Xbox (the original one) library is yet unplayed I'd say I'm a hardcore gamer.
I'm on a two weeks' leave and I think I'll play through some of my backlog since Febuary and March are quite filled with new releases that I have cast an eye at ;)
Beastman1975:
i dont play as much as i used to but i still collect. a friend of mine has a comic and game store so i usually pick up old snes or nes games there. thank god i was finally able to get ahold of universal game cases lol now i can start boxing all those old titles lol ( only took 7 months)