The term “casual” has been thrown around entirely too much ever since the meaningless buzzword was invented and subsequently used as a byword for “crap.” Gladly, I’mnot the only onewho believes this word should be snuffed out, with Dave Thompson of Scottish studio Denki has recently indicated.
“We may not find a particular type of game amusing or appealing,” he explains at the UK’s Develop conference. “”But that doesn’t stop them from being a game of equal worth to those titles that we do. Make the game you love and people who enjoy the things you enjoy will be the audience. If a game is fun people will buy it whatever the label.”
While Thompson is mostly arguing about how “casual” is used as an insult, I think the word should go simply because it has no merit. you may’t simply divide every game in the world into two broad, non-descriptive categories like “hardcore” and “casual.” It’s stupid, and it confuses people.
I would like to simply agree with the title of the Develop session which Thompson held: A game is a game is a game.
