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.
Me playing a gameboy color at age 7
My friend at the time: “Why do you have that, it’s not called a Game GIRL”
Your friend was a spoothead
CORE MEMORY
Also being called a lesbian for playing Nintendo with the boys in grade school. The nineties, man.
I’m so sorry you were friends with young Ben Shapiro
Bro it was the 90s, most little boys were mini Shapiros