[casual_games] Searching for a new term....

[Juan Gril]

Steve beat me to the punch :). Absolutely. There were some questioning of
Rock Band not being a casual game because of the complexity of the controls.
But what you have to think about is: if someone was born and raised playing
a videogame console, they are accustomed to managing more than one button.
So there is no control difficulty for them, and their experience is the same
as in any other casual game.

Cheers,

Juan


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Steve Meretzky <steve at boffo.us> wrote:


>  Jane,

>

> What you are describing is *exactly *what the term "casual game" was

> created to describe. It wasn't meant to mean (only) "35-year old women

> downloading HOG game after HOG game". Take the term back!!!

>

> --Steve

>

>

> Hal Barwood wrote:

>

> Unfortunately, the term "social gamer" has been pre-empted by the curent

> frenzy surrounding "social games" on Facebook, MySpace, and so forth. Let's

> find something else.  Casual gamer isn't all that vague, and it's already

> stuck, for example.  A replacement must not only be apt, orthogonal to other

> terms, but also stickier.  --Hal

>

> Game Pill Inc. wrote:

>

> I believe the term is social gamer, like a social smoker or social

> drinker………in small doses in a social setting.

>

>

>

>

>

> Hey there, I'm doing some research on casual gaming demographics and

> behaviors and I'm wondering if anyone on the list can help me out with

> terminology.

>

> I'm searching for a term to describe a group a little bit more specifically

> than "casual", which is a really broad, sometimes vague term. The

> demographic I'm thinking of are basically those whose *behavior* is casual,

> rather than those that play a specific *type* of game, on a specific

> platform, although there are of course overlaps.

>

> The demographic is outside the "core" group; they don't always think of

> themselves as "gamers". They don't read enthusiast press. They may be

> familiar with the biggest core games (GTA III, Call of Duty) but if they

> play them, they play them socially or casually. They are often parents with

> children, and may enjoy playing games as a family. In a way I think of them

> as "outsiders", a bit, since they are outside the traditional core audience.

>

>

> Has anyone on the list come across terms/definitions that might describe

> what I'm looking for? I realize that I'm still at the beginning of my study

> and so what I've said is fairly unfocused. But I would love to hear your

> thoughts!

>

>

> -Jane Pinckard

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