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

[Jane Pinckard]

Juan and Steve, you make good points! :)

And thanks to everyone else who gave me more to think about... I appreciate
the feedback!

-Jane

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Juan Gril <juangril at jojugames.com> wrote:


> 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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>>

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