You can't call yourself a gamer unless......

I own a gameboy colour, and gameboy advance sp, a ps2 and ps3 and psp, i used to own a nintendo and nintando 64 (they broke :( ) and i have a pc and i do play online wenever i have spear time and buy the latest games if i have the money.

...yeah i think i fall under the title "gamer"

you play games...

That started in the PS2 gen when random people started playing games.stike22

[QUOTE="stike22"]That started in the PS2 gen when random people started playing games.Black_Knight_00

i believe fanboys in games started around the age of PS aswell but i would like to mention dreamcast fanboys also emerged around this time making it a wierd obscure grey area), ill mark those why think SMB3 without ever actually playing donky kong jr. as fanboys XD

That ideal of what makes a gamer is pretty flawed. I play the 'casual' web games at times because I can't find a good router that I can afford so that I can play my 360 and Wii online, Wireless just isn't much of an option where I live, so I sometimes play the 'casual' games since I have to admit to having a fondness for puzzle games.

I've been gaming since 1984 and I wouldn't call myself hardcore nor casual, just a general gamer who doesn't lump myself into one catagory. If I see something that interests me, I play it, be it a 'casual' game or a 'hardcore' game, it never really matters to me as long as it's fun, lasts a while and has plenty of replay value.
So I don't play FPS, Bioshock bored me to tears even though the story was interesting, Halo bores me to tears and I can't be fussed with the FPS war games and Gears of War since they bore me rigid, that doesn't make me any less of a 'gamer', it just means I've got my own preferances. It's not the end of the world if one gamer doesn't fit into a neat little catagory.

There is no such thing as 'casual' and 'hardcore', all that does matter is if you enjoy the games or you don't. Such a waste of time and energy fitting people into easily defined slots.

R/T