I play games. I also watch movies on DVD / HD. As well as watching TV shows, cartoons.. Reading the odd book, magazine and listening to music. Most of us do each of these things to some extent or another. But Games, or computer and video games are different from all those other mediums in a few special ways. Or at least they are thought of differently. We as "gamers" do not overly like change. Unless it's cool and has black glossy finish with skulls and chains and **** yeah! A large number of "gamers" have felt, many would say rightly so, left out in the cold by the classic names of old. It's because of this strange fear of change. It's created a sort of blind hate for, what's called "the casual gamer". Now things are coming out with what the classic gamer sees as without depth, quality or merit. The key to this whole situation actually lies in one very simple thing. We call something as vast as our favourite hobby just one thing. Games. We are "gamers" we play "video games", talk about "gameplay", and the different types of "game styles" even giving then a strict set of guidelines and types to put them under. PLATFORMER! PUZZLER! 2D FIGHTER! SIMULATION! And so on. By creating the enclosed culture we have we have become very un accepting of what we have. What if we remove the word game? From our every day language? How does that affect things? Compare the games industry to the movie and TV industry. We act like we have more creative ideas in the games industry. But think about it more openly and we are way behind. Theres horror, action, romance, sexual, thriller.... so one yes. But there's also, gardening shows, TV movies, lifestyle shows, music, horoscopes, painting tutorials. Home decor advice, D.I.Y., art and culture reviews, breakfast news shows. The list is endless. And that's without the ads. Sure we have ads in games. But comepared to add in-between TV shows, they suck. Just on a creative level. All we have going for us is the fact that games let you take part. But that brings us right back to the problem. With us "gamers" denial of the casual games benefit we leave ourselves and the industry we like so much lagging behind. Nintendo have been accused, even playing on Xbox live with me, of abandoning the fans for the casual market. Like somehow they had suddenly stopped making games and instead made toast. mmmmm yum.... But in reality Nintendo have taken what I think, in the long run, what could be the best step toward a really important creative independent media. Ranked equally to all those weve had before. Now we do have all those types of games we had before, but we've got a wide range that we didn't have. We have cooking shows, and fitness videos, and art contests, and all sorts of new and different things. So, what to call it. When you think about it "games" just doesn't work as an accurate description. I say Digital Interactive Creative Entertainment.... I works better when you think about what what we do actually involves. ok I only added the "creative" bit so it'd make dice. At the end of the day ill stick to just playing my classic games and zombie shooters. But i'm not going to be afraid of the natural change anymore. Well, better go get some lunch. See you laters DICESPOT.COM guys!