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The gaming industry is a large domain that spans many genres and areas. But one criteria that is now present in almost every domain is the classification of games in either casual or hardcore. This is largely due to the flood of Wii-oriented titles that bring experiences that are much simpler, for people who aren't used to gaming as a regular hobby. But this label should be deleted from the gaming industry, at least according to Dave Thomson, who works with game development studio Denki, responsible for titles like Quarrel or Denki Blocks. He revealed that, in his view, the terms casual and hardcore weren't well defined and only caused division in the industry. This isn't just because his company is developing titles aimed at a broader demographic, as he isn't militating the old premise that casual, easy-to-play games are pushing the industry forward. He is confident that we should not classify titles outright if they aren't interesting to us. “We may not find a partic!
ular type of game amusing or appealing,” he said. “But that doesn’t stop them from being a game of equal worth to those titles that we do. In truth, our design approach hasn’t shifted between traditional consoles and the work we do on set-top boxes and the digital download servi...
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