Icureditwithmybrain Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 If your controller has visible wear & tear or your WASD keyboard keys are worn then I consider you a gamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lourat Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Since there is no objective threshold between someone who plays video games and a "gamer" the only thing that defines a "gamer" is someone labelling themselves as a gamer.A gamer is someone who plays video games with enough frequency to classify it as a hobby, past-time or distraction. Contrast it with a non-gamer: my mother played Super Mario World about 23 years ago for about 4 hrs and has never touched a video game since. No reoccurrence, so not a gamer. I don't know why people are overcomplicating this matter, seems like they are trying to dodge a stigma associated with the word or don't want to adopt the term because of what it might imply about them. Then people tried to solve that problem by making the 'hardcore/casual' distinction--but then those words got stigmatized as well!It's all very silly. If people just took their ego out of the equation and didn't get butt-hurt about certain words used to describe them, there wouldn't be any controversy about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cless Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 If you play games often (PC, Nintendo, Xbox, Playstation) and enjoy doing it, I consider you a gamer. xD Mobile games (phone apps like Candy Crush) don't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lourat Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Mobile games (phone apps like Candy Crush) don't count.Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd400081 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Someone who plays games, rather they be board, card, or electronic. Can even just be casually.I don't see the need to put up some kind of requirement (i.e. - You have to play this many hours of games, etc.) to be considered a gamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cless Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Why?I just never considered Phone app games anywhere near games that have full narratives and complex gameplay. I can understand people who get addicted to games like Candy Crush and WWE Supercard but I don't think any of them (that JUST play phone app games) really call themselves gamers per say. All in all, that's just what I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chr0nite Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I define a gamer as someone who plays games.That's all you need to do imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 I'll go with Cambridge Dictionary for this one: "someone who likes playing computer games" -sic- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicboy Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 A person who likes to play video games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDCFAN101 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 On 12/28/2021 at 11:56 PM, musicboy said: A person who likes to play video games. I agree with this definition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 On 12/18/2021 at 11:30 PM, MoraMoria said: I'll go with Cambridge Dictionary for this one: "someone who likes playing computer games" -sic- Oh yeah, this is the "boomer" definition as some would say... replace "computer" for "video" and it should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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