Game Developer – Games should not be labeled as “Casual” and “Hardcore”

“We may not find a particular type of game amusing or appealing, but that doesn’t stop them from being a game of equal worth to those titles that we do. These are criticisms that nobody would level at the output of a supposedly ‘casual’ game developer such as PopCap. Make the game you love and people who enjoy the things you enjoy will be the audience. If a game is fun people will buy it whatever the label.” – Dave Thomson of Scottish games developer Denki

I couldn’t agree with Mr. Thompson more. The only thing that these labels create is an assumption that certiain types of games are better than others, which I think is a bit ridiculous. Good games are good games, regardless of whether they’re hardcore or not.