I wanted to favorite that, but the guy who wrote it just sounded like he had been called a loser for playing games one too many times. He sounded angry and bitter, as though anyone who would ever dare play a game casually should either man up and gain some skill or GTFO.
Video gaming is a wide spectrum. Some people play casually, some people play seriously. End of story. Do some people make excuses and lay the blame on the victors for their defeat? Yeah, that happens. But on the flip side, quite often victors like to rub their win in the faces of the scrubs they slaughtered. It goes both ways.
He goes on and on to say how everyone plays games for fun, but then says the phrase "I play for fun" should be abolished. Guess what? I play games for fun, single player or multiplayer. If I'm not having fun, I stop playing the game, whether it's because I'm stuck on a level, got frustrated due to my lack of skill to overcome a situation, or lost to an opposing player multiple times.
I'll agree some people use the phrase as a cop out to raise themselves onto a non-existent platform of superiority, but c'mon. Writing a long-winded article about how the game industry is leaving skilled players in the shadows of the casuals is pretty much just as ridiculous as someone saying "I play for fun."
Play games how you want to play them, and forget anyone who tells you otherwise. If you want to play to wind down and explore a world? Great! Want to beat other players online? Good for you! Got a desire to be the best player in history and learn every technique the game provides? Awesome! But not one of those people has any more right to play a game than the other does. Games are for everyone, and as such, everyone is going to have a different way to play them. For fun.
