Dear Reader:
IGN's Juan Castro further explains his statements
You guys started a commenting storm when we first posted Mr. Castro’s remarks towards the Wii. We also discussed it in detail during our most recent podcast. Reader PEICanada7 has a new post from Mr. Castro which popped up on the IGN Wii boards in which he goes into more detail about his statement.
This is still a quasi-debate on whether certain videogames qualify as being hardcore, yes? And not a debate on abortion or gun control?
Listen, since you asked, I’ll tell you what I meant by hardcore. A game, to me, is hardcore when exceedingly difficult, appeals to a small section of the gaming public, and is obtuse in some way or another, whether through its mechanics or theme.
Metroid, Zelda and Mario are fantastic franchises that appeal to almost everybody. So, by my definition, which is the only one under attack, none of them qualifies.
And that’s all I’m going to say. There’s far too much to do (eating, shaving, watching episodes of Futurama) to spend significant time on any message board arguing about — honestly now — things that don’t matter.
Well, once again, I will leave it up to you guys. What do you think of Mr. Castro’s clarification of his comments?