This comical list of ten ways to tell if a video game is hardcore describes various methods for determining whether or not a video game can be considered "hardcore" or if it is merely casual.

10. Has to be either a first person shooter, or third person shooter

This is obviously the most hardcore way to play a game. If you can’t be it in real life why not pretend on your parent’s TV? The shooter allows one to pretend they are walking down the street and killing everything that you see. Which is often the dream of the hardcore gamer. And what’s better than pretending to see through your own eyes while killing, well imagine pretending being a handsome soldier, a handsome car thief, a handsome warrior, or some other type of handsome person that you aren’t in real life. You never see the main character in any of these hardcore games as a fat slob who gets winded when running, has terrible acne problems, needs a wardrobe that doesn’t include t-shirts with stupid sayings, lives in his parents basement, and has never touched a real girl. No the hardcore game is everything the hardcore gamer wishes he was, everything he rails against, and everything that makes him cry at night. The first and third person shooter embodies this idea in the fullest capacity of this theory. Here is a place where they can act out all of their fantasies in a way that not only rewards them but also releases all their pent up virgin aggression.

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