[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN} Who to design for?

[Tess Snider]

On 5/24/07, Sean Howard <squidi at squidi.net> wrote:
> Word of mouth, sure, but not from the hardcore. In my case, I'm the only
> gamer in my family. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I do buy many, many,
> many games. I did not buy the Sims. I did not play the Sims. My wife,
> sister, and parents all played the Sims without a single word of
> encouragement from me - and I know they were not hanging out in mailing
> lists and gaming forums, nor were the cavorting with known hardcore
> gamers.

See, you're falling into the whole stereotype trap again.

Other people in your family played "The Sims."  Ergo, you were neither
"the only gamer in your family," nor the only person who could
evangelize "The Sims" based on hardcore involvement in that game.
Just because they've never run around killing demons on Mars doesn't
make them any less gamers, and it doesn't mean they're not capable of
being hardcore.

Tess