However started this "hardcore gamer" bullshit deserves to be shot. You are either a gamer or not.
Warm milk, turkey, those can make you sleepy(well, the consumption of, you can't just hand around a turkey or a glass of warm milk, & expect to fall asleep).
11 signs you're no longer a hard-core gamerYou've pre-ordered GTA IV but don't mind if it doesn't turn up on launch dayWouldn't a better sign you're not hardcore simply be "You've pre-ordered GTA IV"?
Am a "classic" gamer myself but will play some "old-school" games too but a "hardcore"gamer? Only if am wrapped in barbwire and set on fire while in the middle of playing a videogame.
I see a lot of myself in that article, but I agree... you're either a gamer or you're not.
If you were anywhere near a "hardcore gamer" according to that list, you'd be a 1) fat piece of shit 2) have no job 3) live in the basement of your parents house, and 4) the opposite gender avoids you like the plague.