People use this for two separate entities:
1) Sadistic games/mods
2) (Nigh-)Impossible games/mods
The first flavor emphasizes unfairness: sadistic, inventive and unusual deathtraps as well as other impossible-to-know requirements. While the other ramps up difficulty to inhuman levels, but otherwise stays completely fair.
People use this for two separate entities: 1) Sadistic games/mods 2) (Nigh-)Impossible games/mods The first flavor emphasizes unfairness: sadistic, inventive and unusual deathtraps as well as other impossible-to-know requirements. While the other ramps up difficulty to inhuman levels, but otherwise stays completely fair.
In other words, the 1st one is Everything Is Trying to Kill You, Trial-and-Error Gameplay (and more-than-occasional Guide Dang It!) to the extreme, while the 2nd one is Nintendo Hard to the extreme. (wickcheck pending...)