Thread:BunsenH/@comment-25755405-20160430052754/@comment-24577221-20160430172030

That depends on what definition of "hacking" you're using. :-)

In the original definition, which is all about digging into things to learn all about how they work with an eye towards achieving cool effects, I would say yes. I have done that myself.

More recently, people have been focusing on the dark side of hacking: causing damage and trouble, various kinds of theft, and so on. By that definition, going into the game files would probably not be hacking, though it would depend on just what you were doing.