Right, Nous, it's a convenient, socially understood term, that's all. It's like you have "movie", "music", "book" and "videogame". After that, you further break it down into sub-type to clarify specifically what you mean. Whether the definition of "videogame" is elegant or not, at least people understand what the heck you're talking about, and I really don't believe it requires further explanation as a master descriptor.
The legendary "Electronic Games" magazine took an interesting approach by calling it, ahem, "Electronic Games", and breaking it down from there, but it's not that term that stuck, though perhaps it could have been a more encompassing one.
Right, Nous, it's a convenient, socially understood term, that's all. It's like you have "movie", "music", "book" and "videogame". After that, you further break it down into sub-type to clarify specifically what you mean. Whether the definition of "videogame" is elegant or not, at least people understand what the heck you're talking about, and I really don't believe it requires further explanation as a master descriptor.
The legendary "Electronic Games" magazine took an interesting approach by calling it, ahem, "Electronic Games", and breaking it down from there, but it's not that term that stuck, though perhaps it could have been a more encompassing one.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.