Monday, September 14, 2009

I think that video game vs videogame ...

I think that arcade games, card games and boardgames, even if played on a different medium than what they were originally created for, are still what they were originally called.  Some examples that I could think of were some of the games that I used to play when I was younger.

Examples:
    1) Arcade Games that I played on the Nintendo: BurgerTime, Pacman, and Donkey Kong, are just a few.
    2) Boardgames and Card Games released for the computer: Candy Land, Clue, Hearts, etc.

While they are played on a typical video game medium, they were originally made in another format.

I do not really like digital games, it seems to encompass too many things that I would not consider a game by definition.  I think that video game is best, it is a game that uses a video output, vs. videogame which seems to try too hard to bring everything together.  I really have never thought too hard about it, but I have always used video game without the space.

Sorry my post is so late, but for some reason I just did not realize that it did not post... At least Google docs saved it.

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