More_Badass
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I tend to think of it how one medium started as "moving pictures" before evolving into what it is today. And while motion picture is a term still used (and as a venerable and/or historical marker i.e. the MPAA was formed in 1922), film and movies tends to be the norm nowadays.
However this medium has retained that original title of "video game" since the 60s, even as what's available has expanded and experimented beyond the bounds of the "game" part, something we see today in the common inquiry when a title like Gone Home or Edith Finch comes up or the argument that a win condition, failure state, etc is needed to qualify when considering experimental works
That kind of debate is a near certainty with "game" in the name of the medium; titles bring with them expectations and assumptions, and if we're still having that "is it a game/not a game" today, perhaps that's a sign that "video game" isn't an adequate name for the medium as a whole.
However this medium has retained that original title of "video game" since the 60s, even as what's available has expanded and experimented beyond the bounds of the "game" part, something we see today in the common inquiry when a title like Gone Home or Edith Finch comes up or the argument that a win condition, failure state, etc is needed to qualify when considering experimental works
That kind of debate is a near certainty with "game" in the name of the medium; titles bring with them expectations and assumptions, and if we're still having that "is it a game/not a game" today, perhaps that's a sign that "video game" isn't an adequate name for the medium as a whole.