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[sprsk]

I've noticed most spell checkers hate the word gameplay, so I was wondering, is it showing as misspelled because it's a relatively new piece of jargon, or is it a non-word?

 

[fistfulofmetal]

My spell checker doesn't pick up Gameplay

I added it to the dictionary.

 

[aoi tsuki]

It's a compound word. One word.

 

[beelzebozo]

english is organic, duder. it's a new word that's been coined when referring to specific elements of a game's mechanics and general feel; give webster twenty years and it'll be official.

 

[bard]

The Videogame Style Guide has it as one word.

But more importantly, I've always written it as one, and I write "Game Boy" correctly.

Spellcheck FTL.

 

[Linkhero1]

I prefer it as gameplay, not game play.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

VSG says one word.

 

[blindrocket]

I always type it as 'gameplay' despite MS Word telling me otherwise.

 

[Dash Kappei]

I've noticed most spell checkers hate the word gameplay, so I was wondering, is it showing as misspelled because it's a relatively new piece of jargon, or is it a non-word?

One word, at least I remember it has always been like that since my first UK imported Zzap!64 videogame magazine.

But I remember that in Pac-Man age it wasn't unusual reading VIDEO GAME instead of videogame, so..

 

[Rolf NB]

I've noticed most spell checkers hate the word gameplay, so I was wondering, is it showing as misspelled because it's a relatively new piece of jargon, or is it a non-word?

One.

 

[tanod]

english is organic, duder. it's a new word that's been coined when referring to specific elements of a game's mechanics and general feel; give webster twenty years and it'll be official.

"Duder" OTOH, is not a word. ;P

 

[D.Lo]

Technically it should be two words hyphenated, but many videogame related words (like 'videogame') are contractions of a hyphenated phrase to form a compound word.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Who do we blame for this confusion? We need a target...

 

[RevenantKioku]

I believe it's one of them there hyphenated words that will soon become non-hyphenated and given all its glory.
I hyphenate though. I hate the little squiggles from my spell checker.

 

[IzumiK]

Linux is profanity according to Microsoft.

 

[beelzebozo]

"Duder" OTOH, is not a word. ;P

--yet

 

[jamesb23]

Yep, definitely one word.

 

[HAL_Laboratory]

The grammatically correct method is to use hyphenation:

game-play

But "gameplay" works just the same.

 

[pilonv1]

"Duder" OTOH, is not a word. ;P

But then Xdude is.

 

[alistairw]

The Videogame Style Guide has it as one word.

It really annoys me that they spelled "videogame" as one word though.

 

[Rolf NB]

Technically it should be two words hyphenated, but many videogame related words (like 'videogame') are contractions of a hyphenated phrase to form a compound word.

It doesn't carry compound meaning [anymore], that's why.
"Gameplay" refers to something far more specific than "the playing of games", which would be wrongly implied by the compound form.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Who do we blame for this confusion?

I blame Game Fuel.

 

[Belfast]

Gameplay. It's a noun, isn't it? Game play would suggest the verb "play" modifying the noun "game," whereas "gameplay" describes a concept. Separating the two just sounds awkward anyway.

Sounds like a job for stephentolito. Or is that stephen-tolito?

Spoiler

mind blown

 

[pilonv1]

Spoiler

mind blown

Don't you mean

Spoiler

mindblown

?

 

[OliveJuice]

Gameplay. Game play would be the act of playing the game right?

 

[Sharp]

Gameplay is one word. Your spellchecker is flawed and should be disposed of immediately.

 

[PantherLotus]

I've noticed most spell checkers hate the word gameplay, so I was wondering, is it showing as misspelled because it's a relatively new piece of jargon, or is it a non-word?

videogame vs. video game gets me all the time.

 

[NMC2006]

For me it's only one word, gameplay, but game play looks all wrong to me.