Let's think of a new name for gaming (I blame extra Credits for this!)
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Keep the name "games". Right now they have a stigma attached to them. But it will pass.
Just look at "movies". Back when they came out, they were called movies because they were moving pictures. Think of how ridiculous the word "movies" must have sounded before it became common usage. Even the more snobby word for them, film, just describes the piece of plastic they're put on. But people got used to it. Now no one disputes movies being art.
Just look at "movies". Back when they came out, they were called movies because they were moving pictures. Think of how ridiculous the word "movies" must have sounded before it became common usage. Even the more snobby word for them, film, just describes the piece of plastic they're put on. But people got used to it. Now no one disputes movies being art.
I honestly don't think games need another name; after all movies (with the notable though not unexpected exception of porn) are labled under one name. From Die Hard through Finding Nemo all the way to Leon (AKA The Professional) they're all movies, or sometimes films. Movies don't need a seperate word, a stamp that says "this one's art", it's up to the viewer to decide whether they want to have a thrilling story that makes you ask questions and use your head, or whether they just want to see stuff blow up. Similarly, we can deside whether to play MW1 or 2 (har har) on our own without labling them or ourselves because of it.
That said, if I had to choose a new name I'd go for Inexs (INteractive EXperianses, pronounced Inn-Ex-es). It's a made up word, just as 'movie' was before somebody projected pictures onto a screen, just a 'book' was before the first person put ink to paper. And mabey it'll be enough to be a fresh start where we can make people see the merits in our favorite medium of media.
That said, if I had to choose a new name I'd go for Inexs (INteractive EXperianses, pronounced Inn-Ex-es). It's a made up word, just as 'movie' was before somebody projected pictures onto a screen, just a 'book' was before the first person put ink to paper. And mabey it'll be enough to be a fresh start where we can make people see the merits in our favorite medium of media.
Melacktheknack said:
Aren't graphic novels specifically an entire story in comic form, in a bound book format?
Comic books, AKA comics are still called just that, the main difference being a comic comes out in segments or issues.
Comic books, AKA comics are still called just that, the main difference being a comic comes out in segments or issues.
Damn, got thread ninja'dDaipire said:
OT: What about 'Interactive Experience', shortened to 'InEx'? Mainly because if we want games to be treated as an art medium, the purpose of some games won't be to entertain the player; as how some books are designed to disturb the reader. Your thoughts?
I definitely think that renaming 'gaming' is the easy way to get the mainstream to OMGPAYATTENTIONTOUUUSSSSSSS. I mean, look at what happened when 'good' comic books got renamed to graphic novels, rite? No-one ever made fun of comic book nerds again.
Zero chance of backfire, hundred percent of gaming suddenly becoming HIGHLY sexual, I entirely approve of this thread. And by extension, whoever created it.
Zero chance of backfire, hundred percent of gaming suddenly becoming HIGHLY sexual, I entirely approve of this thread. And by extension, whoever created it.
"I'm a hardcore InEx-er." Rolls off the tongue a lot easier, but some might (when it comes to gamers, read: thousands will) argue that a game is entertainment even if it's designed to scare, horrify or generally force-crap-into-the-pants-off the audience.Su.zaku said:Damn, got thread ninja'dDaipire said:
OT: What about 'Interactive Experience', shortened to 'InEx'? Mainly because if we want games to be treated as an art medium, the purpose of some games won't be to entertain the player; as how some books are designed to disturb the reader. Your thoughts?
Every game is certainly an experience, but every game can (or at least hope to be) called entertaining.
Unfortunately, every that actively tries to work in something such as either "InEn-er" or "InEx-er" is probably going to be paid out, pretty bad.
Jock: Hey, what a loser!
Nerd: Hey, I'm an InWhatev-er.
Jock: NEEEEEEEEEEERD.
Tl;Dr: I think we stop calling ourselves 'gamers' and just say 'I play video games'.
It's the difference between. "I'm stereotyped into being a social pariah" and "I escape reality every once in a while".
Daipire said:"I'm a hardcore InEx-er." Rolls off the tongue a lot easier, but some might (when it comes to gamers, read: thousands will) argue that a game is entertainment even if it's designed to scare, horrify or generally force-crap-into-the-pants-off the audience.Su.zaku said:Damn, got thread ninja'dDaipire said:
OT: What about 'Interactive Experience', shortened to 'InEx'? Mainly because if we want games to be treated as an art medium, the purpose of some games won't be to entertain the player; as how some books are designed to disturb the reader. Your thoughts?
Every game is certainly an experience, but every game can (or at least hope to be) called entertaining.
Unfortunately, every that actively tries to work in something such as either "InEn-er" or "InEx-er" is probably going to be paid out, pretty bad.
Jock: Hey, what a loser!
Nerd: Hey, I'm an InWhatev-er.
Jock: NEEEEEEEEEEERD.
Tl;Dr: I think we stop calling ourselves 'gamers' and just say 'I play video games'.
It's the difference between. "I'm stereotyped into being a social pariah" and "I escape reality every once in a while".
Good point, i suppose we need a completely new word for the medium. None of this putting two words together, or a description of the medium. Just a simple introduced, currently non-existent word.
Interactive Simulated Enigmatic Story-telling....ises or I.S.E.S. fo short, Although if you consider fighting games that have a slight lack of story, or generic shooty FPS of the month then that would need a different name.
Personally though, I like 'Games' it's grown on me, it's easy to say, and you know exactly what it is.
Personally though, I like 'Games' it's grown on me, it's easy to say, and you know exactly what it is.
