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Definitions are always tough. Are text adventure games "video games?" How about games with no visuals at all like A Blind Lengend http://www.ablindlegend.com/en
by jccalhoun 7y ago
Definitions are always tough. Are text adventure games "video games?" How about games with no visuals at all like A Blind Lengend http://www.ablindlegend.com/en/home-2/ http://www.ablindlegend.com/en/home-2/
What about things like Mattel Football? When I've taught videogame courses I ask my students these questions and they often fall back on the old "I know it when I see it" rational.
- masswerk 7y agoAre text adventures video games? With a focus on the kind of interaction, probably not. However, it may be interesting to observe, how computer games tend to reflect the mode of HCI in general. In the days of X-Y displays and console switches (and light pens as well) – wherever those had been available –, video games may have been a more obvious option. On the other hand, exploring the parsers of text adventures and the world hidden behind them reflects perfectly the principal mode of interaction in the age of terminals and time sharing (or text consoles in general). P.S.: Compare https://www.masswerk.at/pmd/ https://www.masswerk.at/pmd/ – ist this a video game? If so, close the map window (enter "hide map"), is it still a video game?