Flappy Bird never ends (practically ... I think?), how could you call it short? Pong is a two player sports simulation game, is that relevant? Is snooker an epi

Flappy Bird never ends (practically ... I think?), how could you call it short? Pong is a two player sports simulation game, is that relevant? Is snooker an epic or a novel game/sport? 'A Short Hike' may be a short game but it's not a small game/experience. The mechanical complexity alone far outweighs that of the "small games" by this article's author. Consider telling your friend that 'A Short Hike' is a short game and they should/shouldn't play it. It's a perfectly reasonable and intelligible thing to say (probably -- you wouldn't say it to your friend unqualified if you expect they would get a seriously different meaning from it). ... I don't think this is a problem that needs to be solved. Also, "time to beat" is just not something you can reasonably measure. But even if you think it is, it's not analogous to word count. A novel's "time to beat" would be "time to read", surely.