Comments on: The Big Question: What Really is a Video Game?

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 03:03:46 +0000

That’s pretty much the perfect word to describe video games. When I talk about them, I often say they are preferable to movies and books because you get to “experience” video games, and you are only a passive bystander in other forms of media. I love being a part of something rather than just part of an audience.

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By: trevbook

trevbook — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 02:56:05 +0000

Awesome article! If I had to sum “video games” up into a one word, it would probably be “experience” – they’re just as much an experience as watching a movie, reading a book, or listening to a piece of classical music. (In many ways, they’re a culmination of all of these things.) The interactivity of those experiences allows me to flaunt my own personality in them, which is something that not many mediums can accomplish in quite the same way! (That’s why I love video games so much!)

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By: What is a Video Game? A Conversation (with Myself) | Recollections of Play

What is a Video Game? A Conversation (with Myself) | Recollections of Play — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:28:33 +0000

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By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 02:27:50 +0000

Thanks much. People look at games and see a frivolous pastime, but they miss the personal connection us gamers have with them. They touch something deep within my soul, and they are so much more than an obsession or a waste of time like so many others want to label them.

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By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 02:24:39 +0000

Thanks much. It’s hard to define something that holds so much meaning to me, but after I rambled long enough, I got it. Rambling leads to the answers to all life’s mysteries.

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By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 02:23:36 +0000

People fail to realize how much video games really mean to those who play them. But, us fellow gamers know what a video game really is. We know. And I feel sad for those who won’t give gaming a chance because they don’t understand what it really is.

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By: cary

cary — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:52:54 +0000

Wonderful summation! This has been a fascinating question to consider, and I think you hit the nail on the head in saying games are “personal,” because they are. They are different things to different people, and yet they are everything to everyone.

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By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:15:54 +0000

Likewise here! It’s going to be hard to come up with another definition now. You’ve summed games up quite well. :D

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By: ohwowheyho

ohwowheyho — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:47:47 +0000

‘My life is different because of them, and better, and I don’t think my life would improve thanks to simply “manipulating images produced by a computer program”.’

Couldn’t agree more if I tried!

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