[game_preservation] The Videogame Archivist

[Vowell, Zach]

fwiw, a style guide for game journalists does exist, and they adopted "videogame":

http://www.gamestyleguide.com/

The guide admits the choice is mostly arbitrary (but necessary for consistency), and I don't know how widely adopted it is, but there you have it.....


Zach


On 1/10/11 4:32 AM, "Andrew Armstrong" <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:

Ahh, but aren't all videogames also computer games? :D (do we even have
a proper answer?) It could be considered a bit silly; as kind of noted
here:
http://www.magicalwasteland.com/mw/2010/9/12/wordplay-with-a-distracted-apprentice.html

(where I do comment on the use of so many different terms some of which
are technically very much needed; as noted specific games which are
analogue or ones which don't involve video but still are "computerised
games" of some kind, although rare).

I prefer one word since everyone else has got away with it and it looks
nicer to me :) I don't mind it seeming unsatisfactory - I think it's
entirely satisfactory, and I hate that Sony and other orgs pushing for
"Interactive Entertainment" (entertainingly Sony even hating the name
GameCity because it uses the word "game" so not sponsoring it!
http://aarmstrong.org/notes/gamecity-2010/vision-statement-an-inconvenient-festival
).

As for The Videogame Archivist, if people think it's a good resource
I'll add it to our wiki resource page and try and contact them about
this group.

Andrew

On 10/01/2011 06:44, Henry Lowood wrote:

> I've gone to using digital games pretty much exclusively, except of

> course for true TV games like Pong.   I prefer videogame, when push

> comes to shove, but here is the argument for video game (I think): You

> can write "video and computer games" without racking your brain about

> how to do it!

>

> Henry

>

> On 1/9/2011 10:09 PM, Martin Goldberg wrote:

>> I'd agree with Rowan.  Though I've heard people attempt to explain

>> using "videogame" to denote the generic catch phrase it's morphed in

>> to now vs. "video game" for the original technical descriptive.  I

>> don't subscribe to that however, video is in both of them so the

>> splitting/not splitting seems silly to me.

>>

>> Marty

>>

>>

>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Rowan

>> Kaiser<rowankaiser at gmail.com>  wrote:

>>> I've never heard anything remotely conclusive on video game versus

>>> videogame. I prefer the former, but I really don't think it matters

>>> too much

>>> except in terms of consistency.

>>>

>>>

>>> Rowan

>>>

>>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Jim Leonard<trixter at oldskool.org>

>>> wrote:

>>>> I watched VGA TV Episode 6 as it looked like it would provide actual

>>>> research and insight, and the content seemed ok if a bit rushed.  I

>>>> had to

>>>> laugh at the opening screen, however, as it is really badly framed

>>>> (it looks

>>>> like he couldn't afford a soapbox to stand on).  Close examination

>>>> of the

>>>> the videogame footage shows it to be authentic (ie. captured from

>>>> the real

>>>> hardware, not an emulator) so they get some respect in that area.

>>>>

>>>> I'm somewhat bothered by their use of "video game" as opposed to

>>>> "videogame".  I know that the former is probably more technically

>>>> accurate,

>>>> but the latter is such common vernacular that it bugs me.  I'm

>>>> curious what

>>>> others think (ie. whether or not "video game" or "videogame" is more

>>>> proper).

>>>>

>>>> On 1/9/2011 9:04 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:

>>>>> Has anyone heard of this publication?

>>>>>

>>>>> http://www.thevgatv.com/

>>>>>

>>>>> <http://www.thevgatv.com/><http://www.thevgatv.com/>They cover classic games. From an initial

>>>>> look, it reminds me of Gamepro from the early 90s (i.e. not a good

>>>>> thing).

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> Devin Monnens

>>>>> www.deserthat.com<http://www.deserthat.com><http://www.deserthat.com>

>>>>>

>>>>> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

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