[game_preservation] The Videogame Archivist

[Bill Loguidice]

I have used "videogame" (I despise "video game" like I despise "body
building" - I like to see the words unified) for years and stand by that for
the entirety of the business, be it handheld, computer, console, arcade,
etc., regardless of display type. No reason to split hairs otherwise. It's
the most convenient, expansive and easily understandable term we have to
describe "everything". It's then fairly easy to work down from there to be
more specific as the discussion or subject matter dictates. 

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From: game_preservation-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Vowell, Zach
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 10:09 AM
To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG
Subject: Re: [game_preservation] The Videogame Archivist

 


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-appr
entice.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-f
estival
).

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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>>>> --

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>>>> Check out some trippy MindCandy at        http://www.mindcandydvd.com/

>>>> A child borne of the home computer wars:  http://trixter.oldskool.org/

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