[game_preservation] Descriptive terms for Video Games

[Andrew Armstrong]

I found it hilarious to think that everything can be slotted in a 2d 
wheel; like Pirates! and so many others, things simply can be of 
multiple categories - they don't have to fit a nice neat pie chart! :)

If it's serious, Journalists sure do want to make it hard on themselves 
don't they?

Andrew

On 11/06/2011 02:32, Rowan Kaiser wrote:

> I'm not sure what's wrong with calling Survival Horror 

> "Action-Exploration." But I find it more interesting as an attempt to 

> standardize all games within a conceptual framework. Given what a mess 

> conventional genres are - go on, label Sid Meier's Pirates! - any 

> attempt with a finished product is noble.

>

>

> Rowan

>

> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org 

> <mailto:trixter at oldskool.org>> wrote:

>

>     That looks like it was done for comedic effect.  If not, then it

>     has some odd choices, like Survival Horror being predominantly

>     "Action-Exploration"?  And Driving being

>     "Action-Exploration-Conflict"?

>

>

>     On 6/10/2011 12:49 PM, Rowan Kaiser wrote:

>

>         Another interesting resource might be the Escapist's Genre

>         Wheel, which

>         is quite clever although I'm not sure it jumps out as being

>         more than that:

>

>         http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_283/8400-Introducing-The-Escapists-Genre-Wheel

>

>         On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Pugh, Richard <rpugh at loc.gov

>         <mailto:rpugh at loc.gov>

>         <mailto:rpugh at loc.gov <mailto:rpugh at loc.gov>>> wrote:

>

>            Greetings all!

>

>            Thank you for your suggestions; I'll be looking into them

>         later this

>            today.  Some of you asked for additional information on our

>         project.

>

>            Generally these terms will be used in a subject or genre

>         heading

>            style.  That is, when one searches the catalog by subject

>         or genre,

>            these headings will be referenced.  For good or ill, these

>         terms

>            will be treated the same way as standard LCSH or LCGFH

>         terms.  As

>            such, we're looking for descriptors like "First person

>         action" or

>            "Real time strategy;" terms that identify what a game "is"

>         rather

>            than what it's about.  For that, we can usually find a workable

>            LCSH; emphasis on "usually."  Genres are a different story.

>

>            As Mr. Handy pointed out, the LC model is not necessarily

>         the best

>            one.  In this case that's probably true.  However, NAVCC is

>         part of

>            LC, so we must use an LC-style approach.  Internal politics are

>            involved.  Need I say more...?

>

>            We're hoping that if we can build a thesaurus that is "LCSH

>            compatible," the powers that be will accept it.  Even so, we're

>            expecting some resistance, because the use of non-LC terms

>         (even

>            ones from well-established thesauri), is actively

>         discouraged, no

>            matter what the circumstances.  We're facing an uphill

>         battle, but

>            we'll do the best we can.

>

>            One list we've been looking at is the one from Allgame:

>

>         http://www.allgame.com/genres.php

>

>            Perhaps if we combine this with concepts covered in the

>         other lists,

>            we'll have a working base.  I'm tinkering with the Allgame

>         list at

>            the moment, and it has promise.  I'll let you know how it

>         turns out.

>

>            Richard J. Pugh

>            Motion Picture, Broadcast, & Recorded Sound Division

>            National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress

>         (202) 707-6636 <tel:%28202%29%20707-6636>

>         <tel:%28202%29%20707-6636> / rpugh at loc.gov <mailto:rpugh at loc.gov>

>         <mailto:rpugh at loc.gov <mailto:rpugh at loc.gov>>

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