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So when they say "game", do they really mean "video game"? This is a semantic shift that leaves me uncomfortable.
by bluetshirt 12y ago
So when they say "game", do they really mean "video game"?
This is a semantic shift that leaves me uncomfortable.
- jameshart 12y agoyes, when video game developers talk about 'games' they generally mean video game. It's a convenient shorthand in their community. Much how when a computer programmer refers to a 'file' they typically mean a 'computer file' rather than a physical one, when an electronic engineer says 'circuit' they mean an electrical circuit rather than a racing circuit.
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- zevyoura 12y agoActually, there's nothing in the rules that limits the competition to video games; I wouldn't be surprised if people had created print & play physical games for previous LDs.
- quill18 12y agoPeople have in fact done so.
- bluetshirt 12y agoReferences to "source code" apply only to video games.
- gagege 12y agoAre games not a subset of video games? edited: the word "video" next to the first games