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Great video as usual! Too bad I didn't watch it earlier, I just finished an essay for college that touched on the definition of a video game genre, could have use citing you your your sources. Anyway, what is your take on people disagreeing on what a genre of a game is? I remember when I was a kid lots of people used to call Zelda an "RPG", which I found very confusing, and that have apparently changed since then. Similarly, nowadays I see people calling Ace Attorney a "visual novel" even though, for me, it is clearly an adventure game. Incidentally, visual novels are in themselves a good next step on discussing the fuzziness of "what is game", I think.

Heatth

Also... 1 dimensional game! One direction in text is read in one direction, or one screen or statement to the next.

Crissa Kentavr

Hey! Space Quest was an Adventure game.

Crissa Kentavr

That's a lens I'm advocating for, yeah. I feel like I've heard of Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics a bunch but can't remember actually reading it, and I do love Robin Hunicke so I'll give this a look!

Ian Danskin

Virginia! There are titles for all the games in the bottom right. :)

Ian Danskin

Fantastic deconstruction of how difficult it can be to categorize video games! I’m curious, a couple times you mention how difficult it is to describe the experience a game will provide by its mechanics or verbs. Could an alternative be describing the experience a game is intended to evoke? My favorite paper in game design, Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics, attempts this. I find it helps define the vast differences in experience between mechanically similar games.

Sabiryth

Loved it!! Welcome back 😃

Nice. Also, what game was it with the photos on the road and the cardinal in the furnace?

Kait Hatch

I was actually about to rewatch the rough cut when this came out - good timing for me on that one! :D

The Packbats

I love this (not completely through yet). Your increased level of satirical self-awareness serves your video really way, and makes it way less dry - which will become more and more important to care for the more long videos you make. So keep it up!

Nikki

Wow. That's a bit different. Good to see you revisit this, though.

Edward Clayton Andrews