videogames vs. video games

The discussion in class today was very interesting. I was surprised as to how many people where extremely passionate about whether or not it should be video games or videogames! It was nice how when it was brought up, the added discussion of digital games or just games. That people made really good points: games is to vague when we are blogging about something specific and they are open to the public. It is a good idea that we stick with video games or videogames outside of the realm of the class. As for digital games i am glad that we squashed that topic quickly and no one really cared to call it that!

So back to video games vs. videogames. I would have to say honestly as long as its there who cares. It is specific enough for someone to read your blog and know that you are not just referring to a game but something specific as a videogame or video game. There was a good point made that it, for the sake (just like in the book) we want the video gaming community and culture to be taken more seriously that we do need to start sounding more uniform in the writing and reviews that are put out for others to read. Videogame(s) makes term more linguistically correct seems how it is one thing. It is a game played with some sort of monitor, TV, console, CPU or whatever have you, for the video part. Game correctly that you have parameters, rules, and guidelines that you follow to play. Putting those two terms together you are forming one thing and one word.

As we ended it is personal preference I myself may use them interchangeably but, I am defiantly leading more toward videogame(s), for my writing and reviews that I will tackling for this class. For the record when you spell check apparently in the dictionary videogame(s) is video games..........