15th January 2003, 4:17 PM
I'm sorry, but you're all complete morons if you consider those text-based PC games to be in the same category as Pong or Doom. Yes they are a certain type of game, but not the same kind as the ones we're used to talking about. Yes there are puzzles and things to manipulate, but you oly get descriptions of these actions rather than images. Are "Choose your own adventure" e-books considered to be computer games now? No!
Let me show you the definition of a video game, according to dictionary.com:
Did you read that? The terms computer and video games are interchangable, so this definition applies to PC games as well. And anyone that tries to refute this is a sad, delusional little man that can't admit when he's wrong.
Let me show you the definition of a video game, according to dictionary.com:
Quote:video game
n.
An electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display or television screen.
Did you read that? The terms computer and video games are interchangable, so this definition applies to PC games as well. And anyone that tries to refute this is a sad, delusional little man that can't admit when he's wrong.