29th August 2003, 11:30 AM
From yourdictionary.com:
That's all it has listed for it.
It's POSSIBLE to say that a tex-based game is a videogame since you manipulate the words on the screen which ARE images projected onto the screen, BUT text-based game require you to IMAGINE what the text is describing to you as opposed to all other games that SHOWS you IMAGES of your enviroment.
It would be like having two DVDs, one showed you the movie and the other just described to you what was happening. Technically they are both movies since you watch them on your TV, BUT they are still very different.
Quote:video game
n.
An electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display or television screen.
That's all it has listed for it.
It's POSSIBLE to say that a tex-based game is a videogame since you manipulate the words on the screen which ARE images projected onto the screen, BUT text-based game require you to IMAGINE what the text is describing to you as opposed to all other games that SHOWS you IMAGES of your enviroment.
It would be like having two DVDs, one showed you the movie and the other just described to you what was happening. Technically they are both movies since you watch them on your TV, BUT they are still very different.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.