Whenever a prominent awards ceremony nears, one notices a clamor to include of new categories to acknowledge unsung work and fill the spirits of enthusiasts dedicated to specific genres.
A fellow writer has already made advocating for terror-themed awards. It would be amazing. Equally deserving are board games, this being someone's personal cause. However, I must insist if I try to elbow in front because like all dedicated enthusiasts, I have a cast-iron argument for why my demand remains most pressing and important of all. The demand is this: We need an award type for logic-based games.
Categorizing Game Types
Categorizing art by genre is not a science; opinions vary greatly, and inevitably spark debates resulting in unclear classifications. There’s a reason movie academies don’t do it. Yet it remains an essential concession in the world of video games, which are so diverse they hardly constitute as a single art form.
For comprehensive acknowledgment of interactive entertainment excellence to receive acknowledgment, and for games of all stripes to have a chance for representation, genre categories are essential.
Current Gaming Award Categories
Leading game ceremonies presently include award types recognizing Action-oriented games, Adventure-action titles, RPG experiences, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, plus athletic and racing experiences. Collectively, these award types actually cover many game types, and you can find room for most games within them.
Different situation exists for brain-teasing titles. There’s simply nowhere to put them. Think about these recent excellent titles, each quite distinct: structural challenges of one title, intense tile-matching from another release, thought-provoking social scenarios in another game. Which classification works between these six categories? Simply put, no category fits.
The Representation Problem
Many instances occur outstanding logic titles published annually without proper recognition during gaming ceremonies, unless they happen to qualify award groups including Mobile Game, Virtual reality experiences, or the intensely contested independent game categories.
- One classic puzzle game received no recognition in any category during that awards season
- Another imaginative release received no nominations during that ceremony
- Well-received sorting experience received no acknowledgment recently
- Just some logic titles scraped into independent or mobile categories
Value of Brain-Teasers
These are often small games, however the design of the puzzle game is of massive significance. Iconic mobile puzzle games count as most engaged experiences globally continuing this trend for an extended period.
The iconic tile-matching title challenges well-known building titles competing to become highest-selling title ever; it additionally competes for best game of all time. Logic titles represent cornerstones within interactive entertainment, and engaging with diverse game types.
Recommendation and Reasoning
Puzzle games wouldn’t have such difficulty. One could readily select multiple candidates engaging, different, qualified experiences every year with ease — actually, with challenge, because you’d have to leave numerous deserving experiences.
To emphasize again, these include experiences that otherwise have no home in important events. Brain-teaser creators are working at the demanding boundary interactive creation, creating some of the purest expressions within interactive entertainment. Just like cinema stunt performers, they warrant appreciation. Let’s not keep them waiting decades.
