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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:06AM TheMainProtagonist said

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I'm going to go play some videogames.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:36AM idiot said

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I'm so glad they tagged this "space-bar." I rest easy knowing that the NEXT time I search for space-bar articles this one will come up.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:36AM PlatinumSkeet said

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Damn right and pwned should be a real damn word...
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:35AM Mister Kay said

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I'm going to go play some video-games
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:24AM Endjin said

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1. It doesn't matter.
2. See point 1.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:28AM embassy said

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isnt the term "video games" ( videogames, whatever) kinda archaic at this point?

you would think after 30 odd years we would've come up with a more accurately descriptive/representative name?

maybe?

blah, who cares...

i'm gonna go play some interactive multimedia entertainment discs.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 4:46AM DarknessBear said

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I hate the word "videogames" I can barely type it out. It makes our favorite past time seem so immature and childish. Ive always hated it... I usually say "games" or the name of the game. I feel "videogames"*shudders* is the same thing as saying Retard or Midget.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:37PM Tiptup300 said

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What the hell.....what does "accurately" mean?
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:28AM (Unverified) said

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I don't want to start something here, but it's two words.

Video game.
Console game.
Arcade game.

If you're going to space one set of similar words, you've gotta space them all. Consolegame looks stupid. The word is "video game". The end.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:02AM Klitorisaurus said

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100% agreed. Kinda makes you wonder why certain words get conjoined though. Like backpack or mailbox. Any English teachers care to weigh in? Any English teachers even play video games? They're kind of the antithesis of books.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 5:59AM (Unverified) said

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I don't think you're understanding what the word videogames means now. Console games, PC games, and other interactive video-based entertainment can be labeled as videogames. Calling it "video games" makes you sound like you're 80 years old. "It is a game which is played via a video-producing device!" Language evolves.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 9:32AM bigjf said

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Well, I am an English grad, could go for a teaching certification if I wanted it but changed my path for OT.

Anyway, the only reason I can see for conjoined words such as backpack is to unify two words to designate one object, which is why I tend to spell it as "videogame." I can understand either spelling, even if you prefer to use a hyphen, it's just not a big deal.

And many videogames (!) today are almost like interactive movies in a way, and many if not most movies are film adaptations of novels. But to me, saying that an English teacher wouldn't be into gaming is like saying that an athlete wouldn't be into gaming. One really doesn't have much to do with the other.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:38AM MisterSmith said

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Personally, I hate seeing it as 'videogames' It's always annoyed me.

video games > videogames.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:49AM Cupajoe said

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I type "videogame" into word, it doesn't tell me I'm wrong. The computers have spoken.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:08AM (Unverified) said

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Did you mean: video games
Google > Microsoft Word
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:08PM CB said

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When I type "videogames" in Firefox with auto-spell check, it tells me it's wrong.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 1:55AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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I think "videogame" just looks awful, personally. It doesn't make any sense to make it one word.

However, I do agree that pwn should be a word.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:23AM Covarr said

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If people are going to spell it "videogame", then they should also use words like "cheddarcheese", "alarmclock", "plasticexplosives", "tabletennis", and "floppydisk".

Just because the words are used in conjunction so much does not mean that they can be arbitrarily merged into a compound word.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 6:25AM aristokrat said

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I'm sure that never happens at all. Mail boxes, back packs, etc. have all existed since words began! Language never evolves. Now I'm off to go hunt me some ourang-outangs.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:46PM aboutblank77 said

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A back pack is a pack for your back.
A mail box is a box for your mail.
A video game is a game for your video?

I spell it as one word, but I tend not to use the term at all. Vidjagaems or vidyagames are my more common usages.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:32AM (Unverified) said

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Um, either way they're all games. Why not just call them games????
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:32AM (Unverified) said

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I'll just call them interactive entertainment mediums
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:41AM (Unverified) said

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I know this is stupid but...

"video games" 827,000,000 Google search hits
"videogames" 86,600,000 Google search hits

All right, back to loony land.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 6:04AM ThornedVenom said

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Quotation marks included or not? If not, then it doesn't count because it'd count all of the results with just "video" and "game" somewhere in the page, but not necessarily together.

=> "I didn't like the video in this game."
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 8:02AM greatslack said

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I confirm these numbers, with quotes
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 2:49AM Slaziman said

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I just call them games. Kinda like you always say "I'm a gamer" and not "I'm a video gamer"

I don't get why you would even add 'video' to it as a game journalist, since it's pretty obvious you aren't talking about board games or card games.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 5:02AM Street Corner Flasher said

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Everyone damn well knows it's vid cons.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:21AM vidguy said

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I had a really long post ready to go in Notepad explaining why it's supposed to be one way, but then I forget how to copyandpaste.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:37AM FredFredrickson said

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It's two words. Deal with it.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:44AM Anticrawl said

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I'm sorry but I'm not going to bow down to the ignorant masses just because a handful of teens on gamefaqs.com write it "videogames."

Next thing you'll want to add a new meaning to the word "bash."

*** I call for an internet-wide ban on the usage of bash for anything other than being hit by a blunt object. ***
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:46AM Anticrawl said

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The whole "videogame" usage got popular around the time "videogames.com" became popular, honestly I think less people would us it in that form if gamespot never existed.

Long live video games, with a space.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 9:55AM schwal said

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youve already lost that battle. see bash.org
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 11:23AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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+1 for the phrase "ignorant masses."
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 3:54AM Anticrawl said

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Joystiq needs a poll over which version is more acceptable by us and then post a video of their own. Hopefully the poll will put this stupid issue to rest.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 6:31AM aristokrat said

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I agree with this stance, and though I'm personally for the 2-word style myself, I can go with the majority opinion. Common usage of word groups is what causes them to become single compound words (as it has throughout the history of language), so it just might be time.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 4:42AM (Unverified) said

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It's two words.

I have spoken!
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 4:45AM beez1717 said

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god can't we all just play our videogames

I used to spell it this way and by god I'm going to continue to do it.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 4:56AM Premature ejaculation man said

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Who the hell calls it "video games" or "videogames" anyway? The way I see it, only ignorant parents and TV presenters call them that...

Who really would say it in context anyway? "I'm going to play some video games" would never be said because these "video games" have titles. You'd say "I'm gonna play Halo 3"

So really, who cares how its spelled/typed out, noone but silly people would use it anyway, and I don't care for those people ;p

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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 5:07AM (Unverified) said

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They should be called 'vidjagames' and only referred to when prefaced with the phrase 'them dang'.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 5:08AM markhill66 said

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I think we should spell the Vide O'games.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 8:56AM (Unverified) said

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Well, maybe if it had a penchant for the booze and eating potatoes.

WHERE IS ME BOX O LUCKY CHARMS
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 5:14AM Anticrawl said

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Games should imply video games from now on. All other games shall play second to video games and be refered to by their full name while "video games" shall recieve the title "games."
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 6:05AM ThornedVenom said

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I always spell "videogames" but Forefpx disagrees. D:
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 6:05AM ThornedVenom said

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Firefox**, just owned myself.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 6:35AM aristokrat said

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Or maybe Firefox was wincing in pain after being subjected to such a misspelling, and it owned you. =P
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 8:58AM (Unverified) said

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As with many people here, does it really matter?

Anyways, who still says "video games?" Politicians and Jack T. who call them violent, etc?

I usually refer to a specific game and/or platform when talking about gaming, especially to gaming friends - shoot, even non-gaming friends.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 9:00AM (Unverified) said

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Oh yeah, "pwn" should be in the dictionary. :)
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 9:26AM (Unverified) said

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Here's an article that talks about the usage of either term, describing them (as many of you have here) as archaic and in need of an update:

http://www.gamernode.com/columns/11-eddie-inzauto/4619-renaming-the-industry/index.html
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 9:26AM (Unverified) said

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My dad has called them "electronic games" since I got my NES when I was like 5 or 6. He also calls pot "grass" which usually makes me giggle.


ahhh old people.....
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Posted: Feb 26th 2008 9:37AM secura said

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The dictionary is a joke anyway.
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