Each time a major awards ceremony draws close, you'll find a demand for the addition of new categories to recognize underappreciated efforts and satisfy the passions of enthusiasts dedicated to specific genres.
A fellow writer previously argued advocating for terror-themed awards. That would rule. So would board games, representing a dedicated supporter's campaign. Yet I need to apologize in advance if I try to elbow in front since similar to single-minded supporters, there's a strong justification backing this proposal stands as crucial above others. Here's the proposal: There should be an award type for logic-based games.
Organizing Gaming Categories
Classifying creative works isn't exact; opinions vary greatly, and it will always generate discussions and end in fuzzy definitions. This explains why film award organizations steer clear of genre categories. Yet it remains an essential concession for the industry of interactive entertainment, which are so diverse they hardly constitute one unified medium.
To recognize the complete range of interactive entertainment excellence to receive acknowledgment, while allowing diverse titles to receive proper recognition, classification by type becomes crucial.
Existing Game Classification System
The major gaming awards presently include award types recognizing Action, Adventure-action titles, Role-Playing, Fighting, Sim/Strategy, and Sports/Racing games. Collectively, these award types successfully include numerous genres, and you can find room accommodating various experiences.
Different situation exists for brain-teasing titles. There’s simply nowhere to put them. Examine these examples from recent excellent titles, showing diverse approaches: structural challenges of one title, fast-paced pattern recognition of another game, and the sweetly sociological logic puzzles of a third title. Which classification works among existing types? Simply put, no category fits.
Recognition Challenges
Numerous examples exist outstanding logic titles launched regularly that have no home in entertainment awards, unless they happen to qualify classification types such as Mobile Game, VR/AR Game, and the highly challenging small studio competitions.
- An iconic brain-teaser wasn’t nominated for anything during that awards season
- Another creative title missed out during that ceremony
- A beloved organization game got ignored that year
- Only a few brain-teasers managed to sneak into independent or mobile categories
Importance of Logic Titles
Frequently they represent small games, however the design behind logic titles holds tremendous importance. Famous handheld logic titles stand as most popular titles worldwide maintaining this status for many years.
The iconic tile-matching title rivals well-known building titles claiming status as highest-selling title ever; it additionally competes as greatest title ever. Brain-teasers form essential building blocks for gaming as medium, and they are in conversation with almost every other genre.
The Solution and Justification
Brain-teasers wouldn't encounter that issue. It would be easy to populate five nominees interesting, varied, worthy titles annually without trouble — or rather, with difficulty, because you’d have to leave many worthy titles.
Restating the point, these are games lacking appropriate categories during prominent ceremonies. Puzzle game makers operate at the challenging frontier interactive creation, developing some of essential manifestations of the video game form. Similar to movie stunt professionals, they deserve recognition. We shouldn't delay generations.
