As any major honors show draws close, one notices a clamor for the addition of new categories to honor overlooked contributions and satisfy the hearts of followers with niche passions.
Another commentator has already made supporting a scary games classification. That would be fantastic. Equally deserving are strategy board titles, which is a dedicated supporter's campaign. But they will have to forgive me when I prioritize since similar to blinkered fanatics, there's a strong justification for why my demand remains most pressing and significant. This is the request: It's essential to create a category for puzzle games.
Organizing Gaming Categories
Organizing artistic expressions is not a science; it remains highly personal, and it will always spark debates resulting in unclear classifications. It's understandable that cinema institutions avoid this approach. However, it represents a necessary evil in the world of video games, which are so diverse they hardly constitute one unified medium.
To recognize the complete range of interactive entertainment excellence to gain proper attention, and for games of all stripes to have a chance for representation, classification by type becomes crucial.
Current Gaming Award Categories
The major gaming awards presently include genre categories for Action-oriented games, Adventure-action titles, Role-Playing, Fighting, Simulation and strategy titles, plus athletic and racing experiences. Between them, these award types effectively encompass a lot of ground, allowing placement accommodating various experiences.
Different situation exists for brain-teasing titles. No suitable classification appears to put them. Think about these recent excellent titles, each quite distinct: building puzzles of one title, fast-paced pattern recognition from another release, engaging interpersonal challenges of a third title. Which classification works within current classifications? Unfortunately, nowhere.
The Representation Problem
Numerous examples exist of brilliant puzzle games released every year that have no home during gaming ceremonies, if they accidentally match for categories like Mobile Game, Virtual reality experiences, or the extremely competitive Indie races.
- One classic puzzle game received no recognition for anything in 2014
- Another imaginative release received no nominations that year
- A beloved organization game got ignored that year
- Only a few logic titles barely qualified for small studio or handheld classifications
Value of Brain-Teasers
Commonly they're compact experiences, but the art behind logic titles is of massive significance. Iconic mobile puzzle games count as most popular titles in the world and have been for many years.
The famous puzzle experience competes with well-known building titles claiming status as highest-selling title ever; it also contends for best game of all time. Puzzle games are foundational for gaming as medium, and they are in conversation with diverse game types.
The Solution and Justification
Brain-teasers wouldn't encounter this problem. You could fill multiple candidates interesting, varied, worthy titles annually without trouble — actually, with challenge, given the need to exclude many worthy titles.
Restating the point, these include experiences without proper classification in important events. Brain-teaser creators function at the challenging frontier game development, creating some of the purest expressions within interactive entertainment. Just like movie stunt professionals, they warrant appreciation. Don't make them wait 35 years.
