As any significant awards ceremony draws close, you'll find an outcry to include of new categories to acknowledge underappreciated efforts and fill the spirits of followers with niche passions.
A fellow writer made the case supporting a scary games classification. That would rule. So would tabletop games, this being someone's personal cause. But they will have to forgive me when I prioritize because like all dedicated enthusiasts, there's a strong justification for why my demand remains most pressing and significant. This is the request: There should be an award type for logic-based games.
Categorizing Game Types
Organizing artistic expressions defies precise measurement; it remains highly personal, and typically generate discussions and end in fuzzy definitions. It's understandable that cinema institutions avoid this approach. Yet it remains an essential concession in the world of gaming, showing incredible range they barely qualify one unified medium.
To recognize the complete range of gaming accomplishments to gain proper attention, and for games of all stripes to have a chance for representation, classification by type becomes crucial.
Present Award Structure
The major gaming awards offer these classifications covering Action, Adventure-action titles, Role-Playing, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, plus athletic and racing experiences. Between them, these classifications effectively encompass numerous genres, allowing placement for numerous titles.
Not so for logic-based experiences. There’s simply nowhere to accommodate them. Think about these outstanding current releases, each quite distinct: structural challenges of one title, fast-paced pattern recognition in a different title, thought-provoking social scenarios from additional release. Where could they possibly go among existing types? Nowhere, that’s where.
The Representation Problem
There are dozens excellent brain-teasers released every year lacking appropriate categories at major award shows, if they accidentally match classification types such as Handheld titles, VR/AR Game, and the highly challenging independent game categories.
- One classic puzzle game wasn’t nominated for anything during that awards season
- Another creative title missed out that year
- Popular arranging title got ignored in 2021
- Limited numbers of logic titles barely qualified for independent or mobile categories
Value of Brain-Teasers
Frequently they represent modest productions, but the art behind logic titles carries substantial weight. Iconic mobile puzzle games stand as the most-played games in the world continuing this trend for over a decade.
The famous puzzle experience challenges popular creative games for the title of highest-selling title ever; it additionally competes for best game of all time. Brain-teasers form essential building blocks within interactive entertainment, while interacting across multiple categories.
Proposal and Rationale
Logic titles wouldn't face such difficulty. One could readily select multiple candidates interesting, varied, worthy titles annually without trouble — perhaps, with difficulty, given the need to exclude numerous deserving experiences.
To emphasize again, these are games without proper classification during prominent ceremonies. Logic title developers operate at the demanding boundary game development, creating some of essential manifestations of gaming itself. Comparable to movie stunt professionals, they warrant appreciation. We shouldn't delay 35 years.
