As any major prize-giving event approaches, one notices a clamor to include fresh award types to honor underappreciated efforts and satisfy the spirits of fans dedicated to specific genres.
Another commentator has already made advocating for terror-themed awards. It would be amazing. So would strategy board titles, representing a dedicated supporter's campaign. However, I must insist for pushing forward just as with other dedicated enthusiasts, there's a strong justification for why my demand is the most urgent above others. The demand is this: There should be a category for puzzle games.
Organizing Gaming Categories
Categorizing art by genre isn't exact; opinions vary greatly, and inevitably generate discussions resulting in unclear classifications. It's understandable that cinema institutions don’t do it. Yet it remains a necessary evil within the realm of interactive entertainment, that demonstrate such variety they barely qualify as a single art form.
For the full spectrum of interactive entertainment excellence to be recognized, and to ensure all game types to receive proper recognition, genre categories are essential.
Present Award Structure
The major gaming awards offer these classifications covering Action, Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Combat games, Simulation and strategy titles, plus athletic and racing experiences. Between them, these classifications actually cover numerous genres, making space possible for most games within them.
Different situation exists for brain-teasing titles. No appropriate category exists to accommodate them. Think about these recent excellent titles, each quite distinct: building puzzles from a specific release, the pulse-pounding block-matching in a different title, engaging interpersonal challenges from additional release. Which classification works among existing types? Simply put, no category fits.
The Representation Problem
Numerous examples exist excellent brain-teasers released every year lacking appropriate categories during gaming ceremonies, unless they happen to qualify award groups including Mobile Game, VR/AR Game, or the intensely contested Indie races.
- An iconic brain-teaser got overlooked in any category in 2014
- Another imaginative release was excluded in 2019
- Popular arranging title got ignored that year
- Just some puzzle games managed to sneak into niche award types
Importance of Logic Titles
Commonly they're compact experiences, however the design of the puzzle game is of massive significance. Famous handheld logic titles stand as most popular titles in the world maintaining this status for many years.
The famous puzzle experience competes with well-known building titles claiming status as most purchased experience; it also contends for top gaming experience. Logic titles represent cornerstones for gaming as medium, and engaging with almost every other genre.
The Solution and Justification
Brain-teasers wouldn't encounter this problem. One could readily select a field of five interesting, varied, worthy titles annually without trouble — actually, with challenge, because you’d have to leave so many good games out.
To emphasize again, these represent titles lacking appropriate categories in important events. Puzzle game makers operate at the demanding boundary game development, creating some of essential manifestations of gaming itself. Just like cinema stunt performers, they warrant appreciation. Don't make them wait generations.
