Video games conjure entire worlds from polygons and code that we spend days exploring, so it\u2019s no surprise we talk about them constantly – like sailors peeling off our stiff, salty clothes to tell tales of adventure around a table. Our stories usually begin in a similar way. Your friend might ask, \u201chave you heard of <\/p>\n
? It\u2019s a 2D puzzle platformer.\u201d Or think of the podcast host who describes a game they played recently as \u201ca team-based multiplayer first-person-shooter.\u201d<\/p>\n
But what do they actually mean? The podcast host was describing Counter-Strike, but \u201cteam-based multiplayer first-person-shooter\u201d could equally apply to Apex Legends or Team Fortress 2. The \u201c2D puzzle platformer\u201d label outlined Little Nightmares (a game about guiding a tiny, yellow-coated child to escape a hide-and-seek horror gauntlet) but could just as easily have described Celeste (a meditative platformer about a woman climbing a mountain that\u2019s a metaphor for her anxiety).\n<\/p>\n
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