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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jdvn1" data-source="post: 5105829" data-attributes="member: 26424">When an RPG is referred to as "videogamey," it seems to me that the person means that the game is simplified or easier to play. That the term has a negative connotation is silly. Is 4e videogamey? I would agree the ruleset is simpler (and also makes a lot more internal sense as a result) and easier to play than 3x. I also enjoy more complicated systems, but I think they tend to be not as well constructed.Due to its negative connotation, I think that the term videogamey is a pretty bad term to use if you're trying to objectively describe anything. You might as well just say "simplified in a way I don't like" and be honest about your biases, or not complain at all and accept that new editions are new games and therefore different.I can understand those who think the term has no meaning, though. When a term is overused, it can be used incorrectly. When the meaning is A, someone will use the term to mean something related to A, say B. Someone else will use the term to mean something related to B, say C. Eventually, the intended meaning of the term can contradict the actual meaning of the word, or at least be totally unrelated to the actual meaning, which will then cause people to not understand the intended meaning. Though there may actually be a meaning behind the word, there effectively isn't a meaning if no one understands it.I wonder if soccer seemed hockey-ish to anyone when it was first played (or, whichever came first).</blockquote>

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