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[Mistershine.]

OG pac man.

 

[MasterDerico]

English is not my first language, and thank you for the offenses and jokes about it.

 

[MasterDerico]

I would tell them their grammar sucks and walk away.

Better, tell them to visit your home, gamefaqs forum!

 

[The Scrivener]

Wouldn't Super Mario Bros. be the perfect example of what you're asking? There might be better videogames, but that's a perfect example of a videogame. Perhaps that's why it is often ranked best videogame of all time, because it is? Take out all subjective opinion and all objective qualities, and you're left with that game at the end of the day, no?

 

[Alx]

"Funny interactive stuff on a screen". So the best example to give would be something simple, Tetris or a Game & Watch if you're into history, or whatever people are playing on their phones nowadays (lost track after Angry Birds and Candy Crush).

 

[Lupin3]

 

[UnNamed]

..no, really

Spoiler

 

[Soodanim]

Mario. 64 or Galaxy are good choices. Haven't played Odyssey.

 

[Ogbert]

Digital toys that respond to button inputs.

 

[D3SCHA1N]

Choosing one videogame to represent the entire medium is an absurd proposition. Which specific musician represents music? What one movie represents the entirety of motion pictures?

 

[MasterDerico]

We can t

Choosing one videogame to represent the entire medium is an absurd proposition. Which specific musician represents music? What one movie represents the entirety of motion pictures?

We can think about that on offtopic section!

 

[Soodanim]

Choosing one videogame to represent the entire medium is an absurd proposition. Which specific musician represents music? What one movie represents the entirety of motion pictures?

It's not about representing everything ever, it's about representing the fundamentals in an accessible way. I picked Mario 64 because you start it up, you're given a basic intro with some motivation, and you're off to play and explore. It gives an understanding of how games can and do work - I'm pretty sure anyone would understand after that.

 

[Life]

I would say it's another pointless thread about the obvious.

There are many things in this world that are simply shown or tried to be understood. Doesn't have to be described.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Zelda has earned the trust of gamers have so many AAA games, I like how the characters hold themselves and the triforce symbol is often recognizable

 

[ColonialRaptor]

It's difficult to answer this I find it's contextual to the person who might be explained to.

Their personality and interests would drastically affect which video game I would pick to explain it to them.

I know this is a thought experiment but it's just the way my brain goes about trying to think of something.

I can't just think with my favorite games as such but I think maybe one of the 2D Mario platformers from the NES is a high likely choice. But then things have changed so much since then and that is a difficult decision to make.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

I would pick the most universally accepted representation of what a videogame is, which represents all genres and appeals to all people:

Spoiler

 

[MasterDerico]

It's not about representing everything ever, it's about representing the fundamentals in an accessible way. I picked Mario 64 because you start it up, you're given a basic intro with some motivation, and you're off to play and explore. It gives an understanding of how games can and do work - I'm pretty sure anyone would understand after that.

THANK YOU!

That's it!

 

[LordKasual]

It's not about representing everything ever, it's about representing the fundamentals in an accessible way. I picked Mario 64 because you start it up, you're given a basic intro with some motivation, and you're off to play and explore. It gives an understanding of how games can and do work - I'm pretty sure anyone would understand after that.

To be fair, you can pick any number of early 2D platformers and this would be true.

Super Mario Bros.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Legend of Zelda

Metroid

 

[MasterDerico]

I would say it's another pointless thread about the obvious.

There are many things in this world that are simply shown or tried to be understood. Doesn't have to be described.

So pointless that u wasted your time posting here...
Do you listen songs u don't like? Or watch movies u don't like?

So, when a thread is irrelevant to you, ignore it.

 

[fran.fernandez]

Is a video but you can play like a game. A video game