perunamuusi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 i don't see the "video" connection at all.....surely "TV games" would've been more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 same reason board games are called board games. ---> nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 same reason board games are called board games. ---> nonsense board games involve boards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 1. Television. a. the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image (distinguished from audio ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 i've never thought about it 'video arcade' always sounded weird tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. wiki makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 i always called them computer games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 because they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 this article/interview suggests one origin, although like most great things, the origin seems to be shrouded in myth. I know that Ralph Baer called his "Brown Box" project a "TV Game," and I wonder if he might have slided soon after to calling it a "video game" ... I'm curious about the origin of this term too, if anyone finds any other resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 brown box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 want to come round to mine after school and slot your games cartridge into my brown box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 want to come round to mine after school and slot your games cartridge into my brown box? plug your joystick into my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 same reason board games are called board games. ---> nonsense board games involve boards board games -- medium = a board video games -- medium = video signal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 i guess i never knew what video actually meant until today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneboi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Salads Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 It was supposed to be called tv games but the guy who coined the phrase turned out to be a pedophile so they quickly went with the next best idea, video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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