Games aren't movies though. The best games only use a few verbs, but they aren't about what you do, they are about how you do it and what you are thinking about while you do it. A great example is Smash Bros Melee. In that game, like many fighting games, your verbs are restricted to jump, punch, kick, and some special…

"Interactive Fiction": YES, that is the category term that "video games" should be changed to.

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Except this was just a piece of plastic. If anything, they saved money over the course of those small chunks of plastic that spelled "NINTENDO" being melted back down into a mold.