How not to fall into the "Walking Simulator" trap (Jimquisition)

[Goodnightmoon]

KLAMarine said:

Goodnightmoon said:

KLAMarine said:
Walking simulators are fine. Just don't call them video games if they have no fail state.

So Animal Crossing is not a videogame??

If there is no game over screen in AC then by my definition it is not a video game. That's not a bad thing. I imagine there's a degree of challenge in AC though, I've never played one and I hate myself for it.

So Animal Crossing is nothing, it´s on a limbo right? No

There is no "my definition" here, a chair is a chair, a videogame is a videogame:

"A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor." 

Walking simulators are inside that definition.