Help me create a Taxonomy for Videogames!

[Distant Star]

LGF said:

Distant Star said:

From Steam Rise of the TombRaider
Featuring epic, high-octane action moments set in the most beautiful hostile environments on earth, Rise of the Tomb Raider delivers a cinematic survival action adventure where you will join Lara Croft on her first tomb raiding expedition as she seeks to discover the secret of immortality.

secret of immortality hints at ancient mythology in the summary.

A little bit far-fetched. ;)

At least it's very specific compared too 'adventure'. Your definition of adventure was this: "I would define adventure as a series of events that happen in a context far from our normal daily lives, but which don't involve much interaction with other people (otherwise, it would be crime/war/horror). "

 adventure as a series of events that happen

I think you got it right there. This is how most people would define it, but it's way to broad to be really useful.

Our 'normal' daily lives
Well everyone has their own 'normal' daily life. Based on this alone you'll get different interpretations. That's not what you want when organizing video games in a unified way. That's why I believe that definition is not desirable. 

Here's proof of different interpretations:

http://store.steampowered.com/tag/en/Adventure/#p=0&tab=NewReleases

Did you know that 4.201 out of 10.162 games on steam are tagged adventure.