Dear Microsoft,
October 23rd, 2007 Soren Johnson
Gameplay is a word.
I have written a lot about game design over the years, and I have finally gotten sick of seeing the red squiggly little lines in Word show up every time I type “gameplay” - the closest thing we have to defining the essence of our art.
Here’s a list of words that don’t get the red squiggle from Microsoft:
plot
story
quest
character
dialogue
movies
graphics
polygons
textures
resolution
monsters
bosses
weapons
shields
spells
lives
victory
defeat
rewards
levels
cheats
walkthroughs
…but no gameplay. Or replayability either. Hmmm…
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