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Whenever a prominent honors show draws close, you'll find a demand for the addition of new categories to acknowledge unsung work and satisfy the passions of enthusiasts who have specialized interests.

A fellow writer has already made advocating for terror-themed awards. That would be fantastic. Equally deserving are strategy board titles, which is a dedicated supporter's campaign. But they will have to forgive me if I try to elbow in front just as with other blinkered fanatics, there's a strong justification for why my demand is the most urgent above others. This is the request: There should be a classification for brain-teasing titles.

Categorizing Game Types

Organizing artistic expressions isn't exact; it’s very subjective, and it will always spark debates resulting in unclear classifications. It's understandable that cinema institutions avoid this approach. But it is an unavoidable compromise in the world of video games, that demonstrate such variety they hardly constitute as a single art form.

For comprehensive acknowledgment of gaming accomplishments to receive acknowledgment, and to ensure all game types to receive proper recognition, classification by type becomes crucial.

Existing Game Classification System

The major gaming awards presently include genre categories for Action, Adventure-action titles, RPG experiences, Fighting, Simulation and strategy titles, plus athletic and racing experiences. Between them, these classifications effectively encompass many game types, making space possible for most games within them.

Not so for puzzle games. There’s simply nowhere to accommodate them. Consider three of recent excellent titles, each quite distinct: building puzzles of one title, intense tile-matching of another game, and the sweetly sociological logic puzzles from additional release. Where could they possibly go between these six categories? Unfortunately, nowhere.

The Representation Problem

Numerous examples exist of brilliant puzzle games released every year lacking appropriate categories at major award shows, unless they happen to qualify award groups including Mobile Game, Virtual reality experiences, or the intensely contested small studio competitions.

• An iconic brain-teaser received no recognition in any category that year
• A different innovative game received no nominations that year
• Well-received sorting experience got ignored recently
• Just some logic titles managed to sneak into independent or mobile categories

Value of Brain-Teasers

These are often compact experiences, however the design of the puzzle game holds tremendous importance. Iconic mobile puzzle games count as most popular titles worldwide continuing this trend for an extended period.

The famous puzzle experience competes with well-known building titles competing to become best-selling game of all time; it’s also in the running for best game of all time. Logic titles represent cornerstones to the art of video games, while interacting across multiple categories.

Proposal and Rationale

Puzzle games wouldn’t have such difficulty. You could fill a field of five interesting, varied, worthy titles annually without trouble — or rather, with difficulty, because you’d have to leave so many good games out.

Restating the point, these include experiences without proper classification during prominent ceremonies. Brain-teaser creators are working at the challenging frontier interactive creation, developing some of the purest expressions of gaming itself. Comparable to movie stunt professionals, they warrant appreciation. We shouldn't delay 35 years.