Why it’s important that we push back on Auto Chess being a “genre” – KEITH BURGUN GAMES
Another title of this article could be, “what it says about videogames that we consider Auto Chess to be a genre”. Because of course, the way language works is that if enough people say…
Another title of this article could be, “what it says about videogames that we consider Auto Chess to be a genre“. Because of course, the way language works is that if enough people say a word means X, that’s simply what that word means. But it’s worth noting that if we’re calling Auto Chess (and its handful of slight variations, most notably Teamfight Tactics) a “genre”, that is pretty different from how the word is used in other media (books, TV, music, etc). This is important not at all because of “wahhh! We Must Be CONSISTENT!” or any kind of “that’s not how I learned it!!!”…
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