New Video Game Taxonomy
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Phase One (current phase): Identify and define facets, and build a taxonomy to cover them all
Phase Two: Create a catalog of content by tagging 1000 titles with metadata consistent with the taxonomy created in Phase Two (taking the opportunity to improve on said taxonomy once it faces real world application)
Phase Three: Create an online database to search the recently-created catalog.
Phase Four: Create an ingestion portal so users can add new entries to the catalog, expanding the utility of the database
Overview
Video games have come a long way since their creation decades ago--and yet when it comes to classifying them into categories, the concepts and language being used are not too different from the ones used in the 90's: Action. Adventure. RPG. Strategy. Meanwhile, more and more titles are being put into these overly-broad categories, making it difficult for customers to find new titles that aren't backed by huge marketing pushes.