Videogames or Video Games?

There has been a lot of debate about how we should refer to our favorite pastimes in writing: "video games" or "videogames."

Personally, I believe they should be referred to as videogames, one word. The reason for this is that when writing video games, it gives me the impression that there are many different types of games, and this happens to be a "video" game. While this may be accurate, it does injustice to what a videogame really is, or can be.

Videogames are also deserving of its own unique term or classification, instead of describing it as a game and what type of game it is. "Video games" and "board games" are both games, but videogames are different in that they have had a huge impact on our society in how we think and interact, and there are studies of the effects that video games have on us.

People debate what to call videogames. To me, "videogames" is the term we should all use. Videogames have become an integral part of our pop culture society. If the word "blog" (which used to be short-hand for web-log), has made it into the dictionary, then I say "videogames" definitely should, too. No offense, but "videogaming" is a lot more popular than blogging.