video game
Let an agent handle video games by title, platform, genre, age rating, safety features and accessibility, including in-game purchases and loot box rules.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Game Which game.
Identity
Title and platform.
Identity
Game identity.
- Which game and platform are meant? provenance
- Who developed and published it? provenance
Rating
Age rating.
Rating
Age rating.
- What age rating and content descriptors does it have? provenance
- Is it suitable for this player? boundary
Safety Online and spending.
Spending
In-game purchases.
Spending
In-game spending.
- Does the game have in-game purchases or loot boxes? provenance
- How can spending limits be set? action
Online
Chat and contacts.
Online
Online safety.
- Is someone being harassed or approached inappropriately in a game? boundary
- How can it be reported to the platform and police? action
Access Accessibility.
Options
Accessibility settings.
Options
Accessibility options.
- What accessibility options does the game offer? provenance
- Is adaptive hardware supported? provenance
Photosensitivity
Warnings.
Photosensitivity
Photosensitivity.
- Does the game carry photosensitive seizure warnings? provenance
- Can flashing effects be reduced? provenance
Wellbeing Healthy play.
Balance
Screen time.
Balance
Healthy play.
- What guidance exists on healthy gaming habits? provenance
- Where can help be found for problematic gaming? provenance
Gambling
Gambling-like mechanics.
Gambling
Gambling-like mechanics.
- Are gambling-like mechanics regulated here? provenance
- Where can someone get help with gambling harms? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Pong-style video games, arcade video game, gambling machine, collectible card arcade game, LaserDisc video game, Cave 68000 Hardware, Soviet arcade machines, VR Sense, Nintendo Super System, Sea Battle arcade machines, game demo, historical video game
What it is Filled
An electronic game played by interacting with a user interface on a display, on consoles, computers, mobile devices or arcade machines, spanning genres from puzzle and sports to role-playing and simulation.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle video games by title, platform, genre, age rating, safety features and accessibility, including in-game purchases and loot box rules.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Interactive
- Many genres and platforms
- Age rated
- Often online and monetised
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Push players, especially children, into in-game purchases.
- Make purchases or share payment details in a game without the account holder's consent.
- Contact minors privately through game chat or help others to do so.
- Hide seizure warnings or content descriptors from players or parents.
Only with a human decision
- Spending money in a game on someone's behalf.
- Reporting a player for grooming or abuse to the platform or police.
May
- Describe a video game's content, age rating and accessibility options from official sources.
- Help players with settings, controls and published guides.
Moral aspects Filled
- Games reach children; spending pressure and contact by strangers put them at risk.
- Online harassment drives people, often women and minorities, out of shared spaces.
Who is affected
- Players, especially children
- Parents and carers
- Game developers
Owners Filled
Steward
The publisher holds the rights; the player's account belongs to the player under the platform's terms.
Master systems
- Age rating board records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q115920686 - registry parent class
- Q2249149 - registry parent class
- Q2431196 - registry parent class
- Q51938570 - registry parent class
related
- electronic game and audiovisual work - category
- video game console and computer - platforms
- PEGI and ESRB - rating bodies
- esports - competition
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.video-game
- Wikidata: Q7889 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7889)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
A video game is interactive software whose physical dimensions and material properties belong to its storage medium or operating hardware.
Recognition required Filled
- Titles, platforms and ratings
- PEGI or ESRB labels
- Gambling machines are regulated separately
- Interactive graphics on screens, controllers and arcade cabinets.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find game information and age ratings
- set parental controls and spending limits
- find accessibility options
- understand loot box and gambling-like mechanics rules
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Unexpected in-game spending
- Online harassment and grooming risks
- Photosensitive seizure triggers
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- PEGI and ESRB age ratings
- Loot box regulations in some countries
- Consumer protection for in-game purchases
Context of use required Filled
- Entertainment, social play, art, education and sport.
- console games
- PC games
- mobile games
- arcade games
- esports titles
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7889: video game - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Video game - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should genres be separate entries?
- How should rating databases be linked?
- How should gambling-like mechanics be flagged?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7889/spec.json