Gameology: Commentary and Resources for the Game Studies Community

At first I was leaning toward the "Adventure really is a GAG" argument, but after reading Robinett's powerpoint, it seems to me that his primary challenges and subsequent innovations emphasized the "action" over the "adventure" in his own terms. I always try to avoid essentializing definitions, especially when it comes to something as problematic as genre--and it's especially worrisome in the case of Adventure since its chronology basically guarantees it to be the primal case of whatever genre you ascribe it to. That said, I think I'm going to vote for "First ever GAG" because of its inheriting the basic game play idea from the text Adventure. I'm not prepared to defend that position (given its definitely essentialist logic), but there it is.