Comments on Hit Self-Destruct: Debate Class

After thinking really, really hard - I believe it ...

2008-12-09T09:25:00.000+13:00

After thinking really, really hard - I believe it comes from 'interactive'. Which doesn't make it any better.

"I'm off to play an interactive."

Haha, what on earth is Ractive?Anyway, I'm for vid...

2008-12-09T05:01:00.000+13:00

Haha, what on earth is Ractive?

Anyway, I'm for videogame. If other industries concatenate words just fine, I don't see why these can't be one word. You don't read it out as two words anyway.

But in the end it doesn't matter much. It's not like we decided "film" is any different then "movie"!

The thing about 'ractive' (or 'rac tive') is that ...

2008-12-08T03:41:00.000+13:00

The thing about 'ractive' (or 'rac tive') is that when you say it, it sounds like you're coughing up a hairball, just plainly coughing and sneezing at the same time.

But I think I would like it better if it was spell...

2008-12-06T19:55:00.000+13:00

But I think I would like it better if it was spelled "rac tive".

"Ractive" is also new to me, and I fear it.

2008-12-06T10:51:00.000+13:00

"Ractive" is also new to me, and I fear it.

I'm giving up, back to reading books and crochetin...

2008-12-06T10:29:00.000+13:00

I'm giving up, back to reading books and crocheting.

I like ractive. But I don't like the way videogame...

2008-12-06T04:38:00.000+13:00

I like ractive. But I don't like the way videogame looks, or the red line that always comes up underneath it. What's wrong with space? That said, I don't judge anyone on their usage, as long as they can spell video.

It's from Diamond Age:blog is to weblog as ractive...

2008-12-06T01:45:00.000+13:00

It's from Diamond Age:

blog is to weblog as ractive is to...?

That being said, although the basic idea of the term is correct, and even though the current term video-game is so hideous, I still can't see myself laying back and 'playing ractives' any time soon.

What does "ractive" even mean?I instantly associat...

2008-12-05T12:39:00.000+13:00

What does "ractive" even mean?

I instantly associate it with "radioactive". Coolz0rz!

:DSomeday I'm going to have to look up the barf-re...

2008-12-05T11:22:00.000+13:00

:D

Someday I'm going to have to look up the barf-related history of "movie."

What's your non-barf candidate, Steve? Or do you think we'll be able to keep calling them games?

Someone merely mentioned the word "ractive" in the...

2008-12-05T05:35:00.000+13:00

Someone merely mentioned the word "ractive" in the car one day and every occupant simultaneously barfed.

The real problem, I think, is that the collocation...

2008-12-05T02:41:00.000+13:00

The real problem, I think, is that the collocation of "video" and "game" just isn't working out for us.

"Ractive" (coined I hear by Neal Stephenson, though I have no citation; of course I could be misremembering, and it was actually William Gibson) will save us.