Interactive entertainment

:"See also game development and video games"

The phrase interactive entertainment refers to the business of producing and distributing products and services, or the products and services, of which the entertainment value (or outcomes) can be influenced by users through direct feedback.

Origins

Although Hal Halpin has claimed credit for coining the phrase with the renaming of GameWeek Magazine to "Interactive Entertainment Magazine" in 2001, [Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association. "Hal Halpin." Wikipedia. 2006. Wikimedia Foundation. 10 Feb 2008 < [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hal_Halpin&oldid=33748830 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hal_Halpin&oldid=33748830] >.] the phrase was in use as early as 1981. [Tomczyk, Michael. [http://www.atariarchives.org/c1ba/ Compute!'s First Book of Atari] . Greensboro: COMPUTE! Books, 1981.] Halpin's official biography now claims that he "popularized" the phrase "to describe the convergence of the console, online, and computer games sectors." ["About the President." Entertainment Consumers Association. 10 Feb 2008 < [http://www.theeca.com/about_president http://www.theeca.com/about_president] >.]

References

ee also

* History of video games
* Video game
* Video game industry