Questions tagged [game-identification]
Previously known as [identify-this-game] (ITG), if you have a question concerning the guidelines and rules of Game Identification on Arqade, or wish to discuss or suggest changes to this policy, use this tag.
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Let's update our Game identification close reason
As per my earlier meta post, we will be updating all of our community specific close reasons to follow the new and improved close reason format.
This time we will be focusing on our Game ...
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Should game ID questions originally asked from memory (without media) become on-topic when images are later added?
This concerns a case where an initially off-topic game identification question based solely on memory became on-topic when the OP submitted a new question with media.
Here's a breakdown of what ...
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Are Steam media (avatars, profile backgrounds, banners, etc.) made in celebration of an event valid artifacts for game identification?
I've recently posted a question: Which visual novels are represented by the animated avatars in the 2023 Steam Visual Novel Fest?
Timmy Jim ♦ has commented that:
I don't know if these .gifs qualify ...
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Should we allow an identification question for a game CD or game bundle that lacks a media or screenshot of the game CD or game bundle itself?
A game-identification question was recently asked to identify a game bundle in a game CD but lacks a media or screenshot of the game CD or game bundle itself. I've voted to close it but it was left ...
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Is MIDI music from one game that originates from another game a valid artifact for the Game-Identification criteria?
I've been playing through a custom mission for descent-1, an old 6DoF shooter from the 90s. The mission contains custom MIDI music, with a few tracks written by members of the game's community, and ...
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Should the "Which games use a neural network to influence gameplay?" question be reopened?
Recently, the question, Which games use a neural network to influence game play? was closed as an off-topic game identification question and left closed in the Reopen review queue.
Should it be ...
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Should we add a tag warning to [game-identification]?
As this post discussed, and as a Stack Exchange Community Manager suggested, this question serves to ask the community the following:
Should we add a tag warning to the game-identification tag?
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Is it possible for the defunct Arqade blog link on the Game Identification Learn More page to be secured?
On our game-identification tags Learn More page, there is a link to a now defunct Arqade blog at the bottom of the page:
https://blog.gaming.stackexchange.com/2012/08/identifying-games-when-you-cant-...
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Does the media included in the "Naruto fighting game with Hulk and Homer Simpson?" question comply with our game identification policy?
This is about the game-identification question: Naruto fighting game with Hulk and Homer Simpson?
According to our game identification policy - What are the requirements for asking a game ...
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Asking to identify the game based on keyboard combination only
The oldest question on identify-this-game-like questions that I found here is 7 years old. So my introduction question is whether this class of questions are or are not allowed here as of today (2021)?...
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Is it time that we allow [game-identification] tagged questions without a audiovisual artifact?
Feels weird to see game-identification questions pop up on the real-time feed, not through Gaming.SE, but through SciFi.SE. Perhaps it's time we revisit the rules and guidelines established for those ...
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Another way to deal with ID questions
I have a particular unpopular opinion, when it comes to this site. I love game ID questions, and I don't think we should restrict them to requiring media artefacts. I know this has been well discussed,...
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Game identification question based on description from memory [duplicate]
I was hoping to ask a game-identification question, basing my description of the text-based RPG on memory. But the tag description states:
Only ask if you have a screenshot, video, or audio clip from ...
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Is this question (identify an arkanoid-like game) appropriate?
I have a question which I'm not sure is a good fit for this site (searching around, I'm not finding a lot of similar questions here); before asking it, I wanted to run it by meta.
EDIT: embarrassingly,...
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How should a Game Identification question that no longer has a valid artifact be handled?
There is a recent close-vote review for a game-identification question that had a YouTube video in the post as the artifact for the game(s) needed to be identified. However, the post is nearing 4 ...
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