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Video game development and authorship, much like any other form of entertainment is frequently a cross disciplinary field. Video game developers , as employees within this industry are commonly referred, primarily include programmers and graphic designers . Although, over the years this has expanded to include almost every type of skill that one might see prevalent in any movie or television program including sound designers , musicians , and other technicians; all of which are managed by producers.

Video games are primarily meant for entertainment. However, some video games are made (at least in part) for other reasons. These include advergames ,educational games , propaganda games (e.g. militainment , and others}. Many of these fall under the category of serious games.

A video game, like most other forms of media, may be categorized into genres based on many factors such as method of game play, types of goals, and more. Because genres are dependent on
content for definition, genres have changed and evolved as newer styles of video games are created. As the production values of video games have increased over the years both in visual appearance and depth of story telling, the video game industry has been producing more life-like and complex games that push the boundaries of the traditional game genres. Some genres represent combinations of others, such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games . It is also common to see higher level genre terms that are collective in nature across all other genres such as with action or horror-themed video games.