Gaming Party Conventions

This is not about having a Gaming Party, or a convention about Gaming Parties… nor is it about etiquette on how to conduct yourself AT a Gaming Party. No, this is about expanding on the convention of referring to games as being a “1st Party” or “3rd Party” game, that is widely used in gaming journalism circles.

With the end of the (actual not console-related) Cold War decades behind us it is easy to forget the meaning behind the terms “1st World” and “3rd World” (a similar convention to 1st and 3rd Party games). Obviously, “1st World” is referring to “developed” countries and “3rd…