[crazygringo]

"8-bit" is clearly and widely understood as meaning "intentionally pixelated for artistic effect with a limited color palette, with an overall aesthetic comparable to classic 8-bit game consoles", whether in 2D or 3D.

Obviously it's not meant to be taken literally.

You might as well complain that "modernism" isn't modern anymore or that "gothic" novels aren't from the same time period of gothic architecture... or that roman typefaces come from places other than Rome, or that italic typefaces aren't all from Italy.

[TeMPOraL]

> You might as well complain that "modernism" isn't modern anymore or that "gothic" novels aren't from the same time period of gothic architecture... or that roman typefaces come from places other than Rome, or that italic typefaces aren't all from Italy.

I learned not to in front of people, but honestly, this is a problem - a problem of people introducing bad names, and then no one correcting them even decades later.

[OskarS]

It’s not actually a problem. It’s fine. We all understand each other.

[TeMPOraL]

It's more and more cases of terms where the meaning in use is different from the literal one. I.e. more exceptions to remember. More unnecessary cognitive load.

[jb1991]

The majority of phrases and words in any language have a modern meaning that does not resemble their literal origins. That’s how language works.

[OskarS]

You find it cognitively burdensome to remember that italic fonts aren’t necessarily made in Italy?

[koonsolo]

> Obviously it's not meant to be taken literally.

In that sense, we could also say that Minecraft has voxel graphics, since a lot of people seem to think so. It looks blocky, so it must be voxels.

I wonder which "voxel"-engine Minecraft runs on ;p

[w0utert]

Well, the Minecraft world is represented as voxels, so it's not that far off to say it 'has voxel graphics'.