So why is genre labeling important? Couldn’t we all survive with just ‘Games’? If I like it, I’ll play it – if I don’t, I won’t. Well, that would be easy, if all games were free. But when the gamer is asked to drop $20-$50 for a game, they want to be reassured that their money will not be wasted. Resident Evil is an Action/Adventure game – it is comprised mostly of action sequences with a few puzzles thrown into the mix. If it’s mislabeled as ‘Adventure’ (as happens with many console sites and magazines), then someone who liked it and may crave something similar might be encouraged to buy Myst IV next - also labeled as Adventure - and then spend the remainder of eternity exploring its worlds in search of hidden zombies. Of course the opposite may occur with someone who had played Myst IV and then wandered about Resident Evil searching for levers that will make the zombies disappear!