A video game can be deterministic or not in the same way any other kind of universe can. “Video game” vs “deterministic” is just a silly comparison. I don’t know what word to use in place of ‘deterministic’, I just don’t think that one is the right one.
I’m thinking “algorithmic”. That is, the universe, or a video game, follows a certain algorithm to determine what happens next, whether the algorithm is the laws of physics or a computer program. Algorithms aren’t necessarily deterministic: we could have a step for “generate a truly random (quantum) number”.
A video game can be deterministic or not in the same way any other kind of universe can. “Video game” vs “deterministic” is just a silly comparison. I don’t know what word to use in place of ‘deterministic’, I just don’t think that one is the right one.
I’m thinking “algorithmic”. That is, the universe, or a video game, follows a certain algorithm to determine what happens next, whether the algorithm is the laws of physics or a computer program. Algorithms aren’t necessarily deterministic: we could have a step for “generate a truly random (quantum) number”.