"game" or "sim"

[carguy_]

From a sim I`d expect as few compromises as possible.

[SEE]

I and probably most fellow flight enthusiasts call it a 'SIM'.

My Wife, kids, friends, etc call it a 'game'!

I described CloD to a WW2 BOB vet Spitfire pilot....he said it sounded like a 'good game' (but had never heard of it or seen it).

[ParaB]

Why can't they be both? Computer games and simulations? I've been playing flightsims since the mid-'80s and I never had a problem calling them games.