Both of them mean the same, ambiguous thing to me. If I hear "RPG" or "role-playing game" I'll either first think of a tabletop RPG or a video game depending on context.

In the context of video games, I do pick up different vibes from phrases such as "CRPG" vs "RPG video game" despite them being denotatively similar. (The latter is more general, while the former brings to mind things that try to emulate the TTRPG experience and are maybe a bit more cerebral, like the OG Fallout games, as contrasted with more "video gamey" titles like the Final Fantasy series.)

Rocket propelled grenades are very different from role-playing games!

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@asmith This was just a shower thought I had, and I needed to inflict it on everybody else and cause everybody else to sigh in pain like I did.

I do not have the historical expertise in gaming to take this idea and meaningfully run with it.

If there's somebody out there that finds this data interesting, have at it. I release it to you.

I'll post the results after, like, a week or something.

Never mind, if you all can see the results after you voted, it's working correctly.