What do i call these games?

There's a lot of confusion. When my girlfriend asks what I’m doing I have a hard time to come up with names to describe the different games I play.

Everything from a flash ping-pong game to a text based detective game is called any number of different names. There are web games, browser games, online games, adventure games, rpg's and a lot more.

What are the game creators thinking about? Why do they call a riddle game you solve in ten minutes an rpg? Why?

Someone needs to create some rules and make everyone follow them. I suggest that WC3 stops messing around with xhtml and starts caring for some of the real stuff.