video game
or vid·e·o·game
any of various interactive games played using a specialized electronic gaming device or a computer or mobile device and a television or other display screen, along with a means to control graphic images.
any of various games played using a microchip-controlled device, as an arcade machine or handheld toy.
Origin of video game
1- Also called electronic game .
Words Nearby video game
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How to use video game in a sentence
When the GameStop saga started blowing up on Reiss Jeram’s phone, the 18-year-old actor was shocked by the video game seller’s skyrocketing share price.
The American pastime of retail trading is going global thanks to GameStop | John Detrixhe | February 12, 2021 | QuartzAccording to a July 2020 NPD Group study published, 32 million more people played video games in 2020 than in 2018, and the average amount of time spent on gaming jumped from 12 to 14 hours per week.
Why new agencies are trying to capitalize on the online gaming boom | jim cooper | February 12, 2021 | DigidayPeople bought shares in a video game retail chain on the advice of anonymous Redditors.
Buying bitcoin after an Elon Musk tweet is a perfectly rational move | Samanth Subramanian | February 10, 2021 | QuartzShares of video game retailer Gamestop at one point hit $347 apiece after languishing in the upper teens just weeks earlier.
I was represented by an avatar similar to the kind you might see in an old video game.
The workplace apps that could change the nature of work | Nicolás Rivero | February 7, 2021 | Quartz
A season of Game of Thrones tells its story over ten hours, and only a video game adaptation could match or exceed that.
‘Game of Thrones’ Interactive FanFiction: Whoops, My Friend Was Speared in the Throat | Alec Kubas-Meyer | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf well done, a video game is uniquely suited to tell the story of a television show.
‘Game of Thrones’ Interactive FanFiction: Whoops, My Friend Was Speared in the Throat | Alec Kubas-Meyer | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is no Kevin Spacey equivalent in video game voice acting.
Kevin Spacey Stars as a Frank Underwood-like Warmonger in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ | Alec Kubas-Meyer | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther SEALs have given paid speeches and consulted for filmmakers and video game designers.
Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Story Is FUBAR, Special Ops Sources Say | Shane Harris | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFemale video game developers like Zoe Quinn have been torn apart and harassed for fabricated scandals.
Is ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Immune to GamerGate Misogyny? | David Levesley | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow Neon is better at real soccer than he is at video game soccer.
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British Dictionary definitions for video game
any of various games that can be played by using an electronic control to move points of light or graphical symbols on the screen of a visual display unit
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