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Video games are electronic games played on a video screen (normally a television, computer monitor, or built-in screen when played on a handheld machine). There are many types, or genres, of these games: role-playing games; shooters, first-person shooters, side-scrollers, and platformers. Video games usually come on CDs, DVDs or digital ...
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
Game. Senet the first known board game, made in ancient Egypt. Go. Invented in China, it passed to Korea and Japan. This simple pie chart illustrates the timeline for the history of games. 1895 painting by Paul Cézanne depicting a card game. A game is something that people often do for fun.
Video games. Noun [ change] Singular. video game. Plural. video games. A video game is a game that is played on an electronic device, such as on a computer, a console, a tablet, or a smartphone. [ synonym ] Synonym: computer game. Video games are addictive because they are so fun that you want to try it again so many times.
Video games were introduced as an entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the start for a big entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe. After a bad industry collapse in 1983 and a rebirth two years later, the video game industry has experienced large growth for over twenty years. Now, it is a ...
Portal. (video game) Portal is a puzzle video game made by Valve Corporation set inside the Half-Life series. It was originally sold in The Orange Box, a game collection deal which came with the Valve-made games Portal, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2. It is now sold by itself and is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac and PC .
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S. Sandbox games (12 P) Science fiction video games (4 C, 43 P) Shooter video games (9 C, 75 P) Simulator video games (7 C, 22 P) Soulslike video games (10 P) Sports video games (10 C, 65 P) Stealth video games (4 C, 54 P) Strategy video games (1 C, 16 P)
