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A computer or video game uses one or more input devices, typically a button / joystick combination (on arcade games ); a keyboard, mouse or trackball ( computer games ); or a controller or a motion sensitive tool ( console games ). More esoteric devices such as paddle controllers have also been used for input.
A video game [a], also known as a computer game or just a 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 ...
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, [1] [2] or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character ...
1CC. Abbreviation of one-credit completion or one-coin clear. To complete an arcade (or arcade-style) game without using continues. [ 1] 1-up. An object that gives the player an extra life (or attempt) in games where the player has a limited number of chances to complete a game or level. [ 2]
v. t. e. Look up gameplay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, [ 1][ 2] and in particular with video games. [ 3][ 4] Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, [ 2][ 5] connection between player and the game, [ 6] challenges [ 7] and overcoming them, [ 8] and player ...
Role-playing video games. A role-playing video game, role-playing game ( RPG) or computer role-playing game ( CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world, usually involving some form of character development by way of recording statistics.
Game mechanics. In tabletop games and video games, game mechanics are the rules or ludemes that govern and guide the player's actions, as well as the game's response to them. A rule is an instruction on how to play, a ludeme is an element of play like the L-shaped move of the knight in chess. A game's mechanics thus effectively specify how the ...
Man, Play and Games. Man, Play and Games ( ISBN 0029052009) is the influential 1961 book by the French sociologist Roger Caillois ( French: Les jeux et les hommes, 1958) on the sociology of play and games or, in Caillois' terms, sociology derived from play. Caillois interprets many social structures as elaborate forms of games and much ...