Noun

Singular video game

Plural video games

video game (plural video games)

1. (video games) A type of game existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, and played on a video terminal or television screen. Controlled by a paddle, joystick, joypad, mouse, keyboard, or a combination of any of these input devices.

Related terms

• electronic game
• computer game
• mobile game
• online game

Portuguese

Noun

video game m. (plural video games)

1. (Brazil, video games) video game

Synonyms

• videojogo

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device. However, with the popular use of the term "video game", it now implies any type of display device. The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, while previously common, have gradually declined in use.

The input device used to manipulate video games is called a game controller, and varies across platforms. For example, a dedicated console controller might consist of only a button and a joystick. Another may feature a dozen buttons and one or more joysticks. Early personal computer games often needed a keyboard for gameplay, or more commonly, required the user to buy a separate joystick with at least one button. Many modern computer games allow, or even require, the player to use a keyboard and mouse simultaneously.

Video games typically also use other ways of providing interaction and information to the player. Audio is almost universal, using sound reproduction devices, such as speakers and headphones. Other feedback may come via haptic peripherals, such as vibration or force feedback, with vibration sometimes used to simulate force feedback.

This is a collection of quotes about video games.

Contents

• 1 Sourced
• 2 Attributed
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

Sourced

• It's tough to "buy American" when a video game sold by a U.S. company has been developed by Japanese software engineers and packaged in Mexico.
  • Barack Obama. About the worldwide video game market. Quoted in "The Audacity of Hope" - Page 175 - by Barack Obama

Attributed

• "Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end"
  • Anonymous

• "All your base are belong to us."
  • "Cats," from an unprofessional translation of the Japanese video game Zero Wing (see engrish)

• "Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock and roll."
  • Shigeru Miyamoto

• "I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets."
  • Ronald Reagan

• "Show me your children’s games, and I will show you the next hundred years."
  • “Smartbomb” by Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby

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Fri Nov 20 07:08:56 2009