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Video game

A video game, computer game, or simply 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…

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Video game

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Video game

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related to Origins · 59
Video game → Alexander, Allan Alcorn, Atari, Baer, Baer's, Both Baer, Britain, Brown Box, Bushnell, Christmas, Christopher Strachey's Checkers, Computer Space, Dabney, DEC PDP-1, DEC PDP-1's, December, Douglas, Each, Early, EDSAC
related to Collecting and preservation · 37
Video game → Archivists, Art, Berlin, California, Computer Games Museum, DC, Digital Entertainment, Dragon's Lair, Electronic Games, Europe, Frisco, Further, Games, History, More, Moscow, Museum, National Videogame Museum, New York, Oakland
related to Industry roles · 32
Video game → App Store, Asia, Companies, Demographics, Digital, Distributors, E3, Entertainment Software Association, Esports, For, Further, Gamers, Hardware, However, In, Influencers, Internet, Journalism, Nintendo, Other
related to Controversies · 24
Video game → American Psychiatric Association, Call, Columbine High School, Diseases, Duty, ESRB, Even, Gamergate, Grand Theft Auto III, International Statistical Classification, Jack Thompson, LGBTQ, Manhunt, Medical, Modern Warfare, Mortal Kombat, No Russian, Numerous, Other, Parents
related to Art · 22
Video game → Because, Brown, Detective Pikachu, Entertainment Merchants Association, For, Fresh, Hedgehog, Lara Croft, Mortal Kombat, Numerous, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Since, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Sonic, Supreme Court, That, The, The Art, Tomb Raider
related to Game theory and studies · 20
Video game → Aarseth, Although, Cyberdrama, Espen Aarseth, For, Holodeck, Janet Murray, Lara Croft's, Ludologists, Murray, Narrativists, Star Trek, That, The, The Last Starfighter, They, This, Tomb Raider, Tron, When
related to Game media · 13
Video game → CD-ROM, DVDs, Early, Furthermore, Games, In, Internet, Other, Physical, ROM, Several, Since, These
related to Video game terminology · 13
Video game → Both, Easter, In, Many, Most, On, Product, Should, Taking, The, These, This, UP
related to Game sales · 12
Video game → According, Another, China, Computer, In South Korea, Japanese, MMORPG, Mobile, Newzoo, PC, Sales, West
related to history · 12
Video game → Along, Due, Internet, Japan's, Many, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, North America, North American, The, This, Video

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games video game also industry computer console used player arcade may development hardware use gaming include like media consoles electronic

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Nintendoinstance ofby the late 1980s video game consoles became dominated by Japanese companies0.80text
Segainstance ofby the late 1980s video game consoles became dominated by Japanese companies0.80text
and later Sonyinstance ofby the late 1980s video game consoles became dominated by Japanese companies0.80text
whereas the Microsoft Windowsinstance ofby the late 1980s video game consoles became dominated by Japanese companies0.80text
Merlininstance ofThis also distinguished from handheld electronic games0.80text
which commonly used LED lights for indicators not in combination for imaging purposesinstance ofThis also distinguished from handheld electronic games0.80text
Toshibainstance ofwhere consoles like the Odyssey were first imported and then made within the country by the large television manufacturers0.80text
Sharp Corporationinstance ofwhere consoles like the Odyssey were first imported and then made within the country by the large television manufacturers0.80text
such games are known asinstance ofwhere consoles like the Odyssey were first imported and then made within the country by the large television manufacturers0.80text
pinball machinesinstance ofamusement arcades typically had non-video arcade games0.80text
electro-mechanical gamesinstance ofamusement arcades typically had non-video arcade games0.80text
the number of players before starting a gameinstance ofMost games will launch into a title screen and give the player a chance to review options0.80text

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