video game

noun

: an electronic game in which players control images on a video screen

Examples of video game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web GameStop earnings Global video game retailer GameStop will release its earnings report Tuesday. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024 The 13th Gen Intel i9 CPU is powerful and zippy, enabling you to easily run resource intensive programs, and the RTX 4070 GPU will run a gamut of video game titles. Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024 In 2020, Epic Games Inc., the maker of the popular online video game Fortnite, sued Apple over its App Store. Leah Nylen, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024 As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 If gaming is their thing, a pair of headphones or a new video game will likely be very well-received. Deanna McCormack, Parents, 19 Mar. 2024 More than 212 million Americans played video games at least one hour a week last year, according to the Entertainment Software Association. Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024 Hawkins adds that equal effort has been put into resources for the hiring manager side, because there are actually video game publishers and developers looking for new talent. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024 He was fed up and went and worked in video games for a while. William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of video game was in 1973

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“Video game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video%20game. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

video game

noun
: a game played with images on a video screen

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