: an electronic game in which players control images on a video screen
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Rubinjer also used Reddit to promote an anti-Hillary Clinton video game, titled Hilltendo, before the 2016 election.
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The new land in Anaheim will feature superheroes made famous in Marvel comic books, movies and video games, including Spider-Man, the Hulk and Iron man, among others.
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The First Amendment also protects movies and TV, art and music, yard signs and video games, clothing and accessories.
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The video game that keeps finding new ways to break your heart.
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Halliday was a pop-culture obsessive, deeply in love with the video games, movies and music of his youth.
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But what McCormick did last week at the Chris Moon Memorial Tournament in Tucson, Ariz., was reminiscent of a video game, not real-life baseball.
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The new Steven Spielberg film, an adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel, is set in the year 2045 but is all about characters who have chosen to embrace all manner of films, TV shows, video games, music, and more from the '80s and '90s.
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In exchange for thousands of eligible items (think video games, Kindle E-readers, books, cell phones, and more) Amazon will send you a gift card.
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First Known Use of video game
1973
VIDEO GAME Defined for English Language Learners
video game
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: an electronic game in which players control images on a television or computer screen
VIDEO GAME Defined for Kids
video game
: a game played with images on a video screen
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