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video game
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video game
Interactive software that is used for entertainment, role playing and simulation. Played on a specialized device (see video game console), mobile device or personal computer, video games have become extremely realistic, not only in their graphics and animation, but in their themes. See CRPG, Wii, Xbox, PlayStation and simulator.
video game
any of various games that can be played by using an electronic control to move points of light or graphical symbols on the screen of a visual display unit

video game [′vid·ē·ō ‚gām]
(electronics)
A form of interactive entertainment in which the player responds to electronically generated images that appear on a video display screen.


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The first national strategy for child internet safety, including a streamlined system for classifying computer video games and codes of practice for social networking sites, will be set out today in a ground-breaking report for government.
It is important to note that a shared video card generally will not play current computer video games, so if that is important to you, it''s probably best to wait until you have more money; or instead use your laptop budget to buy a more affordable desktop that can handle playing a graphics-intensive game.
Two young volunteers aged 12 and 13, one carrying a hidden camera, were allowed by Mrs O'Brien to buy a computer video game called Cold Fear, which has been given a classification rating of 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
 
 
 
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