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Fast forward to today, and trading feels more like a video game, complete with flashy charts, badges and even leaderboards.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Over more than half a century on the market, video games have achieved true cultural ubiquity — arguably more than narrative filmmaking in the current day.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
The video game industry has remained largely unregulated, despite facing multiple lawsuits and government investigations over the past few years.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
This gives the viewer a visceral first-person perspective of a high-octane drug bust, not unlike playing a first-person shooter video game, but notably relieves Yen of the obligation of performing for the cameras.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
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“Video game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video%20game. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
video game
noun
: a game played with images on a video screen
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