Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. video games A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.
Etymologies
- game + pad (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Even if I get the damn game to function, setting up a basic USB gamepad is a major ordeal.”
“I don’t even want to think about how hard it would be to write in gamepad support in the C-code version of my tree toy.”
“Cleverly designed, a wraparound "gamepad" for Apple's iPhone or iPad could upend the portable games market by stealth-catapulting the iPhone into direct competition with the DS and PSP.”
“It's part of the main button cluster on the front of the gamepad, meaning that you have to release the rotation / aim stick to press it.”
“The idea of translating that to a gamepad is a very, very challenging proposition. ”
“Just try to set up LEGO Indiana Jones with a Logitech Precision gamepad, I dare you.”
“I have a fancy expensive Logitech Momo force feedback steering wheel that goes a long way towards providing an immersive experience in driving games, but it takes a lot more skill to use it to control a vehicle than using a gamepad.”
“I find that I use the gamepad more often - especially when I am playing more casually.”
“Proponents of motion control like to believe that the artifice of an abstracted control device like a gamepad ruin the realism and immersion necessary to accessibility.”
“Yet in the very same blog, there was a post defending the classic gamepad ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gamepad’.
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Padding around
This list was created before iPad was released.
toepad, sketchpad, launchpad, footpad, mousepad, keypad, joypad, fingerpad, kneepad, scratchpad, touchpad, inkpad and 35 more...
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