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  • noun Plural form of videogame.

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Examples

  • The emergence, intended or not, of a more competitive and financially balanced business paradigm in videogames is the change that I'm convinced needs to happen before we can see a fundamental shift in the relationship between women and games that isn't transitory.

    Women Audiences, Women Characters SVGL 2009

  • A court in Stockholm has sentenced the four owners of internet portal The Pirate Bay to one year in prison for ‘assisting’ to download music, films and videogames from the internet, violating copyright.

    Sweden loses The Pirate Bay case 2009

  • I like the challenge of thinking up unique ways to tell stories in videogames that differ from traditional linear narratives.

    Conflict, Resolution SVGL 2009

  • Rhythm can limit the sense of time in videogames in ways similar to how gravity limits space.

    Music Sweet Music SVGL 2009

  • These people, when not gracing our conventions, are working as lead art directors in videogames, providing concept art for top Hollywood blockbuster films, executing commissions for magazines as prestigious as National Geographic, and generally manifesting their brilliance across all spectrums of the SF&F world.

    MIND MELD: What Can Worldcon and Comic-Con Learn From Each Other? 2009

  • The problem with a lot of videogames is that they require not only problem solving skills, but also fast fingers on the buttons.

    games and me nathreee 2010

  • The foray back into videogames is a curious move for Panasonic, as it comes at a time when the conservative consumer-electronics giant has focused on its energy business with rechargeable batteries for electric cars as well as solar cells for home and industrial use.

    Panasonic Tries Videogame Comeback Daisuke Wakabayashi 2010

  • But -- and it's a big "but" -- knowing how to play videogames is like knowing how to read but not to write.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Waiting for Cupid (not Superman) Idit Harel Caperton 2010

  • The problem with a lot of videogames is that they require not only problem solving skills, but also fast fingers on the buttons.

    games and me nathreee 2010

  • But -- and it's a big "but" -- knowing how to play videogames is like knowing how to read but not to write.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Waiting for Cupid (not Superman) Idit Harel Caperton 2010

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