Playing Video Games

multiplatform

able to work on more than one system; able to work with more than one type of equipment

violent

using a lot of physical strength and force that is meant to hurt or kill another person

fighting

violent; with two or more people physically struggling against each other

strategy

a careful, detailed plan for doing something; a plan for moving armies and for fighting in a war

simulation

a game where players re-create the real world; a game where players act as if they were in a real, parallel life

gamer

a person who plays video games all the time and knows a lot about them because I'm training to be a world-class gamer.

console

a small machine that is used to play video games

joystick

a small piece of equipment that has many buttons and a stick for one to hold to move things on a computer screen, especially in a video game

mission

an important and adventurous job that one must do

graphics

animation; the designs and drawings that are used in a computer program, movie, or book

gore

blood, usually from an injury caused by violence

role-playing

imagining that one is another person; acting as if one were another person; using another person's identity

old school

old-fashioned; not modern; traditional

retro

related to the styles or fashion of recent decades; related to the styles or fashion of the recent past

navigation system

something that is used to move around in a video game

3-D

three-dimensional; seeming to have three measurements: length, width, and height; not appearing to be flat

to be into (something)

to like something very much; to be interested in something

pass

to say "no" to something; to decide not to do something that one is being asked to do; to not accept something that one is being offered