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Games
To facilitate the understanding of key terminology, various definitions have been included.
Computer Game
 | "A game played on a computer,
especially one involving graphics and operating in real time" (Oxford University Press,
).
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A game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players may interact with
in order to achieve a goal (or set of goals) (Gambetta & Guelvenzu,
).
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Video game
| "A game played by electronically
manipulating images displayed on a television screen" (Oxford University Press,
). |
| "A computer game where a
video display is the primary feedback device" (Gambetta & Guelvenzu,
).
NOTE: For the purposes of this website, the use of "video games" will be used
to encompass all interactive game software. |
Gaming
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"The playing of war-games or role-playing games" (Oxford University Press,
).
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The manipulation or the configuration of temporal, spatial, causal and functional
relations and properties in different registers (Eskelinen,
).
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