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  2. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    Also isometric graphics. Graphic rendering technique of three-dimensional objects set in a two-dimensional plane of movement. Often includes games where some objects are still rendered as sprites. 360 no-scope A 360 no-scope usually refers to a trick shot in a first or third-person shooter video game in which one player kills another with a sniper rifle by first spinning a full circle and then ...

  3. PlayStation controller - Wikipedia

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    In an interview with Teiyu Goto, designer of the original PlayStation controller, he explained what the symbols mean: the circle and cross represent "yes" and "no", respectively (as common in Japanese culture, which explains their common use as "confirm" and "cancel" in most Japanese PlayStation games, placed similarly to the A and B buttons on ...

  4. Media control symbols - Wikipedia

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    The Play symbol is arguably the most widely used of the media control symbols. In many ways, this symbol has become synonymous with music culture and more broadly the digital download era. As such, there are now a multitude of items such as T-shirts, posters, and tattoos that feature this symbol.

  5. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game, [a] sometimes further qualified as a computer game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...

  6. Glossary of game theory - Wikipedia

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    Determined game (or Strictly determined game) In game theory, a strictly determined game is a two-player zero-sum game that has at least one Nash equilibrium with both players using pure strategies. [2] [3] Dictator A player is a strong dictator if he can guarantee any outcome regardless of the other players.

  7. Game mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Video games researcher Carlo Fabricatore defines gameplay as: What the player can do; What other entities can do, in response to player's actions. [11] In Ernest Adams and Andrew Rollings on game design, the authors define gameplay as the combination and interaction of many elements of a game. [12] However, popular usage sometimes elides the ...

  8. Valve actuator - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic pressure can be supplied by a self-contained hydraulic pressure pump. In some applications, such as water pumping stations, the process fluid can provide hydraulic pressure, although the actuators must use materials compatible with the fluid. Electric valve actuator mounted on a pressure reducing needle valve.

  9. Gameplay - Wikipedia

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    Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game. [1] [2] The term applies to both video games [3] [4] and tabletop games.[5] [6] [7] Gameplay is the connection between the player and the game, the player's overcoming of challenges, [8] [9] [10] and the pattern of player behavior defined through the game's rules.