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  2. Ghosting - Wikipedia

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    Ghosting, an offset printing defect produced in one of two ways, in which faint replicas of printed images appear in undesirable places; Comment ghosting, a form of stealth banning on internet forums; Key ghosting, a phenomenon where multiple simultaneous key presses on a computer keyboard can result in incorrectly registered keystrokes

  3. Game studies - Wikipedia

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    It was not until Irving Finkel organized a colloquium in 1990 that grew into the International Board Game Studies Association, Gonzalo Frasca popularized the term "ludology" (from the Latin word for game, ludus) in 1999, [4] the publication of the first issues of academic journals like Board Game Studies in 1998 and Game Studies in 2001, and the creation of the Digital Games Research ...

  4. Ghosting (identity theft) - Wikipedia

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    Ghosting is a form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") whose death is not widely known. Usually, the person who steals this identity (the "ghoster") is roughly the same age that the ghost would have been if still alive, so that any documents ...

  5. List of historical video games - Wikipedia

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    The historical video game belongs to a video game genre in which stories are based upon historical events, environments, or people. Some historical video games are simulators, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event, civilization or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow.

  6. Hauntology - Wikipedia

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    Hauntology (a portmanteau of haunting and ontology, also spectral studies, spectralities, or the spectral turn) is a range of ideas referring to the return or persistence of elements from the social or cultural past, as in the manner of a ghost.

  7. Stealth game - Wikipedia

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    Completing objectives without being detected by any enemy, sometimes referred to as "ghosting" [4] [5] is a common approach to stealth games. Avoiding detection may be the only way to successfully complete a game, [ 4 ] but there are usually multiple ways to achieve a goal with different pathways or styles of play. [ 2 ]

  8. Ludonarrative dissonance - Wikipedia

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    Video games can force players into uncomfortable situations, and ludonarrative dissonance can help foster that uncomfortableness. Faux glitches have been used as (ludo)narrative tools before in games such as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , so why is ludonarrative dissonance avoided so much?

  9. Video game controversies - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Video games Platforms Arcade video game Console game Game console Home console Handheld console Electronic game Audio game Electronic handheld Online game Browser game Social-network game Mobile game PC game Linux Mac Virtual reality game Genres Action Shooter Action-adventure Adventure ...