Gaming

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While the term gaming relates to game (any of a number of structured activities), it usually implies participation in particular kinds of games.

As used in the gamer subculture, the term can refer to participation in activities such as:

  • Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, known as MMORPG, in which players assume fictional roles, as in an RPGs, but unlike RPGs huge numbers of players interact with each other in an online virtual world.
  • Role-playing game, known as RPGs, in which players assume fictional roles, the term Role-playing game implys that the game is offline, whilst other people may play it there is no way for users to interact from the game.
  • Tabletop game, any game played on a flat surface (often a table)
  • Video game, any electronic game with a video interface

The term may also refer to:

[edit] Non-game uses

[edit] See also

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