Gaming may refer to:
Games and sports
The act of playing
game
A game is a structured form of play (activity), play, usually undertaken for enjoyment, entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator s ...
s, as in:
* Legalized
gambling, playing games of chance for money, often referred to in law as "gaming"
* Playing a
role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...
, in which players assume fictional roles
* Playing a
tabletop game, any game played on a flat surface
* Playing a
video game, an electronic game with a video interface
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Esports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although orga ...
, competing in eSports
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Video game culture
Other uses
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Gaming, Austria, an Austrian market town and municipality
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Gaming the system
Gaming the system (also rigging, abusing, cheating, milking, playing, working, or breaking the system, or gaming or bending the rules) can be defined as using the rules and procedures meant to protect a system to, instead, Psychological manipula ...
, manipulating a system's rules to achieve a desired outcome
See also
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Gamble (disambiguation)
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Game (disambiguation)
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Gamer
A gamer is a proactive hobbyist who plays interactive games, especially video games, tabletop role-playing games, and skill-based card games, and who plays for usually long periods of time. Some gamers are competitive, meaning they routinely ...
, a person who plays games, especially video games
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History of games
The history of games dates to the ancient human past. Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate ima ...
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Online gaming (disambiguation) Online gaming may refer to:
* Online game, a game played over a computer network
* Online gambling, gambling using the Internet
See also
* Gamble (disambiguation)
* Game (disambiguation)
* Gamer, a person who plays games, especially video ga ...
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