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Computer Game Genre, TV Genre, Media genreAn adventure is an activity that comprises risk, dangerous and uncertain experiences. The term is more popularly used in reference to physical activities that have some potential for danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing, and extreme sports. The term is broad...
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Sport, Computer Game Genre, Type/domain equivalent topic, Broadcast GenreAmerican football, known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with intense physical play. The object of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be...
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Computer Game, Computer Game GenreAsteroids is a video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Asteroids uses vector graphics and a two-dimensional view that wraps around in both screen axes. The player controls...
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Sport, Olympic Sport, Computer Game Genre, Type/domain equivalent topic, Broadcast Genre, Media genre, Film genre, Art SubjectBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four markers called bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond....
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Sport, Olympic Sport, Computer Game Genre, Type/domain equivalent topic, Broadcast GenreBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world. ...
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Olympic Recognised Sport, Sport, Computer Game GenreBowling is a sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface called the lane into objects called pins. There are many forms of bowling, with the earliest dating back to ancient Egypt, while other instances where bowling was...
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Film subject, Sport, Olympic Sport, Computer Game Genre, Film genre, TV Genre, Media genre, Cause Of Death, Martial Art, Broadcast Genre, Olympic sport, ProfessionBoxing (sometimes known as pugilism, Anglais boxing, or English boxing) is a combat sport in which two participants (generally) of similar weight fight each other with their fist. Boxing today is conducted in a regulated way, typically in a series of one to three...
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Olympic Recognised Sport, Computer Game Genre, Game, Book Subject, Film subjectChess is a recreational and competitive game played between two players. Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from its predecessors and other chess variant, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second...
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Computer Game GenreGame available in most casino are commonly called casino games. In a casino game, the players gamble casino chips on various possible random outcomes or combinations of outcomes. Casino games are available in online casino, where permitted by law. Casino games can also...
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Industry, Computer Game Genre, Website Category, TV Genre, Type/domain equivalent topic, Adaptation mediumA video game is a game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device. However, with the popular use of the term "video game", it now implies...
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Book Subject, Film genre, Computer Game Genre, Literary Genre, Roleplaying Game Genre, Media genre, Game genre, Anime/Manga GenreCyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." It is also a subgenre of industrial rock music. The name is derived from cybernetics and punk and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk,"...
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Computer Game GenreCollectible card games (CCGs), also called trading card games (TCGs) or customizable card games (CCGs), are played using specially designed sets of card. While trading card have been around for longer, CCGs combine the appeal of collecting with strategic gameplay. ...
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Computer Game GenreConventional warfare is a form of war conducted by using conventional military weapons and battlefield tactics between two or more states in open confrontation. The forces on each side are well-defined, and fight using weapons that primarily target the opposing army....
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Computer Game GenreDrinking games are game which involve the drinking of beer or other alcoholic beverage. These games commonly take place at house parties, public bars or pubs. Often the objectives are to either simply drink competitively for speed or to win via others becoming too...
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Computer Game Genre, Location, Book SubjectDesign, usually considered in the context of applied art, engineering, architecture, and other creative endeavors, is used both as a noun and a verb. As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system, or...
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Field Of Study, Computer Game Genre, Website Category, Quotation Subject, Book Subject, Type/domain equivalent topic, Feed Category, Broadcast Genre, Film subjectEducation encompasses teaching and learning specific skill, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgment and well-developed wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental aspects the imparting of culture from...
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Computer Game Genre, Broadcast GenreExtreme sport (also called action sport and adventure sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger. These actives often involve speed, height, high level of physical exertion, high specialized gear or spectacular...
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Sport, Computer Game Genre, Profession, Type/domain equivalent topic, Olympic Sport, Broadcast Genre, Website CategoryAssociation football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. It is a football variant played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field,...
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Computer Game Genre, SportFormula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name is a set of rules which all participants and cars must meet....
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Film subject, Olympic Sport, Sport, Computer Game Genre, ProfessionFigure skating is an athletic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups (also known as synchronized skating)perform spins, jumps, footwork and other choreography on ice. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior), and at...
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Computer Game Genre, Media genreA first-person shooter (FPS) is an action video game from the shooter game subgenre. Like all shooters, they involve "an avatar, one or more ranged weapons, and a varying number of enemies". FPSs are distinguished by a first person perspective, that renders the game...
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Computer Game Genre, TV Genre, Media genreGambling has a specific economic definition, referring to wagering money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods. Typically, the outcome of the wager is evident...
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Olympic Recognised Sport, Sport, Olympic Sport, Computer Game Genre, Olympic sportGolf is a sport in which a player, using several types of clubs, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf ...
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Computer Game Genre, Book, Written WorkGothic fiction is an important genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto. The effect of Gothic...
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Book Subject, Computer Game Genre, Literary Genre, TV Genre, Media genre, Film subject, Anime/Manga GenreHorror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of an evil —- or, occasionally, misunderstood —- supernatural element into everyday...
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Computer Game GenreInteractive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as computer game. In common...
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Sport, Olympic Sport, Computer Game Genre, Profession, Broadcast Genre, Olympic sportIce hockey, often referred to simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is a speedy and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural, reliable seasonal ice cover, though with the...
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Olympic Recognised Sport, Sport, Computer Game Genre, Martial Artor is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese kenpō. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes. Open-handed techniques, grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point...
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Field Of Study, Computer Game Genre, Quotation Subject, Book Subject, Dissertation, Degree, Broadcast Genre, ProfessionMathematics (colloquially, maths or math) is the body of knowledge centered on such concepts as quantity, structure, space, and change, and also the academic discipline that studies them. Benjamin Peirce called it "the science that draws necessary conclusions".Other...
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Computer Game Genre, GameMahjong (also called mah-jongg by the American association, Traditional Chinese: 麻將; Pinyin: májiàng) is a game for four players that originated in China. Mahjong involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of chance. Depending on the...
