Types of Skills
How the muscles in the body remember practiced movements.
Muscle memory
Lacks interactivity, rules, or objectives.
Toy
Players connect via the Internet to compete with other players.
Online play
Any device used to create a number at random within a given range of numbers.
Random number generator
Designed to play only a single manufacturer's game console.
Proprietary game
How well your hands, feet, and eyes work together to perform a task.
Coordination
A series of uniquely printed cards which are used within set rules of a game.
Card games
Activity defined by rules with an objective, goal, or victory condition.
Game
Repeated exposure to an unpleasant event until it no longer results in an emotional reaction.
Desensitized
Quick, involuntary movement.
Reflexes
Combination of hand-eye coordination, muscle memory, and brain-extremity pathways to make movements appear smooth.
Motor skill
Allows for very deep immersion as players assume a character and play the role.
Role-playing games (RPGs)
Older games can be played on newer consoles.
Backward compatibility
Underlying game creation code.
Source code
To interact in a group environment.
Socialize
Skill or ability at performing physical tasks.
Physical dexterity
Requires the player to mentally analyze and solve a problem.
Puzzles
Degree to which a player connects to the game world.
Immersion
Provides third-party designers the rights to obtain the game source code for a specific system.
Licensing agreement
Read-only memory chip in a plastic case that stored the game program.
ROM
Person's learning, probem solving, and reasoning ability.
Mental acuity
A portable game environment in which players use imagination to engage in mental or strategic competition AND name the type of "this" which has a theme
Board game / Themed board game
Players meet at a location and connect their machines to a local area network to play an online game.
LAN party
Competition featuring athletic abilities as the basis in determining the winner.
Setting altered or designed to play a specific activity.
The time it takes to react.
Physical trials
Game environment
Reaction time
Participation in an entertainment activity.
Social phenomenon where people do not interact with their physical environment.
To play against an opponent with a goal or victory conditionto determine who is best.
Play
Cocooning
Competition