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twitch game en · NOUN

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1. (informal) A video game requiring fast reactions.
   • The Internet is a bad bet for online versions of twitch games because the Internet can be about as split-second and consistent as your average presidential candidate. 2003, Jessica Mulligan, Bridgette Patrovsky, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 157:
   • ‘They’re Twitch Games,’ he grinned, ‘arcade games. An adventure game is one where you use your mind; if you can type, you can play an adventure. If you require anything other than that, you’ve got a twitch game — an arcade game — where your skill of movement is more important than your thinking. […] 1985, Scott Adams, quoted in Graeme Kidd, Great Scott!, in Crash issue 15
   • The fun of twitch games comes from the mastery of a difficult dexterity challenge. 2009, Brenda Brathwaite, Ian Schreiber, Challenges for Game Designers, page 113:

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