video game
n.
An electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display or television screen.

However, video games are more than just that. Video games are now an integral part of modern culture. From Pong to Halo 2, video games have become something more than just a diversion. Now, almost every action movie has a video game made out of it, media multi-millionaires rush to acquire video game companies, and major brands compete to get their ads in games. Video games show some of the most promising advances in computer technology, getting things to look better, act smarter, and have enough imagination to outwit the player. To the outsider, video games may seem a strange preoccupation for so much of America's younger generations, but the truth is that video games have taken the world by storm.

Get ready to enter a world where a plumber in a red suit and blue suspenders spends his days stepping on mushrooms and riding turtle shells, where a yellow dot is beset by ghosts, where aliens have invaded earth, and World War II is relived daily. Bands of friends rely on their swords, their wits, and the occasional potion to rescue a world from darkness. Artifacts of immense power are unearthed in dank dungeons. Advanced spacecraft trade laser fire over an alien sun. Cars speed around a track. Daring generals lead their army to victory. Get ready to enter the game.