twitch game

English

Noun

twitch game (plural twitch games)

  1. (informal) A video game requiring fast reactions.
    • 1985, Scott Adams, quoted in Graeme Kidd, Great Scott!, in Crash issue 15
      ‘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. […]
    • 2003, Jessica Mulligan, ‎Bridgette Patrovsky, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide (page 157)
      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.
    • 2009, Brenda Brathwaite, ‎Ian Schreiber, Challenges for Game Designers (page 113)
      The fun of twitch games comes from the mastery of a difficult dexterity challenge.
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