button-masher

plural button-mashers

1. alternativeAlternative form of button masher.

   For fans of button-mashers with multiple events, this is a great title. However, I’m not sure how many fans of games like this there are out there.

   2002, “Summer Games”, in Andy Slaven, editor, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 45, column 2

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   On the other hand, we don’t want them to feel like it’s just a button-masher, so we’ve been working hard to make sure that somebody who is a good gamer can start pulling off a bunch of cooler moves.

   2003 May, Jon M. Gibson, quoting David Perry, “Loading the Matrix: ‘Enter the Matrix’ blurs the line between films and video games”, in Wizard, number 140, Congers, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 112, column 1

   The first major console release in a decade, it was a disappointment by most fans’ standards. It was nothing but a simple button-masher, lacking the depth and inspired design that defined its previous videogame incarnations.

   2018, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, in April Madden, editor, Classic Gaming: The Ultimate Guide to Retro Videogaming, 5th edition, Bournemouth, Dorset: Future Publishing, →ISBN, page 91, column 2