Meanings
plural gametimes
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of game time.
Whenever onscreen characters make a snide aside, the game is clever and funny. The majority of gametime, however, is spent blowing away bad guys without a hint of irony.
1998 March, John Altman, “Men In Black”, in Steve Bauman, editor, Computer Games Strategy Plus, Northfield, Ill.: Strategy Plus, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 92, column 12 more examples
With the temperature in the upper 30’s and a light rain falling at gametime, playing conditions were anything but ideal when undefeated SMU met Pittsburgh in the 1983 Cotton Bowl.
2006, “Bowl Games”, in 2006 SMU Football Media Guide, Dallas, Tex.: Southern Methodist University, →OCLC, page 155, column 2However, 54% of the boys are in the Casual gamers category, which shows lower self-efficacy. This could be connected to the discussion concerning gender differences in school, where boys tend to score lower than girls overall (Statistics Norway, 2021), a situation which might affect their self-efficacy. The results show a gender difference in gametime, but future research will need to be conducted in this area.
2022, Sara Barosen Liverød, “Gamers’ Self-Efficacy When Using English in School and When Gaming”, in Magne Dypedahl, editor, Moving English Language Teaching Forward: Festschrift in Honor of Ragnhild Elisabeth Lund, [Oslo]: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 214
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