twitch game

noun

A video game requiring fast reactions.

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Meanings

nountwitch game (plural twitch games)

plural twitch games

  1. informalvideo gamesA video game requiring fast reactions.

    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
    2 more examples

    ‘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 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
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