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The one hobby that made 'I'm busy tonight' sound like a legitimate excuse.
means Playing interactive electronic games — on consoles, PCs, phones, or arcade cabinets — as entertainment or competitive sport.
from 'Game' traces back to Old English 'gamen,' meaning joy, fun, or amusement, with roots shared across old Germanic languages. For centuries 'gaming' simply meant playing games, especially gambling games with dice or cards — that older sense still survives in 'gaming tables' and casino 'gaming licenses.' The word got hijacked in the late 20th century as video games took over, borrowing the old term for a brand-new obsession involving screens, controllers, and far fewer poker chips.
- older than cinema
- Tennis for Two predates the first video arcade by decades
- bigger than hollywood
- Games revenue dwarfs movies and music combined globally
- accidental fitness
- Dance Dance Revolution was prescribed in schools to fight obesity
- nobel-adjacent science
- Foldit players solved an AIDS protein structure in ten days