Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Games
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The success of iOS games led to many other smartphones getting their own libraries of games and the rise of smartphones as a viable gaming device.
- Very common in video games, as a plot device for separating the player character from its party, because in single-player games, too much help from friendly NPCs would take away the meat of the game.
Source: Involuntary Group Split - By the time games 2 and 3 roll around, channeling's gone from a simple way to talk to Mia to an actual plot device anyway.
Source: Dead Star Walking
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