Game and Invention

Game

Game noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

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Invention and game are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Invention" instead a noun "Game".

Nearby Words: gaming, gamed, gamesome, gamesmanship, gamer

Invention noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.

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Game and invention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Game" instead a noun "Invention".

old	old game	old invention
complete	complete game	complete invention
finished	finished game	finished invention
original	original game	original invention
Other adjectives: fair, actual, real, dangerous, evil, new, traditional, final, later, titular, last, latest, different, modern.

Player Versus Player - A major problem early in the game, before the invention of the parallel world where all PVP is strictly consensual.

Source: Video Game / Ultima Online
Fantasy Gun Control: Averted as guns are one of the new invention that appeared in the time between the first game and second game.

Source: Franchise / Fable
While Victorian London definitely had street gangs and some genuinely nasty criminals, the depiction of gangs controlling entire burroughs of London is a complete invention of the game.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

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