Video Games

Video games are computer- or microprocessor-controlled
games. Computers can create virtual tools to be used in a
game, such as cards or dice, or far more elaborate worlds
where mundane or fantastic things can be manipulated
through gameplay.

A computer or video game uses one or more input devices,
typically a button/joystick combination (on arcade games);
a keyboard, mouse and/or trackball (computer games); or a
controller or a motion sensitive tool. (console games).
More esoteric devices such as paddle controllers have also
been used for input. In computer games, the evolution of
user interfaces from simple keyboard to mouse, joystick or
joypad has profoundly changed the nature of game
development.

In more open-ended computer simulations, aka sandbox-style
games, the player may be free to do whatever they like
within the confines of the virtual universe. Due to the
lack of goals or opposition, it is disputed whether these
programs are games or toys. (Crawford specifically mentions
Will Wright’s SimCity as an example of a toy