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Gamchen

Gamchen (Вулкан Гамчен, Sopka Khamchenskaya) is a complex of four stratovolcanoes in Kamchatka's Eastern Volcanic Arc, 2,539 m high, last erupting 188 BCE (VEI 3), with fumaroles and a UNESCO setting.

Game

A digital game is an interactive electronic work based on goal-oriented rules. It is played on various platforms, representing a global industry exceeding $200 billion in 2025.

Game (2014 film)

Game (গেম) is a 2014 Bengali action thriller directed by Baba Yadav, starring Jeet and Subhashree Ganguly, released 30 May 2014; a remake of Tamil hit Thuppakki about an army officer fighting sleeper cells in Kolkata.

Game (hunting)

Game (hunting): wild animals, chiefly birds and mammals such as deer, rabbits, and pheasants, hunted for food, sport, or trade under regulated seasons, licences, and quotas; also called wild game or quarry species.

Game (गेम) (2011 film)

Game (गेम) is a 2011 Hindi Bollywood whodunit thriller directed by Abhinay Deo for Excel Entertainment, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, and Anupam Kher; a billionaire invites four strangers to his Greek island and is found murdered. Not the video game or Indie Game: The Movie.

Game & Watch

Game & Watch (ゲーム&ウオッチ) is a line of handheld electronic games made by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. It combined game and clock functions in pocket-sized bodies.

game 12

game 12 (اللعبة 12) is a theme park in Tiaret Province, Algeria, at 35.38596° N, 1.30702° E, OpenStreetMap way 953023837, near Rostom Amusement Park, Trampoline, and game 13.

game 13

game 13 (اللعبة 13) is a small theme park attraction in Tiaret, Algeria, mapped in OpenStreetMap as way 953023828, near Trampoline, game 12, Air Planes, and École Dahmani Fatima.

Game 7 of the 2025 World Series

Game 7 of the 2025 World Series: Dodgers beat Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings, Nov 1, 2025, Rogers Centre, on Will Smith's 11th-inning homer; first repeat champion in 25 years, Yamamoto MVP.

Game Boy

The Game Boy (DMG-01) is a handheld video game console designed by Gunpei Yokoi. Launched in Japan on April 21, 1989, it sold 118.69 million units.

Game Boy Advance (ゲームボーイアドバンス)

The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console released by Nintendo in Japan in March 2001, introducing a widescreen color display and backward compatibility with older Game Boy cartridges.

Game Boy Advance SP

Game Boy Advance SP (ゲームボーイアドバンスSP), Nintendo's 2003 clamshell redesign of the Game Boy Advance (AGS-001, later backlit AGS-101), with front-lit 240x160 screen, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and Game Boy/Color compatibility.

Game Boy Camera

The Game Boy Camera, sold in Japan as the Pocket Camera (ポケットカメラ), is a grayscale digital camera cartridge for the Game Boy, launched by Nintendo in 1998.

Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー) is Nintendo's 1998 8-bit handheld with a color TFT screen, 8 MHz CPU, and backward compatibility with original Game Boy cartridges; discontinued in 2003 after the Game Boy Advance.

Game Boy Game Pak

The Game Boy Game Pak is Nintendo's removable ROM cartridge for the Game Boy family, holding program ROM, battery-backed save RAM, and a Memory Bank Controller chip.

Game Boy Micro

The Game Boy Micro is a handheld game console Nintendo released in 2005 as the third and smallest Game Boy Advance redesign, playing GBA cartridges on a 2-inch backlit screen.

Game Center

Game Center, also known as Apple Game Center, is Apple's social gaming network that identifies players across games and devices with leaderboards, achievements, and multiplayer matchmaking.

Game Change (film)

Game Change (2012) is an HBO political docudrama, directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny Strong from Halperin and Heilemann's book, dramatizing McCain's 2008 campaign and Sarah Palin's vice-presidential run; it won five Emmys and a Peabody Award.

Game Changer

Game Changer is a Dropout comedy game show created and hosted by Sam Reich, premiering September 20, 2019, in which comedians play a new game each episode without knowing its rules.

Game Changer (film)

Game Changer is a 2025 Telugu political action drama directed by Shankar, starring Ram Charan in a dual role with Kiara Advani; released January 10, 2025, it earned about Rs 186 crore worldwide against a reported Rs 450 crore budget and flopped.

Game Changer Wrestling

Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), formerly Jersey Championship Wrestling, is a hardcore and deathmatch independent wrestling promotion in Howell, New Jersey, founded in 1999 by Ricky Otazu, rebranded in 2015 under Brett Lauderdale, known for Spring Break and The Wrld on GCW.

Game controller

Game controller, also called gamepad, is a handheld input device for video games with d-pads, analog sticks, buttons, triggers, and haptics; spans paddles (1972) to DualSense, Hall effect/TMR sticks, and a USD 8.87 billion 2025 market.

Game creation system

Game creation system: software for building video games without full programming, also called game construction sets. Covers 1980s kits, RPG Maker, Construct 3, GDevelop, event systems, education use, and distinction from game engines.

Game design

Game design is the craft and theory of creating games: deciding the mechanics and rulesets that determine how a game is played, in both digital and tabletop work.

Game design document

A game design document (GDD) is a game's internal design record: vision, pillars, core loop, mechanics, scope, and decision log. Modern practice favors living wiki-style GDDs over the old hundred-page design bible.

Game Developers Choice Awards

Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), annual peer-voted game awards at GDC in San Francisco since 2001; winners chosen by the ICAN developer jury. Latest GOTY: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2026); Balatro won 2025.

Game Developers Conference

Game Developers Conference (GDC), now GDC Festival of Gaming, is the annual professional game industry conference at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. Founded by Chris Crawford in his living room in April 1988; about 30,000 visitors in 2026.

Game development as a profession

Game development as a profession covers work at AAA studios, small indie teams, and contract roles, with education ranging from a high school diploma to a bachelor's degree.

Game development kit

A game development kit is a bundled set of tools, libraries, APIs, and documentation for building and testing games on a specific platform, often including console dev kit hardware.

Game engine

Game engine: software platform providing rendering, input, audio, and tools for building video games. Term coined with id Software's DOOM (1993); today Unity, Unreal Engine, and MIT-licensed Godot dominate, with differing licensing models.