Definitions
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- noun video games A type of
game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even if I get the damn game to function, setting up a basic USB gamepad is a major ordeal.
Mo’ Gamin, Mo’ Problems darkerblogistan 2009
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I don’t even want to think about how hard it would be to write in gamepad support in the C-code version of my tree toy.
Wolfram Blog : Why Spend More Than Five Minutes on a GUI? 2007
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Cleverly designed, a wraparound "gamepad" for Apple's iPhone or iPad could upend the portable games market by stealth-catapulting the iPhone into direct competition with the DS and PSP.
Macworld UK News 2010
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Cleverly designed, a wraparound "gamepad" for Apple's iPhone or iPad could upend the portable games market by stealth-catapulting the iPhone into direct competition with the DS and PSP.
FOXNews.com Matt Peckham 2010
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Cleverly designed, a wraparound "gamepad" for Apple's iPhone or iPad could upend the portable games market by stealth-catapulting the iPhone into direct competition with the DS and PSP.
PCWorld 2010
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Cleverly designed, a wraparound "gamepad" for Apple's iPhone or iPad could upend the portable games market by stealth-catapulting the iPhone into direct competition with the DS and PSP.
PCWorld 2010
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It's part of the main button cluster on the front of the gamepad, meaning that you have to release the rotation / aim stick to press it.
Geek.com 2009
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The idea of translating that to a gamepad is a very, very challenging proposition. "
1UP RSS feed Chris Pereira 2010
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The idea of translating that to a gamepad is a very, very challenging proposition. "
Softpedia News - Global Andrei Dumitrescu 2010
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Just try to set up LEGO Indiana Jones with a Logitech Precision gamepad, I dare you.
Mo’ Gamin, Mo’ Problems darkerblogistan 2009
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