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{
"etymology_text": "Coined by game designer Ron Gilbert to describe non-interactive cinematic sequences in the 1987 adventure game Maniac Mansion, in reference to the cuts between scenes in films.",
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"form": "cut scenes",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"name": "Video games",
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"Culture",
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"A typically non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with full motion video or may be done with the game engine, in which case they may allow some interactivity."
],
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],
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"cinematic",
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],
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"narrative",
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],
[
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],
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"(video games) A typically non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with full motion video or may be done with the game engine, in which case they may allow some interactivity."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "quick time event"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cinematic"
},
{
"word": "cutscene"
}
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "劇情畫面"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùqínghuàmiàn",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "剧情画面"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "filmsekvens"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "film"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "välianimaatio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cinématique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zwischensequenz"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kattoshīn",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "カットシーン"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "usually full motion video",
"roman": "mūbī",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "ムービー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "any scripted event",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ibento",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "イベント"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cut scene"
]
}
],
"word": "cut scene"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Coined by game designer Ron Gilbert to describe non-interactive cinematic sequences in the 1987 adventure game Maniac Mansion, in reference to the cuts between scenes in films.",
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"word": "quick time event"
}
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"A typically non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with full motion video or may be done with the game engine, in which case they may allow some interactivity."
],
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"video game",
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[
"cinematic",
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[
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"narrative"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(video games) A typically non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with full motion video or may be done with the game engine, in which case they may allow some interactivity."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cinematic"
}
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
],
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]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cutscene"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "劇情畫面"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùqínghuàmiàn",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "剧情画面"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "filmsekvens"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "film"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "välianimaatio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cinématique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zwischensequenz"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kattoshīn",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "カットシーン"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "usually full motion video",
"roman": "mūbī",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "ムービー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "any scripted event",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ibento",
"sense": "cinematic narrative in video game",
"word": "イベント"
}
],
"word": "cut scene"
}
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