"game mode" meaning in English

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          "name": "Video games",
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          "ref": "2015, V. Anton Spraul, How Software Works: The Magic Behind Encryption, CGI, Search Engines, and Other Everyday Technologies, San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch Press, page 174",
          "text": "In computer gaming, socialization is the new paradigm, and in some games, even single-player game modes require an Internet connection.",
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          "ref": "2015, Clara Fernández-Vara, Introduction to Game Analysis, New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, page 145",
          "text": "Looking into specific formal elements can help analyze the difficulty in somewhat more objective terms, such as whether there are difficulty settings or different game modes.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Michael Ross, Christopher Ross, Building Faith Block by Block, Eugene, Ore.: Harvest Kids, page 103",
          "text": "Five game modes drive the fun in Minecraft: survival, creative, adventure, spectator, and hardcore.",
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        "A distinct configuration that varies gameplay and affects how other game mechanics behave."
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          "video game",
          "video game"
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        [
          "configuration",
          "configuration"
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        [
          "gameplay",
          "gameplay"
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        "(video games) A distinct configuration that varies gameplay and affects how other game mechanics behave."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "gamemode"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
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  "word": "game mode"
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          "ref": "2015, V. Anton Spraul, How Software Works: The Magic Behind Encryption, CGI, Search Engines, and Other Everyday Technologies, San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch Press, page 174",
          "text": "In computer gaming, socialization is the new paradigm, and in some games, even single-player game modes require an Internet connection.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2015, Clara Fernández-Vara, Introduction to Game Analysis, New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, page 145",
          "text": "Looking into specific formal elements can help analyze the difficulty in somewhat more objective terms, such as whether there are difficulty settings or different game modes.",
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        "A distinct configuration that varies gameplay and affects how other game mechanics behave."
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        "(video games) A distinct configuration that varies gameplay and affects how other game mechanics behave."
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    {
      "word": "gamemode"
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  "word": "game mode"
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