video game genre

video game term; categorization of video games
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video game genre

Summary

video game genre is a metaclass[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of metaclass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • video game genre's instance of is recorded as metaclass[3].
  • video game genre's subclass of is recorded as audiovisual genre[4].
  • video game genre's subclass of is recorded as game genre[5].
  • video game genre's Commons category is recorded as Video games by genre[6].
  • video game genre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012dvt1s[7].
  • video game genre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Video game genres[8].
  • video game genre's facet of is recorded as video game[9].
  • video game genre's topic has template is recorded as Template:Video game genre[10].
  • video game genre's different from is recorded as video game theme[11].
  • video game genre's properties for this type is recorded as P13199[12].
  • video game genre's has list is recorded as list of video game genres[13].
  • video game genre's Quora topic ID is recorded as Video-Game-Genres[14].
  • video game genre's IAB code is recorded as 685[15].
  • video game genre's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/VideogameGenres[16].
  • video game genre's is metaclass for is recorded as video game[17].
  • video game genre's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 133294[18].

Why It Matters

video game genre ranks in the top 7% of metaclass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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