Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.
== Terminology ==
=== Checkpoints ===
Checkpoints are locations where the player can save their game, and if they lose a life, they can respawn at the checkpoint. Sometimes, if the player gets a "Game Over", they might also respawn at the checkpoint. Checkpoints can last for the rest of the level, or until a new checkpoint is found and activated. Sometimes, checkpoints will give the player bonuses for activating them.
=== Bosses ===
Bosses are characters in video games that are more powerful than other enemies. They usually appear at the end of a world or area, and must be beaten to get to the next part of the game. Sometimes, bosses are easy to defeat, and other times they are difficult to defeat. Some bosses, such as Bowser from the Mario series are famous and well-known, while others, like Gooper Blooper, also from the Mario series, aren't well-known and famous.
The term "boss" came from how most of the time bosses are the bosses of the enemies. Although in games like Crash TwinSanity the bosses aren't always bosses at all. Just other characters that you run into in your path. In racing games like CTR bosses are called champions and the player is forced to win a race against them. Although in most games bosses are beaten by depleating their health bar, or just out living them. Bosses also sometimes fight the player with their minions although most prefer to fight by their lonesome.
=== Game Over ===
"Game Over" is a video game term, meaning the end of a game, usually ending with death. The term came before video games did. Pinball machines would have "Game Over" flashing in lights once they lost the game. When a "Game Over" happens, players might have to start from their last checkpoint, from the beginning of the level, or from the beginning of the entire game. However, starting from the beginning of a game when a "Game Over" happens only occurs in most older 1980's games, and doesn't occur in most of the newer games.