2013.3 CNN_Video game industry is booming Adam's Listening
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adamsuh Plus on March 16, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 roll into | Nearly 20,000 people rolled into San Francisco last week |
| aspiring | for aspiring programmers |
| an average of | earn an average of about $90,000 a year |
| in revenue | earn a company billions of dollars in revenue |
| tie into | something that ties into what people want to do |
| dictate | They want to dictate the outcomes. |
| engaging experiences | have interactive and engaging experiences with the content |
| mainstream | Video games are becoming a lot more mainstream |
| closet | the I'm-in-the-closet-being-weird kind of hobby |
| on a tear | the video game industry has been on even more of a tear |
| entice | developers can entice more players |
| would have said | If you asked me seven years ago, I would have said that... |
| in the midst of | They are in the midst of a major transformation. |
| rule the day | consoles and disks once ruled the day |
| expand | It's expanded the user base |
| funnel | take this big funnel now that's coming in |
| a smashing success | San Francisco-based Zynga became a smashing success |
| on a global basis | where we need to be on a global basis |
| create a stir | it doesn't always take millions to create a stir |
| a top grosser | a low-budget film that becomes a top grosser |
| broaden their base | At a time when many industries can't broaden their base |
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