gameland

English

Etymology

game +‎ land

Noun

gameland (countable and uncountable, plural gamelands)

1. An expanse or area on which game can be hunted, or is plentiful.
2. (fandom slang, uncountable, rare) The world or sphere of video games.
   • 1995, Lary L. Myers, Keith Weiskamp, Amazing 3-D games adventure set:

     To Keith and everyone at the Coriolis Group who took part in this project, and to everyone out there in gameland, I extend my heartfelt appreciation...

   • 2007 March 16, Seth Schiesel, “A Game With New Tricks for an Old System”, in New York Times:

     The PlayStation 2 still sells (and likely will for years, given its $130 price tag), but the buzz in gameland has moved on to “next-generation” machines like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s own more than $500 PlayStation 3, which is packed with so much silicon that it makes its predecessor look like an alarm clock.

   • 2007, Kathy Ivens, Home Networking for Dummies:

     By setting guidelines, you can send your kids off to gameland with some moral and emotional equipment, which can help them put their activities into perspective — this is a game, not life.

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