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a. (alternative spelling of trigger-happy English)
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Trigger Happy is a book by Steven Poole, examining videogames in terms of their aesthetic appeal - what makes certain games more fun to play than others. It covers aspects such as the effective use of space and perspective in videogames, rewards and progression through games, the design of an appealing video game character and the debate over violence in games.
In different editions (published by Fourth Estate (ISBN 1-84115-121-1) and Arcade Publishing (ISBN 1-55970-598-1), it has had the subtitles The Inner Life of Videogames and Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution.
Trigger Happy was released for free in pdf format under a Creative Commons license in 2007. The book may be downloaded from the author's website.
Trigger Happy may refer to:
- Trigger Happy (book), a book by Steven Poole
- Trigger Happy (film) or Mad Dog Time, a 1996 film
- Trigger Happy!, a 1956 jazz album by Herman "Trigger" Alpert
- Triggerhappy (Transformers), a fictional character
- Trigger Happy TV, a British television show
- Trigger Happy (Weird Al Yankovic song)
- Trigger Happy (Skylanders), a game character from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Usage examples of "trigger happy".
If some trooper got trigger happy now with those easy targets, it'd be the difference between peaceful surrender and a last-ditch defense that meant a lot more Slammers' casualties before it was over.