English

Alternative forms

• frag-fest

Noun

fragfest ‎(plural fragfests)

1. (video games) Video gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc.
   • 2003 Dec. 11, Scott Taves, "Games to suit any player await easy-chair heroes in various formats," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 7 June 2014):

     What better time is there than the holidays to revel in the profound joys of video gaming? Time off from work or school can be put to prime use: blasting a loved one in a "SOCOM II" multiplayer frag-fest, dropping a mad rhyme with "Karaoke Revolution," slashing your way across Middle Earth in "Lord of the Rings".

   • 2006 Sept. 10, Seth Schiesel, "Video Games: War, Whimsy, Wrestling and the New Zelda," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2014):

     Unreal is a total fragfest that is all about over-the-top, arcade-style action.

   • 2012 June 26, Nick Cowen, "Spec Ops: The Line" (game review), The Guardian (UK) (retrieved 7 June 2014):

     Spec Ops: The Line is a cover-based shooter in the mould of Gears Of War, although comparing its gameplay to Epic's testosterone-juiced fragfest is doing the latter something of a disservice.