button basher

See also: button-basher

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Noun

button basher (plural button bashers)

  1. Synonym of button masher.
    • 1994 March, James Binns, “Skate or Die”, in Frank O’Connor, editor, Total!, number 27, Bath, Somerset: Future Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 72–73:
      It’s a multi-event sports sim and most of the games are simplistic button bashers. There’s little interaction and it doesn’t require an awful lot of skill.
    • 2004 December 16, “Viewtiful Joe 2”, in Miles Guttery, editor, Cube, number 40, London: Highbury Entertainment Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 45, columns 1–2:
      If we were to be really harsh we could say that the original game was a bit of a button basher when it came to close-up confrontations. Because of that Capcom has introduced a brand new move for Joe called Yamaarashi.
    • 2011 April, “Mortal Kombat”, in Ryan King, editor, Play, number 203, Bournemouth, Dorset: Imagine Publishing Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 58, column 1:
      WHAT MAKES THIS GAME GREAT? […] It’s not just a button basher – there is a lot of depth to be found here.
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