run-and-gun

See also: run and gun

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run-and-gun (not comparable)

1. (video games) Of a player's character, that runs on foot and uses a projectile weapon.
   • 2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002:

     Play switches from an overhead run and gun to a platform jumping shooter in this mediocre game.

   • 2006, Mort Castle, On Writing Horror:

     What makes a horror game different to write than, say, a run-and-gun first-person shooter?

2. (basketball) Alternative form of run and gun