killcam

English

Etymology

kill +‎ cam

Noun

killcam (plural killcams)

  1. (video games) A replay showing how a player or enemy was killed.
    • 2014, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare: Limited Edition Strategy Guide‎[1], BradyGames, page 103:
      If you die at the hands of another player, you can watch the killcam to see what happened.
    • 2014, Cole, Nick, Soda pop soldier‎[2], Harper Voyager, page 285:
      A moment later, using Deathefeather, I strike his demon’s long neck. The camera backs away to the killcam view, the Samurai striking hard at the exposed, taut neck of the horned demon.
    • 2015, Bourke, Joanna, Deep violence : military violence, war play, and the social life of weapons‎[3], Counterpoint, page 191:
      It does exactly what one of its earliest reviewers promised: its ‘hyper-realistic, surgically accurate’ kill-camera (KillCam) “takes you inside your victim’s body to see precisely how your bullet will end his life’.
    • 2016, Thomas Payne, Matthew, Playing War - Military Video Games After 9/11‎[4], NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS, page 191:
      Upon being killed in a multiplayer game, the player is treated to a “killcam” replay that shows how the player was killed.
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