He plays the game every day.

I played the game yesterday.

He plays back the recording to check for errors.

I played back the recording to hear it again.

I binge-played video games all weekend.

She binge-plays video games all weekend.

He played dead to avoid getting caught.

The dog plays dead when it sees a stranger.

She always plays favorites and gives special treatment to certain employees.

She played favorites and gave all the good assignments to her friends.