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[PresetError]

This is intended as a fun, light-hearted thread. Today I was thinking about the words and idioms I know that I woud never use if it wasn't for my interest in videogames. Very specific words that heard from the outside of this hobby must sound very weird and oddly specific and even smart-ass.

I'll start.

"Ludonarrative dissonance"

"Vertical slice"

 

[Umbral]

"on the stick", e.g., "We want to get you back on the stick as soon as possible."

 

[Tranquil]

1337

 

[JonnyMP3]

PTFO.
Play The Fucking Objective.

 

[Kev Kev]

no scope, quick scope, spawn, HP (hit/health points), MP (mana/magic points)

i dont think im doing this right...

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

noob

 

[FloatingIslands]

Nanomachines

 

[Humdinger]

NPC (non-player character). That's become pretty widespread.

 

[HE1NZ]

Fun

 

[frostyxc]

This is more of a gaming press thing, but does anyone remember "coding to the metal"?

 

[-Arcadia-]

This is actually a lot of terms we use. Try to speak to a regular person about gaming stuff, and you're instantly conscientious of how much technobabble and abbreviations we actually spout.

 

[Bartski]

verisimilitude

 

[-Arcadia-]

META, or Most Effective Tactics Available (it long since has shifted from the actual definition of the word Meta), is a good one.

 

[Saber]

Souls game

 

[JSoup]

"On farm."
Every now and then I run into a new MMO player who doesn't know what that means.

 

[Bartski]

getting poned

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Tech hit, holds, double wielding

 

[Bartski]

op strat cheese

 

[Aion002]

No ks... I remember as a youngling playing MU Online and there was always an asshole stealing kills.... And everybody spamming: "no ks... no ks... no ks you piece of..." Good times.

 

[Bartski]

minmaxing

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

I still don't get what "ironman" means in the context of video games. I think it's a certain type of playthrough of a certain genre of games?

 

[Kev Kev]

shamma lamma ding dong

 

[Tschumi]

LF2M VC THEN G2G

getting poned

Think you'll find that's "pwned"

 

[anothertech]

Craig

 

[Scotty W]

That games is so easy. I wrapped it on the day I bought it.

 

[Antwix]

get pwned, filthy casual

 

[Goro Majima]

"frothing"

 

[jigglet]

I hate it when people use stock names for companies.

Like "I think NTDOY should release more games".

GTFO

You don't see it as much these days but a few years back it seemed like a trend for some reason (although there's still some fucking bonehead here who refers to Microsoft as MSFT, can't remember who it is).

 

[teezzy]

I'm fond of gameplay loop, Boom-shaka-laka, and He's on fire!!!

 

[zeorhymer]

Immersive
Viceral
God-rays

 

[BlackTron]

When you're draining pasta and hot water careens off surfaces to burn your hands?

Splash damage.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Dark = Hard
Souls = Game

 

[JonnyMP3]

Pogchamp
MonkaS

Fuck off, Twitch!

 

[V4skunk]

Scrubs.

 

[Tschumi]

"Holy shit" -Unreal Tournament

 

[Phase]

edit: wasn't cultured or smart-ass enough

 

[Neolombax]

Kite

 

[GenericUser]

GG EZ no RE

 

[Old Retro]

XP
Street Fighter - confirm, meaty, wake up

 

[Abear21]

Jank
Clipping
Hit Detection
Detective Mode
Quest/Side Quest/Fetch Quest
Aliasing
LOD
DLC
Micro transactions
Completionist
Platinum'd

 

[Bogroll]

Parallax.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Souls game

i hate this fucking word

or

Nerf

 

[Virex]

Unprecedented

 

[German Shocks]

Craig

 

[The Scrivener]

I hate it when people use stock names for companies.

Like "I think NTDOY should release more games".

GTFO

You don't see it as much these days but a few years back it seemed like a trend for some reason.

They're the ones that developed GoW. I love GoW, great series. Have you ever played GoW?

One phrase I've seen co-opted by gaming recently is "holding back", all over the fucking place. Sad.

 

[Sakura]

kraft dinner ratio

 

[WellSheet]

I may be missing the mark a bit...but I feel like everybody says "getting lost in that world" in reference to EVERY fucking game nowadays....inherently, it isn't wrong and I can't suggest an alternative...but I bugs this shit out of me.....

oh...the term "organic" "authentic" "grounded" got thrown around a lot with TLOU and then it started buzzing around...

also...it rubs me the wrong way whe people say "narrative" and "story" together like one is THAT much different in relevance to the other or the overall product...it's like...motherfuckercocksuckeryou're not impressing anyone

 

[Porcile]

Visceral.

 

[Bartski]

hitbox porn

 

[ToughestSoul]

DoT, HP, XP, Poise... RPGs have a lot.

Emergent gameplay