Comments on: Video Game Definitions

By: Darren@ Online Multiplayer Game

Darren@ Online Multiplayer Game — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:22:41 +0000

@ Elegantdeath – LOL.
Punch out – A game featuring Tyson and little mike. Not a mmorpg game though. It’s a Nintendo game.

By: Bromson

Bromson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:30:41 +0000

lmfao at all of these, these are great gang.

QWERTY – The mark of a true gamer. One receives this honor mark by playing a game so long that they slam their face into the keyboard and fall asleep while others on Vent snicker at the snoring sound coming thru your microphone and watching your character being gored in the butt by a wild pig while said toon walks forever into a tree. The top keys of the keyboard will then brand a backwards QWERTY onto the chosen one.

By: Kattrinsaa

Kattrinsaa — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:36:35 +0000

Here’s a term, Gamer’s Thumb : Result of a 12 hour marathon fighting game session (ie. Tekken, Soul Calibre, Mortal Kombat)
Symptoms, – thumb is extremely sensitive/raw, the joints are sore, and occasional random spasms of button mashing even when there’s no controller in your hand. Additionally, your hand seems permanently affixed in the controller cradling position

Another that FPS gamers experience is the dreaded LPB (low ping B!@#$), usually one carrying a sniper rifle and located in an elevated position.. These fun seekers usually are sitting on the same lan as the host machine, so are operating at roughly 7ms behind the server, while the rest of us are 1/8-1/2 second behind.. A lot can happen in a half second. Nothing like a 50 cal round in the head to end your game real quick.

By: Intravax

Intravax — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:19:51 +0000

Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Spouse Agro: The negative energy that is directed your way after raiding an hour longer than you said and still having the best attempt at 3%. These individuals are faced with a decision whether to try one last time and then stay at max range of this person for the rest of the day or play it safe and log for the night. Some enterprising individuals have found ways to reduce “threat” such as /use flowers or /summon lawnmower or by professions such as “Cooking” and “Jewelcrafting”.

By: Kattrinsaa

Kattrinsaa — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:49 +0000

The most fun I had at an arcade in recent memory, was a VR “Mech” pod game at a Dave and Busters in houston. I climbed into one pod, my dad into another. You had complete immersion with video screens on all sides displaying what you would see if you looked this way or that. Keypad and joysticks for controls, switches buttons and flashing lights. It was a blast, literally… Dad snuck in behind me and blew one of my mech’s legs off while i was hunting other people..
… Never assume your dad is automatically going to be on your side. lol….
.-= Kattrinsaa´s last blog ..Just a minute dear =-.

By: Kaethir

Kaethir — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:07:57 +0000

how about:

MMORPG: See Devourer of Souls.

By: dorgol

dorgol — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:10:31 +0000

Damn, but I loved X-Wing / Tie Fighter. First PC game I ever spent my own money on was X-Wing. First “shareware” ever haned to me by a store clerk (in a Babbages – I don’t even think that store exists anymore) was Tie Fighter. I remember the excitement I felt the first time I got “Extended Memory” working – and thus had SOUND!

Growing up we didn’t have most of these gaming systems, so I don’t have much to add to the controllers, hand-held, headphones entries.

How about:

The silent quarter: This is the quarter you place on the arcade machine signifying that you “play the winner” of the current match. No words are spoken, but everyone understands that you have next game.

By: Elegantdeath

Elegantdeath — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:57:36 +0000

Tyson – Throwing your controller in a fit of anger.

By: Kattrinsaa

Kattrinsaa — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:03:31 +0000

@bear, how many joysticks did you break on x-wing/tiefighter/XvsT? Combined i broke 14…
Trench run anyone? The playability of xwing was great.

No matter what I do, I can’t seem to get those, or WC Privateer to work right in dosbox… todays computers are too fast to re-run some great classics.

@ game developers, PLEASE re-create some of the most excellent classic games that will work under the current version of windoze.

Fast forward to your PS3, the “lean” REALLY DOES WORK on some games. If you have the thumbs for it, Heavenly sword has some killer features (and i’m not just talking about the heroine of the story). you can control ranged projectiles with your 6axis controller. Guiding a cannonball/crossbow bolt from going somewhere other than it’s normal ballistic path is kinda cool. but hitting those targets can be a real PITA.
.-= Kattrinsaa´s last blog ..Just a minute dear =-.

By: Mannyac

Mannyac — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:07:45 +0000

Video Game… something you play while waiting for your next PBeM turn… Yeah yeah I know hehe