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[Stafford]

Oooh yes. I am with you.

Everyone seems to say this shit below and it makes me want to throw myself from a Boeing 747:

"Let them cook/they cooked/they're cooking"

"LETS GO! LFG! LETS FUCKING GOOOOO"

"XYZ is eatin' good! (What's this anducking Applebees?!)

Those parlances make me wish to trample upon a small woodland creature with the fury of an enraged mother cow.

Other shit:

Modern audience; golden path; when people say narrative and story together as if, yes they can be used differently and mean slightly different things, but it feels like some one's overt need to sound smart.

All developers- and I get this from a marketing perspective, I realllly do - try and adjective-ify their game and its mechanics, like they're desperately trying to describe as something "unique" - for example, the Control Resonant previews that went up yesterday, the quotes from the game director about it having a "push forward action system" or some shit… I rolled my eyes, and thought really?? just stick to saying, simply, your focuses on an aggressive combat system focused on dodging lol. They did say that to their credit, but they had to try to find their own way to say it so that it made it seem like there combat system was unique. It's like a person trying to divine something very well known that's been done 1 million times, at least on a macro level, and act like it's redefining something. No, you just have a fast paced combat system. That's all!

 

[Holammer]

It's a good term. If you're posting drunk, maybe it's time for a trip to the drunk tank

 

[Wildebeest]

Visual novel. You don't look at novels you read them you absolute mouth breathers.

 

[SHAKEZ]

Your writing loop isn't great...

 

[T4keD0wN]

"gameplay loop" is a completely normal/neutral phrase

There are much worse phrases, like "not enough minerals" or "construct additional pylons"

 

[WellSheet]

Oh…here's a few more…

Calling shit "PEAK"

Saying "absolute cinema"

Calling shit XYZ-Slop.

It's annoying when I see my favorite gaming podcasters/personas just start using whatever en vogue vernacular. It just strikes me as so "bandwagon-y".

 

[sodstall]

Listening to too many arm-chair game design rants if the phrase is getting to you.

 

[MMaRsu]

I'm not even joking. I want this...PHRASE...to die and burn in the fiery pits of hell. In darkness. Reeking of sulphur. It is the worst combination of words since John Madden coined the phrase "THE RED ZONE". A wise game designer knows when a game is fun. A football player knows when the end zone is near. FUCK OFF with these trite phrases. Does any combination of words rub you the wrong way? Vent here.*


*drunk rant

 

[uncreativename]

Idunno, that one's fine. Pretty self explanatory.

I think there's an oldish Giantbomb video where iirc Brad Shoemaker says "ludonarrative dissonance", and Dan Ryckert asks him what that means and Brad was like "uhhh" and changed the subject lol.

 

[uncreativename]

lmao what did i do