Annoying Video Game Terms or Pet Peeves

[Sniderman]

Since when is "lich," as in Wrath of the Lich King, pronounced "litch?" It's "like."

Probably due to the fact that:

1. The word is not found in the usual dictionaries, so the D&D youths who first encountered the word just assumed it was pronounced the way it was spelled.
2. An evil legendary sorcerer's name sounds like it SHOULD rhyme with "witch" - another evil legendary sorcerer.
3. It's pronounced "like?" Wow, nothing likable about those guys. The word as pronounced "litch" sounds like "itch," "witch," "bitch," and other unsavory terms.

So it stands to reason that only those with an Irish language background may assume the correct pronounciation. Me? I'll stick with the wrong way of saying it.

Besides, they're my favorite undead critter and I'm not about to call them something different.

[motley6]

I have grown to dislike acronyms across the board, at least in conversation. I cringe if I hear "FPS" out loud.

[Ze_ro]

I've never liked "GCN". What's wrong with "GC"?

I've always hated this too. I think Nintendo (and maybe the rest of the industry) tried to push the "GCN" abbreviation because most systems were using three-letter acronyms at the time. But what the hell sense is there in having the N at the end? No one calls it 'GameCube Nintendo". If anything, NGC would make a bit more sense, but it would still be stupid.

I never really cared much about people saying things like "Nintendo tapes" or "casettes" or anything... it usually just served as a way to tell when people were stupid and didn't know what they were talking about.

--Zero

[Kiddo]

Throwing in some two cents in this.

I'll start from the position of my research on the Satellaview, as typical of me.
First off, any reference to "Bandai" outside of SD Gundam G-Next peeves me because it's factually incorrect (And to hell with IGN).

Also, referring to the games as "BS Games", particularly when the context isn't understood at first - "What "bullshit games" are you - oh I see, the Satellaview broadcast downloads! Perhaps I'd have a been a bit quicker if I didn't hear the term 'BS' used out of this context nearly all the time."

There's a few other peeves on Satellaview terms as well, but that's partly because of the lack of proper documentation, and so I can understand those more easily (particularly with the confusion over "BS F-Zero" games and whatnot. I'm finding something newer and weirder about the BS F-Zero series every day...)

Being told to "Go find a Goodset" when I asked for Satellaview music - the most annoying thing ever. First off, the Goodsets aren't even close to having all the Satellaview ROMs yet. Second off, A large chunk of the ROMs do not have the music data because it was streamed from the Satellite radio and would not be archived in a ROM dump. Third, Goodsets have inconsistant organization of the Satellaview ROMs. And last but not least, I've dug through them all and I also have some ROMs that aren't even in them yet.

In fact, now that I've brought that up, the term "goodset" has connotations anymore that are peeve-inducing. Especially the false implication that they have every ROM ever made.

Also, when looking for game soundtracks, it's a pain when a set of music is just labeled a "Soundtrack", especially if it's patently false as in some cases where it's a gamerip and NOT a soundtrack release. OSV (when refering to a gamerip), OST (When refering to a soundtrack CD/Cassette/whatever release), AST (an arrange soundtrack release) and other terms are generally a lot more helpful.

[RASK1904]

I realy hate just the proper names of all games and game systems. It is a headache to figure out if there is a space between Splatter and House(there isnt). Know why. Not me. I know its a propper name but come on. With the games it realy is out of controle. Gameboy. One word. Why, I dont know? OK you got Batman. You got Spider-Man and you got Mega Man. What the hell? You can realy get f'd in the A puttin stuff on Ebay.

I bought a cellphone(is that one word) and the guy said it had 3 jiggabites. I meen come on he sells phones for a living. Me and my girlfriend still make fun of him. We did correct him so he doesn't look stupid for the rest of his life.

I was at the beach this summer and a guy came into Starbucks asking them for some free weefee. I laughed.

shmup is fine
I hate fanboy
shooter sucks

Thanx RASK1904

[PresidentLeever]

Got Game / Not Game

[Draven]

Controllers being referred to as "paddles". It didn't really bother me when my parents would ask to see my paddle when I was playing SMB3. I just found it amusing. We had an Atari before we got the NES, so I could understand where they were coming from. But when my uncle STILL refers to controllers as paddles these days it kinda gets under my skin.

[Drifter 2000]

Next-Gen when referring to the current generation of systems.

Industry buzzwords like: immersion, innovation, casual, hardcore.

Ninja Gayden. No one pronounces 'sai' as 'say,' do they?

[Zap!]

Super "Mayrio" Brothers- Another one of my pet peeve terms is when people mispronouce this series. It is supposed to be Mar-(rhymes with bar)-io

I will always say Maa-ree-oh. It's just the way I talk. I also sleep on a "pillah", and close the "windah" when it's cold. And "laaava" comes from volcanos.

[Zap!]

How about NEC as "neck"? Ha ha.

I hate that too, but I will always call a NES "Ness", rather than spell out the letters.

[backguard]

I'm not particularly fond of "rare". It has become so overused that it is almost meaningless. SMB/Duck Hunt is not rare.

[backguard]

Also - I love it when people call it "Pokeemon" instead of "Pokehmon".

"Pokeeman" is a good one too.

[Jumpman Jr.]

Me: "I have every NES game ever released"
Every douche I tell: "Ah! Sick! Have you ever played Super Mario Bros.?"

[Matt-El]

For New gaming MMORPG. HATE it.


BTW, IT'S MMORPGIN' TIME!


DRAGONZORD!!!

[Astrosmash]

Ninja Gayden. No one pronounces 'sai' as 'say,' do they?

"Ninja Gai-den! HAI!"

[DeputyMoniker]

I was just thinking about "GCN" the other day. I hate it. I don't care why people call it that...I'm sure someone has made up some perfectly wonderful reason for it. "That was the name they used when...blah blah blah." or "In an alphabetical list..."

Whatever...it's stupid.

[Damaramu]

Haha; does anyone here remember the vid with Itagaki concerning the pronunciation of Ninja Gaiden, and other things. As seen HERE.

[Gentlegamer]

Me: "I have every NES game ever released"
Every douche I tell: "Ah! Sick! Have you ever played Super Mario Bros.?"

Heh. Super Mario Bros. is among the games that are the sine non qua for calling oneself a video gamer.

[Tempest]

Probably due to the fact that:

1. The word is not found in the usual dictionaries, so the D&D youths who first encountered the word just assumed it was pronounced the way it was spelled.
2. An evil legendary sorcerer's name sounds like it SHOULD rhyme with "witch" - another evil legendary sorcerer.
3. It's pronounced "like?" Wow, nothing likable about those guys. The word as pronounced "litch" sounds like "itch," "witch," "bitch," and other unsavory terms.

So it stands to reason that only those with an Irish language background may assume the correct pronounciation. Me? I'll stick with the wrong way of saying it.

Besides, they're my favorite undead critter and I'm not about to call them something different.

I've always said Litch. I never noticed that it didn't have a T in it. Hmm...

Tempest

[Gameguy]

I realy hate just the proper names of all games and game systems. It is a headache to figure out if there is a space between Splatter and House(there isnt). Know why. Not me. I know its a propper name but come on.

In the credits of Splatterhouse, the game is called "SPLATTER HOUSE". I think it's a mistake, but it gets people doing the same thing.

Skip to 0:15 to see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvdVOMAVhqs

It's also in Splatterhouse 2, skip to 2:48 to see the screen shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7PWohetRQg

It's even in the third game, skip to 3:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7SsvenBCpo

Controllers being referred to as "paddles". It didn't really bother me when my parents would ask to see my paddle when I was playing SMB3. I just found it amusing. We had an Atari before we got the NES, so I could understand where they were coming from. But when my uncle STILL refers to controllers as paddles these days it kinda gets under my skin.

I see people on the local craigslist calling controllers "remotes". That really bugs me, especially when they act like they really know everything about consoles.

What also annoys me is when games have a lousy ending. I played 80 levels in Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle(Game Boy) to see "Congraturations, you are good player!". Crazy Castle 2 was much better, it even had a final boss unlike the first game.

[sebastiankirchoff]

PSX- I personally don't understand why people call the PS1 a PSX. Really, wouldn't a PSX be a PlayStation 10? I don't get it.

Gamestation- When I first heard this term, I was like "Really, did Nintendo and Sony combine the Gamecube and Playstation to make a Gamestation?". Really, its just another term for game console, but it somehow irritates the hell out of me.

I also hate it when people will say they got an old Nintendo and it ends up being an Atari or Sega. Or when they say they got a PlayStation and it is actually a Wii or Xbox.

[Zap!]

What also annoys me is when games have a lousy ending. I played 80 levels in Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle(Game Boy) to see "Congraturations, you are good player!".

Better than Karnov's ending!

[CelticJobber]

I really, really hate it when people call shoot-em-ups "shmups". Its one of the most annoying words I've ever heard in my entire life.

[Zap!]

Here's what ALWAYS bothered me. When people say the Neo-Geo was a failure, and didn't remotely come close in sales to the Genesis or SNES. Well guess what, buddy boy? It was never intended to! The Neo-Geo is like a Ferrari F50, and the Genisis and SNES like a Maximas and Hondas. Those cars will crush The Ferrari in sales, and that's just fine! The Ferrari isn't directly competing with those cars, and selling just a few hundred or thousand cars a year is still a huge profit.

And by the way, it lasted for about 15 years, so naaaaaa!

[Tempest]

Here's what ALWAYS bothered me. When people say the Neo-Geo was a failure, and didn't remotely come close in sales to the Genesis or SNES. Well guess what, buddy boy? It was never intended to! The Neo-Geo is like a Ferrari F50, and the Genisis and SNES like a Maximas and Hondas. Those cars will crush The Ferrari in sales, and that's just fine! The Ferrari isn't directly competing with those cars, and selling just a few hundred or thousand cars a year is still a huge profit.

And by the way, it lasted for about 15 years, so naaaaaa!

The Neo Geo was always a fanboy niche console and it suceeded very well in that regard. Any console that can have 500+ people shell out $300 for a game two or three times a year has got to have a serious following.

Tempest