Words you've learned from video games

[Dahne]

Final Fantasy 6 taught me "annihilated."

[shvnsth]

turok taught me talisman when i was in the 5th grade

[MegaDrive20XX]

Resident Evil taught me "Bio-Weapon"...."The Ultimate Bio-Weapon" 8-)

What would YOU do, if you were in charge of the ULTIMATE Bio-Weapon?

Also learned what the heck "Echidna" meant back in 94'

[Kroogah]

FF7 taught me "Jes". As in "You jes' fulla surprises."
FF4 taught me "spoony".

DDR and beatmania taught me the DJ term "BPM (Beats Per Minute)" if that counts.

Mostly learned martial arts terms from fighting games. Parry, ukemi, the ranking system in Karate, stuff like that.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Ummmmm, square taught me the meaning of both xeno and Vagrant. ;)

[NeoSNightmarE]

i learned the term Big Fucking Gun from Doom. and damn have i used it a lot. gotta love those kinds of games. :D

[Dahne]

Shining Force taught me 'egress'.

It's scary to think of all the military and weapons terminology that I've picked up from games. (Though BFG is, of course, the best)

Dahne has had Shining Force songs stuck in her ehad all day for no reason. Dun da DUN dun, dun da DUN dun, dun da dun DUUUUN, dun da DAAAH...

[Sanriostar]

"Space Cadet" from Gorf.

"Some galactic hero you are...."

[eightbitonline]

FF4 taught me "spoony".


ditto.

i'm a scrabble buff so after tellah threw down that "spoony" remark i had to look it up. it's good to know that if someone lays down the word "SPOON" in scrabble i can capitalize on it by extending it with...
-Y
-IER
-IEST
-ILY

btw: "spoon" is actually a somewhat common word in scrabble gameplay. it's a vowel dump and has a 3 point letter in it (the "P") and it starts with an "S" so it can be played off the tail end of nouns that can be pluralized by adding an "S".

[Jasoco]

Ricochet

1000 points to whoever gets the game first. ;)

[Crush Crawfish]

I've learned many a word, though I remember I learned "beseech" from Ogre Battle 64. Nothing else specific comes to mind at the moment.

[hezeuschrist]

fiend from FF4. Man I love that game.

[DDCecil]

The only one I can think of at the moment is "Taciturn" from FFVI.

[FurinkanianFrood]

Mostly Japanese words that I had to look up in the character dictionary.

Can't remember anything off hand.

I learned some words from Ultima IV but I was like 8 years old so I can't remember all that well. I don't remember running into many words I didn't know in there except for "stygian". Is Hythloth even a word?

[robotriot]

Heh, I learned most of my vocabulary from games, that's why English was one of my favorite subjects in school ;)

After reading it above, I learned fiend from a game as well - it was Quake though ^^

[Xantan the Foul]

Same here... I learned so many words from video games, I wouldn't know where to start.

[Avatard]

Heh, I've been playing since I was 3 so what didn't I learn? Spoony does come to mind first though, I about died laughing.

Name a piece of armor/weapon or whatever, learned it from games.
Arbalast, pauldron, flamberge, tribuchet, greaves, circlet, bracer, frigate, man-o-war, schooner, dirk, stilletto, goal tending (wow, it took me a year to figure that one out), gauntlet, ballista, scimitar, bowyer, kee kee (thats what bats say).

I think I'll stop there LOL

[Raedon]

frag

[suppafly]

hmm... "all your base are belong to uS" ???

[Crazycarl]

i would say i learned the term "drunkard" from FFX. and i use that word everytime i get the chance. :D

[PentiumMMX]

I learned:

"Spoony" fron FF4
"Dik Dik" from Ultimate Muscle

That's all

[o2william]

I learned "prossess" from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest -- as in, "You now prossess Dracula's heart." Before that game I thought the word was "possess," but CV2 set me straight. Now I'm all like, "I prossess a large game collection," and "Did you see that exorcism movie where the devil prossessed that girl? I would like to prossess the DVD of that one!" Thank you, Konami.

Also, I doubt I'd have ever heard the term "Lapis Lazuli" if it weren't for SotN. With a name like that, who'd have guessed it was something real?

[hezeuschrist]

oh oh, "Albatross" from Super Mario 2.

[RedHerring]

Every word I know in english i've learned from video games.

[Mr. Smashy]

I learned "victoly" from Samurai Shodown IV. :)
http://wm.swankgeneration.com/victoly.gif

[Push Upstairs]

Heh, I learned most of my vocabulary from games, that's why English was one of my favorite subjects in school ;)

You're a real trooper, I'm a native English speaker and i never recall it being fun. :/


Words i learned from games:

"Tanooki"
"Hedgehog"
"A winner is you"

and while not *IN* a game i did learn it from games

"fanboy"

[GarrettCRW]

Other than stuff like spoony and frag, I've learned little English.

Now, Engrish....... ;)

[Sotenga]

I wish I could think of more examples, but thanks to Symphony of the Night, I learned what a "familiar" is in the noun sense. I guess because it's a famliiar thing that can be related to whomever its master is? Heh...

[Dr. Morbis]

I've learned a ton of "Engrish" too, but as for real words, the first one I remember learning was 'simultaneous'. If I hadn't read that on the back of so many NES game boxes, there is no way I would have known that word at the tender age of 10.

[Red Hedgehog]

I'm sure I've learned tons of vocabulary from video games, but the only one that's coming to mind now is "Wraith" from Dragon Warrior. It was in a book we were reading in school in 4th grade. Of course, I insisted a wraith had to look like a skeleton as it did in Dragon Warrior. I guess that was before I played Shadowgate...

[GrayFox]

For some reason Tomb Raider 2 taught me 'Fathom'

I knew the meaning always, but I always forgot how to spell it. TR2 made me remember.

[Kid Ice]

I learned "chalice" from VCS Adventure. The word wasn't actually in the game, but it was in the manual a few times.

Learned a little German from Castle Wolfenstein. Achtung!

Didn't learn any new words from SOTN, but I did learn that a man is a miserable pile of secrets.

[Kid Fenris]

Final Fantasy 6 taught me "semantic."

Fixed for me.

Xenosaga taught me, in the creepiest manner possible, the French words for "peach" and "sinner."

If I ever have to play Paper Mario 2 in French, I’ll understand at least one thing.

[Jasoco]

If I ever have to play Paper Mario 2 in French, I’ll understand at least one thing.Nope. In Paper Mario 2, Peach is a proper name. Not a thing. :-P

[Dahne]

Xenosaga taught me, in the creepiest manner possible, the French words for "peach" and "sinner."

Actually, Xenosaga taught me the Japanese word for "peach" - "momo". :D

[drwily008]

Ricochet

1000 points to whoever gets the game first. ;)

Combat? I know that's where I learned that word.

[Jasoco]

No, SMB.

[drwily008]

Oh, yeah from the manual! What about "Buzzy beetle is quite the toughie.." there was a great word ..toughie!

[rbudrick]

I learned "..." from Ninja Gaiden and Golgo 13.

-Rob

[XxMe2NiKxX]

I learned what death REALLY sounds like from Pac-Man.

[Cmosfm]

I learned what death REALLY sounds like from Pac-Man.

"wrooogh wrooogh wrooogh wrooogh.....beep beep"

ROFL

[PhoeniX]

Well it took Skitchin' to teach me what skitchin' was, can't really say how that has benefited me though...

[Lord Contaminous]

"Doesn't that just beat all??"

Rei's catch phrase from Breath of Fire 3 used to be in my vocabulary.

[k8track]

I learned "pitfall" from... well, Pitfall!

[Daria]

Xenosaga taught me, in the creepiest manner possible, the French words for "peach" and "sinner."

Actually, Xenosaga taught me the Japanese word for "peach" - "momo". :D

... So in Breath of Fire 3, Momo's real name is Peach?

Thank god they didn't translate it. o.O

And playing Labyrinth (Apple II) last night taught me a new one. "Adumbrate", actually I wasn't even sure what it ment in the game's context, but it sure as hell pissed off the elephant.

[Slate]

"Disco 'Do!" - Warioware Mini Microgame$!
"Echidna" - Sonic & Knuckles
"Isogae" - Jet Set Radio Future
"Banzai" - Jet Set Radio Future
"Wierd Ed" - Maniac Mansion
"Spyro" - Spyro the dragon
"Sparx" - Spyro the dragon
All of those names for Pokemon..

I can't think of any more right now..

[SuperNES]

Quake 3 taught me "frag" and "BFG", and i think i learned "kiosk" from RollerCoaster Tycoon.

[Jasoco]

Quake 3 taught me "frag" and "BFG", and i think i learned "kiosk" from RollerCoaster Tycoon.I learned Kiosk from Donkey Kong Country 2. Klubba's Kiosk. Of course, I read it wrong for a long time as "Koisk".

[PentiumMMX]

(Using fav. quotes)

You spoony Dik Dik!

Where's my Mega Buster and my Big f***ing gun!

LOL LOL LOL

[Jumpman Jr.]

I made a post on another forum about a classic gaming "Dictionary" so to speak. It was a while ago though.. but this is what is was:

arcade bug, the - The disease in which people suddenly become infactuated with arcades.

3rd party shit - Having a game/controller/accessory made by a 3rd party

cab - Arcade Cabinet (machine)

cart - Game cartridge

CIB - Stands for Complete In Box. see complete

Code - The programming of the game. The language the game programmer writes in, which the computer reads to create the environment, characters, and to know what the controller input should result in.

complete - Refers to a game/accessory having its box/manual/all origional insterts

coxed - a cart that has been written on (usually the name of the previous owner)

dead - Game/Console/something no longer working

Dog Bone - Refers to controllers looking like dog-bones. Most popular in the NES Top-loader

dried up - A once usefull resource in finding games/accessories which no-longer has any (or has little)

find - Finding a good game/accessory for a reasonable price

frying - causing gameplay variations via on/off switching

GB - Original gameboy release by Nintendo in 1989

GBC - Gameboy colour release by Nintendo in 1998

Geny - Sega Genesis

Heavy Sixer - One of the Atari 2600 Consoles. It was heavy, and had 6 switches.

Horizonal Seal - A NES game that was sealed at the factory

hunt - Refers to the act of going out and looking for gaming stuff

INTV - Stands for Intellivision

lock-out chip - a chip within an electronic device to prevent other manufacturers from using a company's device to perform certain functions

loose - Refers to a game not having any box/instructions. Game media only

man/men - represents the number of gameplay chances

mint - Refers to a game/accessory being in perfect condition

Neo - Nic-name for Neo Geo stuff

Neo Home - Nic-name for Neo Geo AES stuff

Nes - The origional Nintendo

peripheral - an accessory for a console (Controller, AC, RF, AV)

Post-NES - Refers to the time-period after the NES

Proto - a video game prototype

Pre-NES - Refers to the time-period before the NES

pinjob - The act of cleaning the pins (72 pin when NES) of a console

pirate - refers to an unauthorized reproduction of a video game

R - Preceeds a number (ex. R4) and refers to the rarity of a game

Reef - To use excessive or unnesessary force on a controller or game pad, therefore damaging it in the opinion of the owner.

RPG: Role Playing Game. A traditionally slower paced game, where strategy and intelligent choices are more important to gameplay than quick reflexes. Gameplay is usually dominated by collecting items, and experience. The storylines of RPG’s are usually epic and set in different time periods. Most RPG’s are derived from Fantasy stories such as Lord of the Rings.

ROB - Robot Operating Buddy - Released by Nintendo for the NES

sealed - A game which is still in its origional wrapping

Side Scroller: A term used for a game, wherein the action is viewed from the side. Traditionally in side scrollers, the character moves to the right across a scrolling background where obstacles and enemies come into view frame-right.

Start Screen: In a game it’s the main menu. The menu that lets the gamer select between difficulty modes, view options, choose the number of players, or view high scores. Any thing that needs to be set before the game starts will be located on this screen. All games have a start screen. Usually the start screen is preceded by an intro to the game explaining the plot, or showing the developers logo.

Snes - Super Nintendo

Sports titles - Sports games (NBA 2K2)

titles - the name of a particular game

Toaster - The origional NES model. It looked like a toaster.

Toploader - The rare NES 2 which you are able to load a game from the top

unlicenced - a game not sanctioned by the console's manufacturer

untapped - A resource for finding games which is not well known

Vader - The nick name for the CX 2600 (atari's 3rd 2600). Nick named because there was alot of black on it.

Veccy - Nic-name for the Vectrex

wild, the - Refers to the places in which one can obtain a used game/console (usually a flee market/pawn shop)

Woody - An Atari 2600 console that had wood-grain pannelling on it

Wrap - To complete a game outright and view the ending, or rollover the game's scoring platform.

:D :D :D

[SkiDragon]

The phrase "Vice Versa" from Super Mario World. I actually fiured it out from the context and never looked up the definition.