game feel

A nebulous-yet-tactile sensation that dictates how fun or engaging the act of playing the game is. Game Feel is often a combination of many different (sometimes minor) aspects, including how quickly your character responds to control input and how much audio/visual feedback you are provided for doing something "right" within the game.

"The game feel in this is good enough that I never even have to think about how to control the game."

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jaggies

A term used by elitist pricks in the videogame industry to describe a non-anti-aliased image with sharp edges. Generally only used when they can't think of anything else to lodge a complaint against.

OMG! This 1024x768 screenshot has JAGGIES! Never mind that I'll probably never see them once I play the game on my TV, but I think I just cut my eye!

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money hat

The act of paying somebody a large sum of money in order to gain an unfair advantage over another person or group of people. Originated from the concept of a Videogame Publisher providing Videogame Journalists with hats full of money in order to gain favorable review scores. Also used as a term for stealing away a high-profile Game Developer from another gaming platform. Similar in concept to Selling Out.

"Everybody says the game sucks, but PLAY Magazine gave the Xbox 360 version of Sonic the Hedgehog a 9/10. Sega must have been generous with the money hats."

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