History Main / VideoGameCulture

* UsefulNotes/BetaTest: The video game testing process.
* UsefulNotes/{{ChildsPlay|Charity}}: A charity started by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' that organizes worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals, distributing toys, games, books, etc.

* UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo: A major gaming event held in California every year, from 1995 to 2019, and 2021.
** UsefulNotes/E3InThe1990sAndThe2000s: Moments of E3 from 1995 to 2009.
** UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010sAndThe2020s: Moments of E3 from 2010 to 2021.

** UsefulNotes/FGCAces

* VideoGame3DLeap: When a VideoGame series makes the leap from [[UsefulNotes/BitmapsSpritesAndTextures sprite graphics]] to UsefulNotes/PolygonalGraphics.

* UsefulNotes/GameGenie: A cheating peripheral most prominent in the [=1980s and 1990s=].

* UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}}: Running an ''emulator'', which is a program that can play games on a platform or PC designed for other platforms.

* UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}: Software that's so low-quality, you'll wonder how (and why) it was released at all.

* UsefulNotes/DigitalDistribution: Selling (or giving away) games entirely as DownloadableContent.

* UsefulNotes/ImportGaming: The trials and tribulations of getting a game meant to be played in one country to be played elsewhere.

* UsefulNotes/BackwardsCompatibility: Games for one system can be played on another system.

* UsefulNotes/RegionCoding: The assignment of a number representing a geographic region to a DVD or console.

* UsefulNotes/ChildsPlay: A charity started by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' that organizes worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals, distributing toys, games, books, etc.

* UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity: A congregation of gamers primarily focused on competitive {{Fighting Game}}s.

* UsefulNotes/PCVsConsole: Similar to the MediaNotes/ConsoleWars, this is the never-ending fight between PC gamers and console gamers.

* UsefulNotes/PCVsConsole: Similar to the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, this is the never-ending fight between PC gamers and console gamers.

* Website/{{Miiverse}}: Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s now-defunct social network dedicated to UsefulNotes/WiiU and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS games.

* UsefulNotes/BackwardsCompatibility: Games for one system can be played on another system.

* UsefulNotes/BetaTest: The video game testing process.

* UsefulNotes/ChildsPlay: A charity started by ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' that organizes worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals, distributing toys, games, books, etc.

* UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars: The competition between electronics companies to increase their video game market share.

* UsefulNotes/DigitalDistribution: Selling (or giving away) games entirely as DownloadableContent.

* UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo: A major gaming event held in California every year.
** UsefulNotes/E3InThe1990sAndThe2000s: Moments of E3 from 1995 to 2009.
** UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s: Moments of E3 from 2010 to 2019.
** UsefulNotes/E3InThe2020s: Moments of E3 from 2020 to 2029 (at least, the ones that have happened).
* UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}}: Running an ''emulator'', which is a program that can play games on a platform or PC designed for other platforms.

* UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity: A congregation of gamers primarily focused on competitive {{Fighting Game}}s.
** UsefulNotes/FGCAces

* UsefulNotes/GameGenie: A cheating peripheral most prominent in the [=1980s and 1990s=].

* UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983: A sad day in history.
* GreenBoyColor: The use of a specific shade of green, meant to evoke old UsefulNotes/GameBoy games (and nostalgia).

* UsefulNotes/ImportGaming: The trials and tribulations of getting a game meant to be played in one country to be played elsewhere.

* UsefulNotes/PCVsConsole: Similar to the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, this is the never-ending fight between PC gamers and console gamers.

* UsefulNotes/RegionCoding: The assignment of a number representing a geographic region to a DVD or console.

* UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}: Software that's so low-quality, you'll wonder how (and why) it was released at all.

* {{Waggle}}: Trying to shoehorn motion controls into a game just because [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii they're the hip new thing]] is a sure-fire way to make it suck.

* Website/{{Twitch}}: Dedicated website for gaming related livestreams.

** TheGreatPlayerVersusPlayerDebate: Whether it's better to allow players to attack each other anywhere, only in certain areas, or not at all.

* CatharsisFactor: We kill stuff in video games to let off stress!

* PacManFever

* StopHavingFunGuys: An expert player who always plays to win and can't understand why anyone would play the game to have, you know, ''fun''.

* Website/{{Nextlander}}: An industry news and game streaming site.

* {{Sequelphobic}}: A subculture that is so jaded by {{Sequelitis}} and CapcomSequelStagnation that its members are predisposed to dislike any product that is a sequel, regardless of its actual value.

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* FakeBalance: When concepts are used which, on paper, make a game appear to be balanced ([[CompetitiveBalance competitively]] or [[AnAdventurerIsYou otherwise]]), but in reality, [[CharacterTiers it is not]].