Entertainment / Video Games Glossary

Games 411: Reference guide for game related businesses that lists everyone from companies, artists, music producers, marketing and distribution, and retailers.

Gaming: Usually use in reference to gambling activities, such as those which take place in casinos. (Term is not used within the game industry to refer to the game industry itself.)

Genre: Term used to classify, categorize, or pigeonhole games by different types of gameplay (action games vs. Simulation games, etc.). There isn't a universal system for genre classification. What . . . View Full Definition

Glory Seeking: Taking a particularly dangerous course of action for the opportunity to score bonus points. For example, pursuing the vegetables in Dig Dug.

God Game: A strategic game, usually viewed from above, so called as it allows the player to affect both the world, and its inhabitants as though playing a 'god.'

God Mode: A mode that makes the player completely invincible, and usually accessed by some kind of cheat code.

Gold: (1) Sometimes used to mean that a game has reached a high level of sales. Exact numbers may vary depending on the magazine or statistics company using the term (might mean game has sold a mi . . . View Full Definition

Gold Master: A copy (usually on a CD or DVD these days) of the game in its final incarnation, after Q.A. has certified the game as final and the programmer(s) have ceased working on it.

Gone Gold: When a game is said to have 'gone gold' it means that it is complete, and has been submitted for manufacturing.

Graphic Designer: A person who creates graphics for games, game advertisements, box art, website, etc.

Griefers: This is a slang term to describe people that intentionally cause grief or problems in an online multiplayer game. Often, they will exploit problems with the game design for humorous, or mali . . . View Full Definition

Grind: A term used to describe the repetitive gameplay that must be endured to gain access to later stages of a game.

Hack: A game that 'reuses' code from an older game to create a new game. Usually the hack plays much the like old one (except for some graphical tweaks), although some hacks incorporate extensive . . . View Full Definition

Handle: An alias used by a gamer.

Hardcore: Term used to describe the level of engagement or fandom with a game, or genre of games. 'Hardcore gamers' are people that identify themselves as being particularly passionate about playing g . . . View Full Definition

Hardware Manufacturer: Company that manufactures game systems (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft).

Headset: A combination of headphones and microphone, used to facilitate in-game voice chat. Similar to (or in some cases the same as) a headset used with a mobile phone.

Headshot: The act of shooting an enemy or opponent in the head.

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