The most accursed type of human, all others emerging from the womb able to pull off advanced Dota 2 strats while rocket-jumping in another game at the same time.

A way to get access to your future favourite games long before they’re any fun, and be sick of the sight of them by release. And often pay more for the privilege.

With the exception of Telltale games and very few others, a guarantee that the game you just bought will never be finished and you should not get too attached to anyone.

A growing craze in which prodigious expert gamers can make millions and earn the acclaim of the world, before old age takes them in their mid-20s.

Action coming from the interplay of systems rather than being scripted, though quite often with nudging behind the scenes to make cool stuff happen.

The art of making any game suddenly excruciating by putting the player’s success in the hands of an uncontrollable, useless, usually suicidal AI idiot.

Game everyone will be able to play in a year, max.

A cheat that you’re not supposed to use, especially if it reveals developer sloppiness. Can result in a ban if online, often more out of pique than actual damage done.

Because the designers hate you and your stupid legs.

At high settings, lets you roleplay being an owl that thinks it’s human. An owl with an Uzi.