In a hysterical outpouring of unclever, pedestrian gamer rage, Dennis over at the VG Resource Center has come up with his definitive list of gamer terminology that triggers his Tourette's and causes him to pull his panties over his head.

Words he doesn't like? Twink, Celda, Wii-mote, Kiddie Games, Web 2.0, Wi-Fi, l337-5p34k, BOOM, HEADSHOT!, Gaymer and Ninty.

Oh, I sympathize with him on some of them, Ninty in particular. You may not be aware of this, but Eliza, McWhertor and I have formed a revolutionary Kotaku junta with the aim of banning the usage of the words 'Ninty' and 'Msoft' on this site. These terms make us grate our teeth so violently that sparks shoot out from our fillings. We seem to have successfully bullied Ashcraft into submission, but Crecente remains almost gleeful in his usage of 'Msoft', as if the caloric expenditure of typing four more letters on the keyboard would waste him away into a gasping, desiccated ghoul. And he's the boss, so unless we throw our own October Revolution (currently scheduled for September), that's unlikely to change.

Anyway, back to Dennis. In regards to 'gaymer', he writes:

Why the hell the homosexual community has to go out of their way with terms like this is beyond me. Maybe it is because it is their sole duty to impose their will on the rest of the gaming community. Say "gamer" aloud. Now say "gaymer" aloud. Notice the difference in pronunciation? Yeah, neither do I. It almost makes one feel that they attempt to make it seem that people who play video games are gay by default.

To which I retort: aren't they? Florian Eckhardt

10 Terms Created by the Tech and Gaming Community That Piss Me Off [VG Resource Center]

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