General gaming

General gaming

The gaming world at large.

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General gaming

Based on cloud computing principles, these are services that will run games on specific hardware configurations. The player is granted control of the game and the results are streamed back to them as ...

Freemium

Video games; General gaming

A portmanteau of the words "free" and "premium". These are games that can be played for free but will have a shop where in game items can be purchased. These items can be purely cosmetic or they can ...

Boosting

Video games; General gaming

An act performed by a group of two or more people that is designed to net achievements as fast as possible. Games may have difficult achievements that players are unable to complete in natural play, ...

Superplay

Video games; General gaming

A run through a game or smaller section of the game that aims to play it as exceptionally as possible. The metric for what counts as good play is usually speed, in which case it will usually be ...

Speedrun

Video games; General gaming

A run through an entire game or a smaller section that aims for completion as fast as possible. Often involves heavy use of exploits, glitches and player skill to shave seconds off the final time.

Microtransaction

Video games; General gaming

Common to freemium games, this refers to the purchase of in game items that cost small amounts of real world money.

Steamworks

Video games; General gaming

A series of tools available to developers to better integrate their game into the Steam platform. Includes features such as Steam Achievements and a cloud based save storage system.