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Explaining the origin and escalation of our favorite gaming terms into lexicon.
Elden Ring’s most controversial feature has a surprising link to an iconic junk food
The origins of “Twinking,” explained.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus revives a decades-old video game debate
The origins of “Aggro,” explained.
How a grisly cult thriller inspired gaming’s biggest genre
“Battle Royale”
How Call of Duty inspired the internet's most sarcastic show of support
"Press F to pay respects."
How Winston Churchill coined gaming’s most notorious business practice
“Crunch”
How a 1960s literary movement inspired the biggest game of 2020
“Cyberpunk”
How Call of Duty fixed a broken Dungeons and Dragons mechanic
"Prestige"
How Assassin’s Creed Valhalla made a 40-year-old mechanic controversial again
"Skill Tree"
How Among Us redefined one of the internet’s oldest abbreviations
"AFK"
Everyone’s favorite Among Us catchphrase has a controversial past
"Sus"
How a beloved video game style was spawned out of necessity
“8-Bit”
How Genshin Impact made a despised video game genre irresistible
"Gacha"
How Star Wars: Squadrons revived a classic video game meme
“Do a barrel roll!”
How Hades revolutionized the most controversial genre in video games
“Roguelike”
How a retro rivalry ignited the most heated feud in video games
Console Wars
How fighting games inspired a bizarre meme on YouTube and Twitch
