Glossary

QUEST: Glossary
Your quest is to add to this glossary - either a term + definition or just a definition. If necessary, provide a reference to your definition. Feel free to link to examples, videos or other creative ways to explain the term. End your name so I know to whom to award credit.


 * 10/2 rule-**


 * Action games** -


 * Aliasing -**


 * Alias Clan**


 * Alternate Reality Game (ARG) -** an online game with stories and characters whom you must assist in some manner via solving puzzles/challenges. Bigger ARGs may have real-life challenges, such as a meeting with one of the characters or picking up information somewhere. (Bob Leahy)


 * Ambient sociability -**


 * ARG (****Alternate Reality Game****) -** an online game with stories and characters whom you must assist in some manner via solving puzzles/challenges. Bigger ARGs may have real-life challenges, such as a meeting with one of the characters or picking up information somewhere. (Bob Leahy)


 * Artificial Intelligence -**


 * Assessment**


 * Auction House** (AH) -


 * Avatar -**


 * Awe -**


 * Bedroom culture -**


 * Blissful Productivity-**

**Boss**-


 * Bug -**


 * Casual game**

**Cheat**- This is a definition used by my children, their friends, and students. A "cheat" is a code to move from one level of a game to another level or to acquire something that will assist when playing a game. The term can be used in a positive or negative way in conversation. (Kitty Shippen)


 * Clan**


 * Co-play -**


 * Dopamine- **


 * Easter egg- **


 * Edu-game**:


 * Engagement**


 * Epic Enviornment-**


 * Epic Scale-**


 * First-Person Shooter (FPS)** - A computer or online game genre that puts the player in a first-person perspective and usually involves shooting opponents. (Bob Leahy)


 * Flow - **


 * Fiero-**


 * FPS (****First-Person Shooter****)** - A computer or online game genre that puts the player in a first-person perspective and usually involves shooting opponents. (Bob Leahy)


 * Game**


 * Gameful** -

====**Gamification -** Gamification is the use of game mechanics and game design techniques in non-game contexts. (Marnie Castle) ====

**Gaming the system** -

**Gamer Tag** -


 * Going Gold** -


 * Girlfriend Mode -**

**Griefer (or griefing)** -


 * Hacker-**


 * Hidden object games** -


 * LARP (Live Action Role Play)** - A category of game in which players create characters and, acting as those characters, interact with other players and Storytellers/Game Masters to complete some sort of challenge, quest, or adventure. (Bob Leahy)


 * Leaderboard -**


 * Leveling-up -**


 * Live Action Role Play (****LARP)** - A category of game in which players create characters and, acting as those characters, interact with other players and Storytellers/Game Masters to complete some sort of challenge, quest, or adventure. (Bob Leahy)


 * Ludus**


 * Meaning**


 * Metagaming-** any out of character action made by a player's character which makes use of knowledge that the character is not meant to be aware of (Victor Joihnson)
 * Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) -** An online game where players compete against, and cooperate with, other players or teams connected to an online network. (Bob Leahy)


 * MMORPG (****Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game)** **-** An online game where players compete against, and cooperate with, other players or teams connected to an online network. (Bob Leahy)


 * Mob** - Short for "mobile.” It is also a computer-controlled non-player character (NPC) in a computer game. (Bob Leahy)


 * Naches - **


 * Newbs** – Generally short for “newbies.” Inexperienced players that tend to be more mature and strive to become better players in a game. Not to be confused with //noobs// who are new or inexperienced players who are usually annoying, “know-it-all,” and lack common sense. (Bob Leahy)


 * Non-Player Character (NPC)** - In general, any character (human or otherwise) in a role-playing game that is not controlled by someone playing the game. (Bob Leahy)


 * Noob** - A person who is new or inexperienced in a subject, usually an online game, and are usually annoying, "know-it-all," and lack common sense. Not to be confused with //newbs// who are inexperienced players that tend to be more mature and strive to become better. (Bob Leahy)


 * NPC (Non-Player Character)** - In general, any character (human or otherwise) in a role-playing game that is not controlled by someone playing the game. (Bob Leahy)


 * Own**-


 * Patch-**


 * Purposeful escape -**


 * Puzzle (puzzles vs. games):**


 * Rage Quit-**


 * To 'pwn'**-


 * Real-Time Strategy (RTS)** - Refers to a strategy-based game generally involving management of a civilization or an army. (Bob Leahy)


 * RTS (****Real-Time Strategy****)** - Refers to a strategy-based game generally involving management of a civilization or an army. (Bob Leahy)

Serious games are simulations of real-world events or processes designed for the purpose of solving a problem. Although serious games can be entertaining, their main purpose is to train or educate users-taken from Wikipedia
 * Serious game -**


 * Simulation** -the imitation of a real world process, or system over time. A simulation must possess the key characteristics or behaviors and functions of the selected system or process. (Mwannesi Wade)


 * Proxy-**


 * PVP-**


 * Respawn--**The action of either a computer or human player coming back to life after being "killed" in a game. (Mwannesi Wade)


 * Role Playing Game--**A game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out their roles according to an overarching narrative bound by a set of rules. (Mwannesi Wade)


 * Satisfying Work:** One of the four intrinsic reward categories as defined by Jane McGonigal; McGonigal explains that the nature of this work differs from person to person, but for everyone, it means being immersed in clearly defined, demanding activities that allow us to see the direct impact of our efforts. (Erika Moore)


 * Simulation**


 * Spawn**:


 * Trash Talk**-


 * Troll-**


 * User Interface**


 * wOOT** or **WOOT** - A word of exclamation originating from the old Dungeons & Dragons games that was used to express excitement when finding treasure ("wow loot!"). Over time.it has also become an acronym for //We Own the Other Team//. (Bob Leahy)