Online Games Terms A-D

Adventure – genre of online games characterized by quest solving and a complicated plot

Advergaming - online games used to advertise a product, a company, an organization or an ideology.

• Viagra's advergame removed by FDA
• Advergames against child obesity? 

AFK – stands for Away From Keyword, this acronym says that the online gamer is not totally dedicated to playing the game

Anti-Alias - a smoothing graphical effect used to reduce the pixelated look of  the game objects

Arcade – usually relates to simple and effortless games with basic goals and fast levels. The term Arcade may also relate to coin-operated game facilities often found in restaurants, pubs and public game centers.  

Bot – computer software programmed to imitate the playing pattern of a human player. Bots are commonly used in FPS as well as in board games such as backgammon and chess

Casual Games - all online games that targeted towards mass audience and characterized by their simplicity

• What is the most popular casual game in Canada?
• Play online games to cure cancer?

Casual Gamers – less experienced, recreational players; the target audience of casual games

Cheat – the use of code, successive keyword pressing or any other external assistance to change the player's abilities and make him undefeatable

• Read about online games cheats
• Online backgammon cheats 

Clan – a group of players who team up to play in a multi-player game (usually a FPS game) against other groups; see also Guild