http://thefragmatica.com/2009/08/02/gaming-without-language-the-vocabulary-of-a-new-media/
"First off, we need to recognize that there is a semi-universal vocabulary related to gaming which allows for a relatively high level of inter-player communication. Furthermore, within the greater gaming language, there a series of dialects spoken by certain subsets. You need only drop a console gamer into a pre-raid WoW meeting to understand this. Gamer culture is, in fact, steeped in acronyms and slang
Published on August 03, 2009 09:17