"Gaming goodness"

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:29 pm

This is one of those "is it just me?" rants...

"Gaming goodness"

I don't know who started using this term in pc game mags (maybe console too, don't know), but I would like to publicly ask that this term never be used again. It was clever (sort of) and acceptable for the first year or so of use...but can't someone come up with a new phrase for pete's sake after years and years of overuse?

And in a related media gripe, but different industry, and completely OT - will someone please ask sports announcers to stop saying "And there's the quarterback sneak, he gets about 5 yards on that one, DOES JENNINGS"

What is up with that "DOES (insert player X name here)" bit? Did all the sportscasters go to some conference last year where it was decided that this was a cool new way to call plays?

And yes I am neurotic.

/rant

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:39 pm

And what is it with all these jerks who keep cutting me off in traffic???!!

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:43 pm

maybe cut back to one or two cups of coffee a day, max.

Raven_13 · Post by **Raven_13** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:51 pm

I though "Gaming Goodness" came from Rich?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:53 pm

I think the "does [player X]" thing is simply a product of play by play calling. They call the action first and then identify the player, simply because as they're calling it, they're not sure who it is. If you have two guys rushing from the back field, and it's your 4th game in as many weeks with 8 different teams (Al, looking you) it will take you a second to ID the rusher (or receiver or whoever). You'll note that local/regular broadcast guys don't do this as much. It's national network guys.

Gaming goodness? A meaningless term. I suppose it's a way of saying a game has an positive intangible quality, but a good reviewer will be able to pin it down. I wonder if there is an equivalent in movie or cullinary reviews.

"From the opening credits, you could tell it had that movie goodness..."
"The chef strives to add food goodness to every dish..."

Benhur · Post by **Benhur** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:56 pm

I can't get behined a student driver!

ArmyOfOne · Post by **ArmyOfOne** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:07 pm

I'm pretty sure the "Gaming Goodess" phrase was coined in PC Gamer. Atleast that's where I remember seeing it first used regularly.

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:23 pm

Benhur wrote:I can't get behined a student driver!

Just use your whip, or those spikes on your chariot wheels.

Head · Post by **Head** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:02 pm

I haven't heard that term much in the past 5 years. It's actually kinda nostalgic for me since I first read that phrase from my Computer Gaming World magazine about 10 or more years ago.

~Head

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:38 pm

Hey, I use one of your rackets.

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:38 pm

ArmyOfOne wrote:I'm pretty sure the "Gaming Goodess" phrase was coined in PC Gamer. Atleast that's where I remember seeing it first used regularly.

i'll second this...i almost certain that's where i heard it first, way back in some of their earliest issues (mid-90s). they used it all the time and i think it just spread from there. i've caught myself using it in a post once in a while...

Eel Snave · Post by **Eel Snave** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:47 pm

I'm not crazy about the "gaming goodness" label either, but what else would you explain that intangible with?

RookieCAF · Post by **RookieCAF** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:16 pm

That phrase reeks of suckitude.

Head · Post by **Head** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:22 pm

bluefugue wrote:Hey, I use one of your rackets.

Yaaah, I make good rackets. But the credit really goes out to the little kids in those sweat shops.

They're so cute!
hmm -- I think it's going to be a......GAMING GOODNESS weekend! There....I said it!

Chesspieceface · Post by **Chesspieceface** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:57 pm

I don't really find it cliche. To me it one of the ties that bind a community like this one. It decribes that thing that makes me thrilled I'm still a gamer. Mmmmm.... Gooey Gaming Goodness.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:32 pm

One of the former editors at Computer Games Online used to use it all of them. It bugged me back then (5-6 years ago?) and I've always been annoyed each time I've heard the phrase repeated.

Chesspieceface · Post by **Chesspieceface** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:40 pm

I will say that I've never read gaming mags, so perhaps I haven't had the chance to be burned by it like you fellows.

Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:23 am

disarm wrote:
ArmyOfOne wrote:I'm pretty sure the "Gaming Goodess" phrase was coined in PC Gamer. Atleast that's where I remember seeing it first used regularly.
i'll second this...i almost certain that's where i heard it first, way back in some of their earliest issues (mid-90s). they used it all the time and i think it just spread from there. i've caught myself using it in a post once in a while...

Yep. I'll third it.
I've subscribed to all three for 10 years and PC Gamer was the one that used it first (around 1995).

I've never minded the term. My buddies still use it and it's an apt descriptor when you're excited about playing something, or having played something really good. Saying "come on over to my place and we'll play games" gets the point across, but sounds bland. Whereas "come on over for some gaming goodness" conveys genuine enthusiasm.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:28 am

I don't have a problem with the term. I'm not sure how you folks have seen it used, but some of you seem to be annoyed with it as a substitute for real information, as in "I don't know what I liked about the game, it just had gaming goodness." I can't say I've ever seen it used that way - nor would it be consistent with their editorial requirements (I've written freelance for PCGamer, so I know of which I speak). Rather, I've seen it mostly used (in PCGamer) as "This month we have oodles of gaming goodness just for you, our loyal readers!" or somesuch. Don't know how you could really be offended by that, but YMMV.

Sith

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:59 pm

I don't know which one of you is "The Vede", but after reading the current issue of PC Gamer, it's obvious he lurks among us.

We're onto you. And our suckered masses aren't amused.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:13 am

Smoove_B wrote:I don't know which one of you is "The Vede", but after reading the current issue of PC Gamer, it's obvious he lurks among us.

We're onto you. And our suckered masses aren't amused.

Are you talking about the little (TM) he put after the phrase in his Hard Stuff lead-in, or was there something more overt that I didn't catch?

If they are lurking here, they evidently find it pretty funny - one of their full-page ads is for PCGamer.com, and proudly proclaims that it's full of Gaming Goodness. Heh.

Sith

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:33 am

sorry, I'm to busy enjoying the gaming goodness to stop and whine about silly catchphrases

Faldarian · Post by **Faldarian** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:57 am

I like the gaming goodness, myself.

Like "chocolatey" goodness, or "goodness, a french maid outfit". I like goodness.

Doubly so for the french maid outfits, actually.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:17 am

Sith Lord wrote: Are you talking about the little (TM) he put after the phrase in his Hard Stuff lead-in, or was there something more overt that I didn't catch?

Sith

Exactly. I actually laughed when I saw it - then realized there's a spy among us...

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 12:35 pm

"maybe cut back to one or two cups of coffee a day, max. "

Not gonna happen...sorry. I am way beyond being able to self control my coffee intake. I have been The Great Java God's bitch for far too many moons now.

The Vede = Demosthenes!!!

I kid (or ARE you??!? hmmm??)

Veloxi · Post by **Veloxi** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:50 pm

I first read the term "Gaming Goodness" in PC Gamer many years ago. At first I thought it was catchy...now its cliched.

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:31 pm

aye carumba!! don't have a cow dude. where's the beef? it's all gaming goodness!

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:29 pm

It speaks to our shared conscience of all that is good in gaming.

Bad Demographic · Post by **Bad Demographic** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:48 am

We have a shared conscience? No wonder it's hard to be good sometimes - one of you guys must be using the conscience when I need it.

Chesspieceface · Post by **Chesspieceface** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:36 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:The Vede = Demosthenes!!! I kid (or ARE you??!? hmmm??)

I think not. What's a Vede anyway?

Beer Goggles · Post by **Beer Goggles** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:13 pm

Greg Vederman aka The Vede, PC Gamer Hardware Editor.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:17 pm

I know you're in here! Show yourself!

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:26 pm

I've never taken much noticed of this phenomenon myself. But on further reflection, you're absolutely right. It's become part of gaming colloquism. It's a language that automatically conveys a meaning that only those of us who participate in the activity or the event can understand. It can be good or bad.

jaskerr · Post by **jaskerr** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:57 pm

bluefugue wrote:Hey, I use one of your rackets.

Yes, but were you cool enough as a teenager to have the t-shirt that said "Give me Rossignol, or give me Head"? Hmmmm?!?!

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:10 pm

Faldarian wrote:I like the gaming goodness, myself.

Like "chocolatey" goodness, or "goodness, a french maid outfit". I like goodness.

Doubly so for the french maid outfits, actually.

I remember hearing this first from a Buffy episode - Xander's fear of clowns and love of chocolate, as I recall...

Cylus Maxii · Post by **Cylus Maxii** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:35 pm

Yes - we definitely need some fresh catch-phrase goodness!

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:35 am

Hell, instead of picking nits, let's come up with the new gaming catchphrase of this decade, century, whatever. Give 'em something new to use instead of "gaming goodness".

I humbly submit: "Gaming Gold"

Let the flames begin (but not without at least posting one of your own inane suggestions).

Also, anything that screams "I'm a 12 year old boy trapped in a 30 yr old man's body" gets extra points, and would probably be adopted more quickly as well. Example: Gaming roXXor..ness

Actually, no, that just screams I am a 12 year old. Let me try again: Ummmm, no, I got nothin'. Sorry. I suck.

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:00 pm

How about:

Freaky monkey lovefest goodness?

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:07 pm

I refuse to participate until The Vede shows himself.

Faldarian · Post by **Faldarian** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:22 pm

Smoove_B wrote:I refuse to participate until The Vede shows himself.

I'd rather he didn't, I'd probably feel bad and have to apologize for talking smack about him for all these years