Video Games & Esports
The exhaustive master guide to gaming! Select the tabs below to explore game genres, mechanics, hardware, and essential slang.
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Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how online gamers communicate. Learning these abbreviations like AFK and GG will help you understand text chats in any multiplayer game!
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Hi Dara! In gaming, to "carry" means one very strong player does all the hard work to win the game for their weak team. They carry the team to victory! 🏆
Is "Noob" a bad word?
It can be! Originally, it just meant a "newbie" or beginner. But today, players often use it as an insult to say someone is playing very badly. Be careful using it! 😅
What is the difference between a bug and a glitch?
They are very similar! A "bug" is an error in the actual code that breaks the game. A "glitch" is usually a temporary, funny visual mistake you see while playing, like a character walking through a wall. 🐛
Teacher, what does "Carry" mean in a game?