[skybrian]

Wow, that's a lot of jargon. Despite playing Genshin Impact a fair bit (my niece is into it), I didn't understand most of terms in this article. It's odd that they felt like they had to define "enshittification" which is everywhere and not terms like "dolphin" and "i-frames" which I had never heard of before.

[hooverd]

Dolphin is a play on a whale, a medium spender vs a big spender or a free-to-play (F2P) user.

I don't know where i-frames came from originally, but it's abbreviated from invincibility frames, and is usually the part of an animation where your character won't take damage. I think Dark Souls/Elden Ring would be the most well known example of that mechanics.

[whateveracct]

idk if it originated it, but i-frames have been a term in fighting games for decades

[valiant55]

I know that gamers exist on a spectrum but this reminds me of the time my coworker after learning I played World of Warcraft asked me what level I was (several months into and expansion). I tried to quickly change the subject before I was exposed.

[johnnyanmac]

yeah, mobile gamers are a whole other audience with very different expectations from the console/PC market. Star Rail is a popular example, but also doesn't really help with the Jargon since it's one of those games that insists on inventing 50 new terms to describe what are probably common features. Simulated Universe => rouge-lite mode, Paths => roles, light cones/relics => gear, etc.