Gaming terms in your language

[Ack]

just one small thing, tell us which language you are talking about, because most of you don't have a location in your info

I figure if we don't specify, we're probably Americans who speak English natively.

[Erik_Twice]

It's funny but I don't think there are many spanish terms here in Spain and I can't think of any that is still used.

Most people around here doesn't know who Pac-Man is beacuse the companies changed it's name to other thinsg so as to avoid paying some cash. Most people call Pac-Man: "Comecocos" literally "Bogeyman eater".

Arcade shooters are called "matamarcianos" as in "martian-killer" probably because of Space Invaders.

Games based in killing a lot are often called "matamata", "kill-kill". Doom 3 is a matamata. Robotron is a matamata.

Also we often say "X es cheto", "cheto" being a variation of "cheater". It's a way of saying something is very powerful or lamer but not neccesarily overpwoered. For example you can say the Blutsauger in TF2 is cheto. And yes we are aware of Cheetos, that's part of the pun for some reason

I'm sure there are more but I don't remember them now.

[jfrost]

Yeah, nobody cares about Portuguese in videogames either. Most things that look like Portuguese are in fact Latin.

Now, there's "Samba de Amigo", which is so damn funny to anyone Brazilian. Really, there's a monkey with a sombrero and maracas on the cover. And then comes the name. Everything is so far away from actual samba I almost think they made it on purpose.

[RCBH928]

comecocos sounds cool

whats funny about samba and a monkey?

[jfrost]

Not specifically the monkey, who's just a character, but samba is not Mexican, nor does it have anything to do with sombreros and maracas. In fact, I've never seen an actual maraca in my life.

[Pullmyfinger]

Most people around here doesn't know who Pac-Man is beacuse the companies changed it's name to other thinsg so as to avoid paying some cash. Most people call Pac-Man: "Comecocos" literally "Bogeyman eater".

I also speak spanish natively (though not in Spain) and just heard of "comecocos" last year in an advertisement for the cell phone port and assumed "cocos" was for the things Pac-Man eats, but "cocos" as in "boogeyman" for the ghosts makes sense too.

[RCBH928]

I know nothing of samba except that Brazilian soccer players dance samva after they score, and it is a Brazilian dance.

[jfrost]

I'm not a big fan myself. I have a close friend who is, though. If you care enough, I might get you some recommendations. It isn't just a dance, it's more of a music genre, though dancing is a part of it (much like hip hop). And while most people would think they don't know samba, they might've listened to at least one subset of it, like bossa nova.

The thing about Samba de Amigo is that it really doesn't have anything to do with samba. It was probably a conscious choice on the part of developers, and the name was likely chosen for marketing concerns or whatever. It doesn't excuse, however, that the genre is not actually represented in the game.

And as I said, maracas have nothing to do with it. Instruments used in samba include: pandeiro, tamborim, cavaquinho, guitar, cuíca, several types of drums, and so on. They had a big roster of instruments to use for the game and picked one that had nothing to do with the genre on the title. That's why it's funny.

[RCBH928]

I took one course in Spanish(which to my benefit, Spanish language, makes you able to communicate with Portuguese and Italians too!) and I understand that Samba de Amigo literally means: Samba of a friend? Does the name suck or am i getting it wrong?

[ZeroAX]

Spanish language, makes you able to communicate with Portuguese and Italians too!

to my knowledge they are different languages