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Editor of Gamenator.

lordtime edits Gamenator and writes its engine histories, genre pages and stories. Each page lists the sources its facts were checked against: the engine makers’ own documentation, studio talks and credits, and the trade press.

Articles

  • Glossary

    Coyote time

    What is coyote time? The grace period that lets you jump just after running off a ledge, why platformers like Celeste use it, and where the name comes from.

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  • Glossary

    Delay-based netcode

    What is delay-based netcode? How fighting games once waited for the other player's input by adding lag, and why rollback netcode replaced it.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Dynamic difficulty adjustment

    What is dynamic difficulty adjustment? How games like Left 4 Dead and Resident Evil 4 change difficulty to match the player, and its history.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Easter egg

    What is an Easter egg in video games? Hidden messages and secrets, from Adventure's secret room to Moonlander, and who first called them Easter eggs.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Emergent gameplay

    What is emergent gameplay? When simple game systems combine into situations nobody scripted, in games like Deus Ex, Minecraft and EVE Online.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Fast travel

    What is fast travel? Teleporting between places you have already found, why open-world games and role-playing games use it, and examples.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Fog of war

    What is fog of war in games? Hidden map areas and enemy units in strategy games, and the earliest games to use it, from Empire to Eastern Front.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Frame data

    What is frame data? How fighting games measure every move in frames: startup, active and recovery, and what plus and minus frames mean.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Frame generation

    What is frame generation? How DLSS 3 and FSR 3 add frames between rendered ones to raise frame rates, and how it differs from upscaling.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Frame pacing

    What is frame pacing? Why even gaps between frames matter as much as frame rate, and how uneven frame times cause micro stutter.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Gacha

    What is a gacha game? The random-draw mechanic named after Japanese capsule toy machines, how pulls and rarity work, and examples like Genshin Impact.

    1 min read

  • Glossary

    Game feel (juice)

    What is game feel, or juice? How input response, motion and polish make controls feel good, from Steve Swink's 2008 book to Celeste and Hollow Knight.

    1 min read