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[bryant]

My current favorite piece of gaming slang is “lasersharking.”

“Hey, you know, that game concept would be better if the sharks had lasers on their head.” Lasersharking. Leave the poor concept alone; not all concepts need lasers to reach their full potential.

Rifts is all lasersharking, all the way to the bottom turtle.

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[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like it too.

Etymological note for future scholars: I'm pretty sure the term was coined by Jack Spencer Jr. in this Forge thread here, then developed here. I hope knowing it's one of umpteen terms created at the Forge doesn't take the fun out of it for anyone.

[bluegargantua]

Oh, it's a Forge term?

Well, you know what would make it cooler then? Like if it was super popular but Ron Edwards hated it and threw fits over it's usage like the whole vanilla/pervy deal, but really childish and out of proportion.

I think it'd also be cool if it described some sort of sexual activity. A cool sexual activity, not something stupid. That way, gamers would seems cooler and sexier.

Hey, baby, I'm a Lasershark!
Tom

[robotnik.livejournal.com]

Funny, I thought it would be cooler if everytime anyone used the term it caused seventeen people to post a comment about how much they hate the Forge and all its pseudo-academic jargon. :)

That way, gamers would seems cooler and sexier.
Cooler and sexier than they seem now? Hardly possible.

[jeffwik.livejournal.com]

Well, if it makes you feel better, Ron Edwards himself has never used the term "lasershark," according to the Forge search engine. "Lasersharking" and "Ron Edwards" gives one hit, a glossary of Forge terminology.

[bryant]

Nice! I'd been wondering about the origin. Google only knows "lasersharking" from Barbelith and a Neverwinter Nights forum. And, um, 20x20. Heh.

The term is clearly coined after the classic Austin Powers quote (classic?): "All I want is sharks with fricking laser beams on their heads!" All our culture is belong to Mike Meyers.

Jesus, that last sentence just collapsed into a geek culture black hole.

"Jumping the lasershark" is great coinage. lasershark.com is not taken. Hm.