BOSS, BOSS FIGHT—a villain or opponent who is very strong and hard to beat. A boss fight or battle is one in which you are matched against a very difficult opponent(s) and is difficult to win.
CONSOLE—Game console; i.e., Xbox, Playstation, Wii, etc. In the hierarchy of the gaming world, console users are often looked down on by those who play their games on their personal computers.
DLC (Downloaded Content) – Additional content that a gamer can purchase for a video game that can be as simple as new armor and weapons to as complicated as an entire new quest line the game.
GAMER GIRL—a girl who likes to play games that guys like to play, particularly video games.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)—Federal law, which among other things creates standards regarding the privacy of health information, to prevent improper use of one's medical information.
IM (Instant Message) Self-explanatory.
MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) —Games like World of Warcraft.
NPC (Non Player Character)—A character in the game that is separate from the player’s character but who may be a companion or villain in the game.
PC (Personal Computer)
PC (Player Character)—the character in the game that the player becomes. In some games the PC is defined at the beginning of the game by the game itself. In other games, the player defines his own character.
RPGs (Role Playing Games)—An outgrowth of Dungeons and Dragons, role playing video games are all about playing the role, becoming the character in the game, acquiring better skills, better weapons, better armor and beating the final boss at the end of the game.
TITLE VII LAWSUIT—a lawsuit based on the Federal Statutes under Title VII which prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
VANILLA GAME—the original bare bones game purchased with no additional content and no additional quests or missions.
By the way (BTW) – His name is pronounced “A-mon” (European pronunciation: the second vowel does the talking)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Afterword