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Japan Amazed By L33T Speak

L33T Speak probably isn't something you want to teach someone, if only because it is an annoying way to type. But an American reporter decided that Japan needs to learn the fine nuances of the 'l33t' language and the Japanese audience seemed thrilled with this new way of typing!

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CrippleH5335d ago

You can thank old school Counter Strike fans for 1337 speak.

zootang5334d ago

I thought it was the british with the invention of texting back in the early nintys

Timesplitter145334d ago

I'd rather BLAME them for l33t speak

Azurite5334d ago (Edited 5334d ago )

It spread from Quake.
Though, make no mistake, it existed even before then. But Quake and later Quake3 messed it up and spread it to Counter-Strike, polluting it.

evrfighter5334d ago

im fairly positive it was invented by starcraft players. But made popular by cs players

HolyOrangeCows5334d ago (Edited 5334d ago )

''L337'' speak is just stupid abbreviations and numbers used instead of letters.

It was not invented by any community. I DEFINITELY remember McD signs using numbers if they ran out of a letter back before online gaming was anything (Or even the internet).

SaberEdge5334d ago

That was great. I love the Japanese.

SixZeroFour5334d ago

i thought it was first used by hackers

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Saaking5335d ago

leet speak is just annoying. I don't see what the point is really. Anyone with a brain can understand leet speak so you might as well type normally.

D4RkNIKON5334d ago

It is annoying but as gamers we are used to it. Every thing we talk about and read gets abbreviated. Game titles especially..

MW2
GOW
KZ2
FF13
ODST
MGS4 to name just a few examples. But you and I know exactly what each of those means.

Pennywise5334d ago

That is not l33t speak... thats abbreviations or acronyms .

D4RkNIKON5334d ago

It is all relative Pennywise... BTW do you listen to Pennywise or does your name just refer to "IT"

Pennywise5334d ago

My name originated from the band... The it avatar is too cool :)

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Jerk1205335d ago

Just like they were and still are thrilled with the English language.

Don't tell Japan about these things, it only makes things worse.

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Invincible: Guarding the Globe Review - Hardcore Droid

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Star Wars Hunters Gets Official Global Release Date on Mobile

Developer Zynga has confirmed that Star Wars Hunters will launch globally for Android and iOS devices on June 4, 2024.

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Sony Developing PlayStation Mobile Platform

Sony's bold step into the mobile gaming world as they developing a new PlayStation Mobile Platform for free-to-play games.

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gold_drake13d ago

if they make their mobile games playable on ps5 and their maybe new handheld, that would be huge. cause i aint playing any free games on my phone, cause mobile games suck. haha.

Retro198612d ago

I like mobile games, but the problem for me is that «free games» usually has alot of p2w or other microtransaction connected to them. LoL, Hearthstone, civ, fm etc is great on iPad 😊 Would love to see rise of kingdoms etc Get rid of p2w formula.

Guitardr8512d ago

Does anyone remember PS MInis from the PS3 era? I feel like most of those were mobile games that were ported...No reason they couldn't do that again I suppose. :)

gold_drake12d ago

yeeeess i had some of them haha

P_Bomb12d ago

Ha, I remember those! They didn’t have trophies so I’ve lost track of most of them, but I remember Hysteria Project and Angry Birds.

piher12d ago

I feel like people don't understand what mobile gaming is anymore.

It's not the button phone cheap Tetris clones or movie licensed stuff anymore.

Mobile gaming is huge games like Genshin Impact Honkai: Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, Amazon and Bandai/Namco's Blue Protocol games with budgets that rival and even exceed AAA, but even things like CoD and other big western games have mobile versions.

All the games listed also have PC and console versions.

Sony already owns several big mobile games most famously Fate/Grand Order.

gold_drake12d ago

i feel like you are overblowing what other ppl have said ha.

most mobiles are still very much your gatcha style of gaming.

the games u listed, absolutely, but that wasnt even my comment. mobile games, if they are not on anything else, sucks. so to have them on a handheld with buttons or on a console to, would be a win for me

Philaroni12d ago

I'm going to say this and ether A: I'm crazy or B: I'm crazy, but do any of you remember when Sony years back had the Xperia Play. Touched one never got it myself. If Sony is looking for a handheld (Look at Apple with the games it can run on there own devices) I wonder if maybe, just maybe they try to make a play for the Phone space again. Just my 2 cents, well with inflations I guess my 2 dimes.

Kurisu12d ago

Make an Xperia Play 2 that actually has functionality with the PS5 and I might bite! Loved the Xperia Play, showing off Crash Bandicoot on it was great but that's the only game I had for it.

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