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As phrases like easter eggs and looksmaxxing enter everyday language, what other words from the world of video games might soon be mainstream?<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago, video games were seen as a niche hobby dominated by hardcore enthusiasts, tucked away in obscure online forums and gaming meet-ups. Back then, the idea that governments would use footage from Call of Duty and gaming terms such as \u201ckillstreaks\u201d as war propaganda would have been absurd. Then the 2010s happened: nerd culture popularised, previously online-only spaces began to meld with the real world, and gaming went mainstream.<\/p>\n

Now, gaming references have entered common parlance \u2013 at the end of 2024, video game terms including \u201ccheat code\u201d and \u201ccutscene\u201d were even added to the Oxford English Dictionary<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 and they increasingly crop up in politics, too. Earlier this year, the official White House X account posted footage<\/a> of military strikes on Iran interspersed with footage from the video game Grand Theft Auto. Six days later, another video was posted<\/a>, this time interspersing military footage with clips from Nintendo\u2019s 2006 game Wii Sports. <\/strong>Video game references aren\u2019t reserved for the political right, either: in February 2026, Democrat representative of New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quipped<\/a>, \u201cWhy does this guy always talk like a World of Warcraft npc [non-player character]?\u201d in response to a post on X by Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff.<\/p>\n

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\nAs phrases like easter eggs and looksmaxxing enter everyday language, what other words from the world of video games might soon be mainstream?
\nTwenty years ago, video games were seen as a niche hobby dominated by hardcore enthusiasts, tucked away in obscure online forums and gaming meet-ups. Back then, the idea that governments would use footage from Call of Duty and gaming terms such as \u201ckillstreaks\u201d as war propaganda would have been absurd. Then the 2010s happened: nerd culture popularised, previously online-only spaces began to meld with the real world, and gaming went mainstream.
\nNow, gaming references have entered common parlance \u2013 at the end of 2024, video game terms including \u201ccheat code\u201d and \u201ccutscene\u201d were even added to the Oxford English Dictionary \u2013 and they increasingly crop up in politics, too. Earlier this year, the official White House X account posted footage of military strikes on Iran interspersed with footage from the video game Grand Theft Auto. Six days later, another video was posted, this time interspersing military footage with clips from Nintendo\u2019s 2006 game Wii Sports. Video game references aren\u2019t reserved for the political right, either: in February 2026, Democrat representative of New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quipped, \u201cWhy does this guy always talk like a World of Warcraft npc [non-player character]?\u201d in response to a post on X by Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As phrases like easter eggs and looksmaxxing enter everyday language, what other words from the world of video games might soon be mainstream? Twenty years ago, video games were seen as a niche hobby dominated by hardcore enthusiasts, tucked away in obscure online forums and gaming meet-ups. Back then, the idea that governments would use …<\/p>\n

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