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ludonarrative dissonance

When there is a disconnect between story and gameplay in video games. An unnecessarily fancy sounding term mostly used by pseudo-intellectuals to whine about violence in Bioshock: Infinite. To them, the idea of so much violence in a game about a violent man in a violent/racist city is somehow a huge shocker.

Disconnect between gameplay and story happens all the time. There are countless examples of games where characters soak up bullets during gameplay but die from a single bullet in cut scenes. Yet somehow violence in Bioshock: Infinite is simultaneously the most frequently used and worst example of gameplay/story disconnect.
Did you read that article on the reputable game journalism website about violence and ludonarrative dissonance in Bioshock: Infinite? You know, the same journalist website that gave the fundamentally broken PS3 version of Skyrim a 10/10?
by RusFring September 17, 2013
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Cognitive Dissonance

I'm feeling cognitive dissonance like Susan Collins when I claim I support survivors but I vote for Bret Kavanaugh.
by ravenpaige October 6, 2018
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Dissing

Term used by older, ass-hat salesmen in an attempt to seem younger and/or cooler than they really are. It should be noted that it rarely, if ever, works.
Salesguy: "I was dissing my buddy big-time for that whack sale he made."

Same Salesguy: "Did I use that properly? How did it sound?"
by Pudie February 19, 2010
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Dissendium

A place where Cho is rightly worshipped as the true love of Harry Potter by all elite members.

First rule of Dissendium - we never talk about Dissendium.
"Harry felt a lurch in his stomach which he didn't think had anything to do with nerves."
by Tina Trelawney Wood January 18, 2005
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Dissin the Boc Yeah

The act of dissing the Xboc by non Xboc Users commonly PS4 Users.

When one uses the word Xboc they have a special gang like connection
Oi Baff you see miniwheels dissin the boc yeah lets bash him
by Frxnch June 6, 2019
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ludonarrative dissonance

An unnecessarily fancy term for conflicting elements of ludology (gameplay, game design, et cetera) and narrative (story, characters, and the rules set up by the world).
Ludonarrative dissonance made the game a lot less enjoyable for me. You'd think that shooting a guy in the head would kill him instantly, but no, The Division seems completely oblivious to the fact that it's a Tom Clancy game.
by Witness Enderfield June 25, 2016
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dissingful

Anything that is full of diss or disses.
Jack:Stop being such a homo.
Jill:When have you become so dissingful?
by CBNSK December 7, 2007
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