Pixelhunt
When a P&C game has such tiny clickable areas that it seems you have to click one exact pixel for anything to work.
Pixelhunt by Ganondorf12788 January 12, 2009
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pixelante
An insult coined by Miami lawyer and anti-videogame crusader Jack Thompson to describe gamers who fought back against his attempts to ban violent games. While intended as an ad hominem insult, some gamers have taken the mantle on proudly as "pixelantes".
Believed to be a portmanteau derived from "pixel", a reference to videogame graphics, and "vigilante".
Believed to be a portmanteau derived from "pixel", a reference to videogame graphics, and "vigilante".
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pixelante
Originally, a term coined by Jack Thompson, referring to members of the internet-based gaming subculture who have taken it upon themselves to take action against him for his harassment of Mike Krahulik, the artist from the webcomic Penny Arcade.
The term has since been reclaimed by two designers at Straight Loop, who have made a tshirt design based on the word.
The term has since been reclaimed by two designers at Straight Loop, who have made a tshirt design based on the word.
"Several weeks ago some gamer idiot (sorry to be redundant) managed to email me thousands of death threats from a blast e-mail service based in Ireland using the following e-mail address: georgewbush@whitehouse.gov. The Secret Service shut that pixelante right down."
pixelante by idriveajeed October 23, 2005
Pixeljunk Monsters
PixelJunk Monsters is a downloadable game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. Simple yet fiendishly addictive, this has to be one of the best PSN (PlayStation Network) games available.
Person A. Dude fancy playing Pixeljunk Monsters?
Person B. That sounds lame dude.
10 minutes later
Person B. This is the best game ever.
Person B. That sounds lame dude.
10 minutes later
Person B. This is the best game ever.
Pixeljunk Monsters by House. August 16, 2009
Pixelante
Someone who when they disagree with someone they use the internet and various other means to orchestrate death threats.
Coined by Jack Thompson in reference to the Penny Arcade creators and others who stood up against his crusade against video game violence.
Coined by Jack Thompson in reference to the Penny Arcade creators and others who stood up against his crusade against video game violence.
Pixelante by James Knightsbridge October 27, 2005
pixelante
People, mainly gamers, who are seized by a kind of madness and become a vigilante in the name of video games.
Penny Arcade's fans became pixelantes because of a crazy lawyer's uneducated "crusade" against violent video games.