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roguelike 

Adj: Of a computer game sharing certain characteristics similar to the original game Rogue. Especially involving a single character in a large dungeon/tower, with a key focus on inventory management and stat-building. Generally free and open-source, with primarily ASCII graphics.

Notables: Angband, Moria, Nethack, ADOM, Omega.

PQ (Progress Quest) is a parody roguelike.
Angband is the best roguelike!
roguelike by Zhou Fang August 17, 2003
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roguelike prototype

some shitty roblox game. aka lesbian magnet

Neo-Roguelike 

Defined by Derek Yu describing his game Spelunky. Also called roguelites, these games feature a resetting progression system like Rogue's, but incorporate other gameplay elements like platforming or dungeon-crawling. The period of neo-roguelikes is either still continuing, or ended around 2015.
Hey Edmund, you've never played any neo-roguelikes? Go die in Isaac or Spelunky 400 times and we'll talk about it afterwards.
Neo-Roguelike by glowlemo October 13, 2020

rougelike 

1. A postmodern fantasy where a modern feminist can face off against the suffocatingly chauvinist entities of make-up.
2. A misspelling of roguelike.
Beware the rougelikes!
rougelike by Zhou Fang February 16, 2004

rogeline 

A really good friend, she loves to sleep and watch k drama , she’s a night owl, also loves kpop specifically shinee, she’s selfless , you’re too lucky to have Rogeline in your life as a friend, sibling, daughter and partner in life.
Rogeline skip the class every morning

Rogeline is a call center
rogeline by Love of wisdom June 7, 2021

Roguelife 

A game that resets most or all player stats and items in each death/failure, and in which the 'looping' mechanigc is a core facet of the overall narrative (e.g., in-game characters are aware of the looping phenomenon and/or the game's mechanics or environments change significantly as a result of previous runs)
Guy 1: "Have you checked out Deathloop?"
Guy 2: "No man, I don't like the repetitiveness of roguelikes and roguelites"
Guy 1: "Dude, it's a roguelife, don't worry about it"
Guy 2: "What the heck is a roguelicke"
Roguelife by Nintendrew August 24, 2022
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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