"Did ya' hear about the masquerade? They say it'll be open to the public this year."
"Like hell, even if it is, there'll be a steep fee only to watch a spectacle gawk 'n' swoon as they ignore what goes on outside"

Spectacle by K626 May 27, 2022

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Spectacle creep

A phenomenon occurring when the creator/creators of certain a media franchise (in games, movies, comics, etc) try to keep things fresh and interesting by unwisely making everything bigger, better and more spectacular. This can lead to the feeling that everything up to that point didn't really have a point or that everything after this point is pointless since it's just so ridiculously over the top.

"First Gotham, then the world!"
Mr. Freeze on Spectacle creep

Spectacle creep by GOTLANDSKORV November 18, 2013

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Spectacle Fighter

A term first coined by "The Escapist's" resident Australian game critic Yahtzee, to describe a genre of fighter in which a game's focus is on the visual beauty of fighting enemies as opposed to actual realism or other aspects of game play.

All you ever do in Mad World is kill people extravagantly for points - it's totally a Spectacle Fighter.

Spectacle Fighter by ZPfan April 22, 2009

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Spectacle Of Stool

Fancy alternative to "Shit Show"

I must declare that when I have a chance to be social, it often becomes a Spectacle Of Stool.

Spectacle Of Stool by bad_grammir_for_real March 7, 2016

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