A person who will never make it in the game industry, since guys in the game industry have to actually, like, work, know whatimean?
• Dungeon Master – A person who acts as game moderator in a paper RPG, or a person who acts as game moderator in an online MMORPG. • Dweeb – Geek. • E.C.T.S. – Video game trade show that takes place in London, for the European market. Analogous to E3. See Lesson 6 for more about trade shows. • Educational Game – A specific type of game made primarily for the purpose of teaching younger players. • Edutainment – A game that teaches and also entertains. • E For All – A new expo debuting in L.A. in 2007. See http://www.eforallexpo.com/. • Elevator Pitch – A very short (45 seconds) verbal description of the central concept of a game. So short that it can be delivered between floors on an elevator, should the designer happen to find himself in an elevator with a game executive or VC. Sometimes referred to as the “Hollywood pitch.” • Embiggen – To empower, to enlarge, to engrow… to fertilize, as it were. It’s a perfectly cromulent word, like “shoulda’s.” Origin: the Simpsons. • Employment A
