kusoge
English
Etymology
From romanisation of Japanese クソゲー kusogē.
Noun
kusoge (uncountable)
- (video games) unenjoyable or otherwise poorly-made video game. [Since 2010]
- 2010 February 24, @variasuite, Twitter[1]:
- ""Kusoge" doesn't refer to a popular title that fails to live up to your high standard of quality."
- 2012 September 23, a beast who cant see beyond his own fist, Tumblr[2]:
- "kusoge fighters usually have the most broken characters in fg history"
- 2021 September 2, De'Angelo Epps, “Fighting Game Players Should Have Side Games Like Kusoge”, in compete.playstation.com[3]:
- "Almost no one takes kusoge titles seriously because they are from an era before there was a standard for “polished” and “balanced” fighting games."
- 2023 July 10, “Obscure Pixels - Kusoge”, in goto.game[4]:
- "For example, the most common kind of kusoge is just a genuinely absolutely terrible game."