2D - two-dimensional, has either height-length or length-width, sometimes height-width

3D - three-dimensional, everything appears to have height, length, and width

adult - English term for "sexually explicit;" the term denotes a strong Occidental flavor as opposed to Oriental

anime - Japanese word for "animation;" denotes a particular and highly recognizable style of graphics design popularized in Japan by Osamu Tezuka back in the 1960s

chan - Japanese term for "intimately familiar person;" see "SD"

first person - action appears to be taking place directly from the player's perspective, as if he/she were actually taking part within the game itself

hentai - Japanese term for "sexually explicit;" the term denotes a strong Oriental flavor as opposed to Occidental

isometric - pseudo 3D perspective in which both length and width are set at opposing angles from the horizon, often requiring two-button combinations to move directly forward-back or left-right, not to be confused with "slant-view"

kawaii - Japanese word for "overly cute;" commonly used in association with chan-style games, see also "SD"

lollicom - a hentai variation on chan-style involving SD females

manga - Japanese term for "comic book;" see also "anime"

otaku - Japanese word for "fanboy;" used in the same sense as "Trekkie" to denote people who are overly fond of anime

pachinko - commonly known as "Japanese pinball," in which steel balls are fed through an intricately designed vertical pinball-style board - you buy your own balls at the pachinko parlors, and can win all sorts of prizes based on how well you do

pachislot - a Japanese take on Western-style slot machines that has in addition to the lever a series of "skill stops" that give you some control over each of the three spinning reels - the object is the same, though, as you must achieve certain patterns (three of anything is desired) in order to win the various prises offered

SD - short for "super-deformed;" a peculiar variant of anime in in which cute-looking midget charactures are used often to parody well-known anime/manga titles or as comic relief within the same - frequently referred to as "chan-style" by otaku with knowledge of Japanese

sensei - Japanese term for "teacher, master;" used in the latter sense to denote one who commands mastery of a given craft

shojo - Japanese term for "girlish;" anything aimed at young girls

shonen - Japanese term for "boyish;" anything aimed at young boys

shiatsu - a peculiarly Japanese take on the popular sexual fetish of bondage in which the submissive is restrained via large, coarse ropes bound about in predefined locations and patterns so as to enhance sexual stimulation

side scroll - action is viewed as if the player were directly beside it; it begins at one side of the screen and scrolls to the other - usually left-to-right, rarely right-to-left

slant view - pseudo 3D perspective in which only one of the axes of motion is slanted, usually either length or width but rarely height, not to be confused with "isometric"

top-down - action is viewed as if the player were directly overhead

YACEG - pronounced "yaah-segh," acronym for "Yet Another Celebrity Endorsed Game"