Bloom lighting
Gamers know it refers to: A high dynamic range lighting effect whereby a soft glow emanates from a brightly lit object, affecting the objects and characters around it.
Non-gamers think it means: Hydroponic lighting kits. Like the ones commonly used to grow marijuana.
Clipping error
Gamers know it refers to: An in-game glitch which results in erroneous collision detection between two objects, perhaps causing a character to walk through a wall or fall through a platform.
Non-gamers think it means: A bad haircut.
Head-shot
Gamers know it refers to: A shot fired from an in-game gun or other projectile weapon which precisely strikes the cranium of an enemy or opposing player, more often than not resulting in an instant kill.
Non-gamers think it means: Those cheesy close-up photos that actors have in their resumes, that usually turn up alongside a load of low-profile TV soap credits in order to make them look all moody and serious in the programme for a panto.
Spawn point
Gamers know it refers to: A designated location within a multiplayer map at which eliminated players return to the game.
Non-gamers think it means: A pond.
Co-op campaign
Gamers know it refers to: A dedicated narrative selection of levels designed specifically for simultaneous co-operative play between two or more players, accessed and played separately from the games single-player component.
Non-gamers think it means: The advertising and promotional materials for a chain of shops or businesses owned by the customers who fund it.
Re-spec
Gamers know it refers to: The process of removing and reassigning an RPG characters manually-allocated experience points in order to unlock a different skillset.
Non-gamers think it means: An eye test.
Ghost data
Gamers know it refers to: The recorded performance of a player, depicted in-game for practice purposes.
Non-gamers think it means: The findings of a paranormal investigator.
Shoulder buttons
Gamers know it refers to: The buttons or triggers on the top or underside of a joypad.
Non-gamers think it means: Epaulets
Cloud storage
Gamers know it refers to: The ability to upload game saves and other important data to a central server, as back-up against any potential malfunction of a local hard-drive.
Non-gamers think it means: A rain conservation barrel.
Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says he "got rid of" agents who deliberately kept him away from video game gigs: "They just didn't want me to do it"
Jennifer Hale says she didn't see a single line as Mass Effect's Commander Shepard until it was time to record: "It was all cold reading on the spot"
