ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAnyone remember Xfire?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down129
arrow-up1709arrow-down1imageAnyone remember Xfire?lemmy.worldArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squarePuzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·10 months agoA lot of, generally Japanese, media uses “x” as shorthand for “cross” A friend always called it “christfire” because it pissed EVERYONE off
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoLet them know I’m taking that for my new band name.
minus-squareLennethAegis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoI remember in Paper Mario: TTYD one of the late game tattle entries on a X-naut enemy clarifies that its pronounced “cross”-nauts. This game had me mispronouncing the villain team’s name the entire time until the end.
minus-squarefull_on_rapist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·10 months agoHence the cross button on PS controllers.
A lot of, generally Japanese, media uses “x” as shorthand for “cross”
A friend always called it “christfire” because it pissed EVERYONE off
Let them know I’m taking that for my new band name.
I remember in Paper Mario: TTYD one of the late game tattle entries on a X-naut enemy clarifies that its pronounced “cross”-nauts. This game had me mispronouncing the villain team’s name the entire time until the end.
Hence the cross button on PS controllers.