• @[email protected]
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    576 months ago

    The term nerf in respect to video games was actually derived from Nerf guns. Because Nerf guns are basically just normal guns that have been heavily nerfed 😅

    • @NeptuneOrbit
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      116 months ago

      I think the direct implication is that the bullets are padded with foam. Softened.

      • sp3ctr4l
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        36 months ago

        Yeah, it comes from debuffs, which was applied to early FPS games when a gun was debuffed, which made the bullets hit less like bullets and more like nerf darts.

        This gun used to take a guy out in 2 body shots and now its 5, like I’m shooting with a nerf gun!

        Then the term spread around to non FPS games.