About "Tristan Ibarra's Videogame Dictionary for the Total N00B" POCKET PAPERBACK EDITION

First of all, why put my name on the book? Ask Merriam or Webster first and then get back to me!

I'm always looking for new things to write about, and the inspiration comes from the most unexpected places sometimes. I've been a gamer all my life and have been getting deeper and deeper into the behind-the-scenes of a lot of different aspects of gaming. It's a full-on hobby for people and there are tons of collectors out there now which is exactly why I wrote my Console and Videogame Collector's Field Guides to help others discover what games and consoles I discovered during my research. I went from being a gaming consumer to a gaming content creator. A very broad term, I know.

in 2023 I jumped into one aspect of content creating that I had always wanted to do but never had the drive to start from scratch. Podcasting. I have a lot to say about video games, to say the least, and I wanted to share my opinions with others who might enjoy listening. I feel as someone who has done years of research into games and consoles, I have a unique perspective to give.

Anyway, fast forward to 2024 and I got some feedback from my mom who watched my podcasts once I uploaded them to YouTube. She enjoyed our spirited banter and discussions but was completely lost when it came to a lot of terms and lingo that only a gamer would understand. LIGHT BULB. What if I made a dictionary so that she could flip through the book and see what we were talking about on-the-fly? I did a little bit of research and to my surprise, I couldn't find any hits on a dictionary for gamers except for one that was written about Japanese games at one point.

I got right to work and started compiling a master list of terms. Once I ran out of all the terms that everyone else had, I went to work filling in the gaps with terminology that is spoken amongst our gaming communities but never really documented. I would literally walk around my game room and the video game stores I frequent both literally and, in my head, and thought about terms associated with the games I've played and the things I have. I've added hundreds of terms now and am still going as I finish the dictionary.

After a few ugly attempts at the cover and spine, I think I came up with something sharp, handsome, and, most importantly, it won't make anyone's eyes bleed.

The dictionary currently has about 2500 definitions and is estimated to be about 4-600 pages, it just depends on the font size and formatting I end up going with. But the form factor is that of a small dictionary.

As of writing this, the dictionary is in its final edits and formatting and will go to print in the coming months.