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| Apr 1, 2015 at 18:36 | comment | added | narb | Yeah, they were called gibs in Quake (1996), although the game manual called them "chunky kibbles" in one place. I think Rise of the Triad (94 or 95) was the first FPS with gibs. | |
| Mar 30, 2015 at 4:56 | comment | added | KoolMintCookies | > Gib is short for "giblets" > > This article also credits Adrian Carmack, one of the founders of id > Software, with coining this term, although this statement is > unsourced. I believe the term 'Gib' was the class/object name of the particle in id Software's shooter series. (This should probably be a comment, but I cannot comment yet) | |
| Jun 4, 2012 at 11:29 | history | edited | Kappei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Modified title for searching purposes
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| May 9, 2012 at 9:59 | comment | added | Kappei | @DoozerBlake well for GIF at least we have the Word of God for the pronunciation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format#Pronunciation | |
| May 8, 2012 at 15:22 | comment | added | Doozer Blake | I think it'll end up being like the pronunciation of GIF, with people on all sides. | |
| May 8, 2012 at 12:51 | comment | added | Kappei | In my mind it's always pronounced "jeeb" even if I know it's wrong... | |
| May 7, 2012 at 23:45 | comment | added | Doozer Blake | I'm going to follow this up with a how do you pronounce "gib" question. | |
| May 7, 2012 at 18:59 | vote | accept | Kappei | ||
| May 7, 2012 at 16:47 | history | edited | Kappei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected title grammar
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| May 7, 2012 at 16:34 | answer | added | agent86 | timeline score: 45 | |
| May 7, 2012 at 16:31 | history | asked | Kappei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |