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A way of attempting to control a population via media.
A man or woman working the world's oldest profession. He/she might provide you a cutscene, health, or be a background NPC for an urban setting.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Games that feature quiz questions, often in the form of multiple choice responses.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
Revenge is an act of violence, financial ruin, or emotional torment that one person or group carries out against another, in response to some perceived wrongdoing.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Platforms that spin around their own axis. May cause disorientation.
Monarchs and their families.
Samurai, or Bushi (literally, "warriors") were a social class in feudal Japan, equivalent to Western aristocracy, knights.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
Scary Children in scary games. Some speak, some don't but they all stare.
A Scripted Death is a moment when the player is taken out of control resulting in the characters death
Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
Small marine fish that have a horselike head and swim in upright position.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Some things that are meant to be hidden can be seen clear as day thanks to innate abilities of certain characters or perhaps by equipping magical items imbued with this ability.
When a character in a video game is invincible to everything except a certain weapon, item, or spell.
Sometimes the creator's logo or name can be found in the product's game world.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
Enemies that hide behind shields.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Characters who at some point possess the ability to shrink in size.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
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