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Games that encourage the beating of small and/or defenseless creatures.
Some rooms have faulty lights that flick on and off. Often this is used in horror games to help build an unsettling atmosphere.
Toys that come to life, whether in the form of lovable action figures with personalities of their own, or psychotic dolls possessed by the souls of deceased serial murderers.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
A dam-building semi-aquatic rodent. Beavers have poor eyesight, but keen senses of hearing, smell, and touch.
Sending or receiving fake email inside a game.
The ethically challenged corporation at the heart of D/Generation, Genoq was at one point a legitimate pharmaceutical company. Over time, however, its medical research became little more than a front helping to mask its primary source of revenue: the development and sale of biological weapons.
The Kilrathi are a race of warlike extraterrestrials. Physically they are bipeds who strongly resemble big cats with leonine manes.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
A sight placed on the HUD used to aim and provide a point of reference to the player when looking and interacting with the game world. Although they often aim weapons, they have a variety of uses and have appeared in many games in many different forms.
When the player's actions trigger a change in the game's soundtrack. This adds a cinematic quality to the gameplay.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
Having a regenerating shield allows for the character to hide when his shield is low. This makes gameplay easier as the character is not always looking around for health.
The act of aerial combat between two or more fighter aircraft. A common occurrence in many combat flight games, it is the equivalent of a firefight in a first- or third-person shooter.
When characters largely go by code names or call signs to protect their identities during their missions. They are also adopted for conveniences sake.
In the sky or in the blackness of space, these guys can get you from one place to another, and maybe blow up a few bad (or good) guys along the way!
Sometimes a character will come up on your HUD to tell you an important piece of information. This usually consists of voice acting, occasionally Full Motion Video, and is pretty useful when you need to learn about things like doing barrel rolls.
A general term to describe a race or species that predates the civilisation/setting that the game takes place in, usually used in the game to provide hints or clues to the protagonist to help solve some sort of grand mystery or defeat an enemy through the help of relics left behind. Occasionally, there may still be traces of them, either through technology or lone survivors that have somehow managed to live to the present day.
The Black Market is a concept wherein players may buy or sell items through alternative means. This is often a way to make more money but can often land the player into trouble.
Game visuals based on mathematical calculations. As opposed to texture or sprite based raster graphics.
The Art of tracking down criminals and the wanted like for a cash reward.
Forced labor, indentured servitude, humans relegated to property. One of the greatest affronts to individual freedom. Some games employ this as a gameplay mechanic or a major story point.
A form of level transition, mainly used in the early 90's. The act of travelling from one planet to another.
Named after Isaac Newton for his laws of motion and gravity, Newtonian Flight is a style of space craft simulation that reproduces the physical motion of objects in the vacuum of space. The accuracy of the simulation can vary based on gameplay design such as having a limit on top speeds.
A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.
An acrobatic move, where you turn over in midair using your hands to prevent your head from hitting the ground. Sort of like a front or back flip but you put your hands on the ground after turning 180 degrees.
A combination of a split and a jump kick.
Karate is an umbrella term for a wide range of martial arts originating in pre-Japanese Okinawa.
A page about different rivals seen in video games, such as Shadow the Hedgehog, the numerous rivals from Pokemon games, and so on.
An elephant is the largest land mammal who has big ears, a trunk for a nose, a tail, and tusks. Supposedly they have good memories, hidden graveyards, a love of peanuts, and a great fear of mice.
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