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A large and dangerous lizard.
Gorgons are mythical female creatures known most notably for their hair of living snakes and ability to turn anyone into stone with their gaze. While the most famous depiction of a gorgon is Medusa, they have been depicted in various other ways in literature, film, and games.
According to greek mythology, Hydra was a many-headed serpent; the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. For each head that got cut off, two new heads would grow in its place. It was eventually slain by Hercules.
Games centred around Barbarians. A barbarian is usually recognised by his/her long flowy hair, loincloth and animal skins, lack of clothes and sword (not the same as cavemen).
Wraith are apparitions clad in dark robes. They are often in possession of scythes, making them somewhat akin to Reapers. Some have magical abilities.
Sirens are alluring seductresses that have been depicted in many ways including avian hybrids (Greek mythology), mermaids, or regular women.
Usually done for stylistic purposes, these characters or objects lack limbs connecting their hands or wheels or other extremities to their body. The resulting appendage merely floats in mid-air in a mildly disturbing way.
Characters who lack body parts that people in the real world have, yet they still utilise their bodily functions.
Fatalities are a means of ending a fighting game match by gruesomely murdering the loser. It was popularized as a finishing move performed at the end of a match in Mortal Kombat.
Finishing moves are typically moves that end a fight in a traditional fighting game.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
"Vore" is an internet term for a sexual fetish for the act of a creature swallowing someone else whole while they are still alive. The act is also seen in many video games, in a decidedly less sexual manner.
One of the world's oldest board games, using eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, a queen and king.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
A boss battle seen from the bosses point of view.
An alluring female who uses her charms to seduce men with intention of using them to further her own intentions.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
In many games that feature team-based competition, "Friendly Fire" is the ability shoot or somehow directly impair ones own teammates.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
Toads are amphibians that live on dry land, as opposed to frogs who like things more wet. They are believed to cause warts and be very toady - flattering someone to get your own way.
In second person point of view, the action is shot from the perspective of a character that is not the protagonist. It can also refer to second-person in the narrative sense, where the protagonist is the person playing the game.
Characters, items, etc. will sometimes blink before disappearing.
Any being that is humanoid in appearance, with amphibian-like features. This covers frogs, toads, salamanders and newts (caecilians look too much like worms).
Characters or objects that appear to smash into the player's screen.
Belt scrolling is a 2D perspective, side-scrolling action with downward camera angle. The character is able to move not only sideways, but also vertically within a limited area, giving pseudo-3D depth. Mostly used by beat 'em up brawlers, this term is mainly used in Japan and comes from the conveyor belt like viewpoint.
When a character wears sunglasses even in the dark, or the player is rewarded for doing so.
Rubber Band AI is an infamous hidden feature in racing games that allows computer-controlled opponents to catch up no matter how far behind they are. It is intended to keep challenging the player, but can also give AI opponents an unfair advantage.
Kart racers are cartoon-like racing games that often feature fantastical power-ups.
Using cars to play the sport of soccer/football.
Games where the characters are 2D bitmap images (sprites), but the environment and scenarios are made in a 3-Dimensional space. This technique was commonly used on consoles like the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo DS. Many 90's First-Person Shooters also used this technique. Some used it as a stylistic choice like Paper Mario and Rakugaki Showtime.
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