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A process by which one player/creature's health points are transferred to another, particularly via a spell, technique or item.
The study of and search for remains of human culture and history (or that of other civilizations).
A religion of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing many different traditions. It is the largest third religion in the world, and also one of the world's oldest religions still in practice.
A feature (or features) is advertised on the box or in the game manual, but due to the game being rushed or not tested the feature is not there. Fixed with patches or DLC in newer games.
There's nothing cooler than planting a bomb, turning the camera around, and walking away nonchalantly as it blows up behind you. As everyone knows, true heroes don't look at explosions.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
When the player, compared to the adversary he/she is supposed to defeat, looks like a tiny inchworm.
A stance or movement by a video game character celebrating a current accomplishment.
The larval stage of a butterfly or moth.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
Characters that are initially portrayed as evil, but eventually turn out to be good or not as serious of a threat. This also includes villains who remain evil the entire game, but contain some sense of moral goodness or ambiguity.
Joke characters are characters in video games that provide humor, and are often parodies of characters from other games, or parodies of famous celebrities.
Games that involve the player saving a president from being killed, kidnapped, or otherwise harmed.
Air moving with a considerable force from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. Used in games to slow things down, speed them up, or make them hover.
Create-A modes allows the player to create the skate park of their dreams, their own action hero, or the next champion of wrestling.
The sport of Bobsleighing.
All the enemies in the game show up in the credits, sometimes before the people who made the game.
Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
'Shhh!'
Oni are a type of ogre/demonic creature from Japanese folklore. They are known for attacking and pillaging villages.
The act of changing an event in the past that significantly alters further events leading up to the present. This is a major element of many stories involving time travel.
Cyberpunk is an aesthetic choice that is employed in many different media, it focuses on technology and how that technology encroaches on our natural, daily lives.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
Fate is a force in the background of all things that determines what is going to happen to the world and its characters. Many games incorporate fate as a vital component of the story or as a convenient plot device.
Dimensions and worlds that exist outside of time and space.
Games with characters known for wearing hoods over their heads, whether they be cloaked cultists, assassins, or just guys that keep their hoodies in the upright-and-locked position.
A species of waterfowl.
A character who is destined to save or destroy the world. Often seen in RPGs.
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