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A person who captures or kills fugitives for money.
Bonuses that players can equip to their characters to give special abilities or buffs. They are often progressively unlocked by earning experience points.
An action that is sensitive to context. Like going up to an object and pushing a button, which would normally perform a different action, to interact with it.
Often a timed sequence where players must escape a building, spaceship, planet, etc... before it explodes.
An advanced version of the standard Red Arremer enemy.
A yōkai from Japanese folklore. It's a weasel with sharp sickles on its appendages (sometimes just front legs and tail) and thought to cause windstorms.
Don't believe anyone. There's more going on here than is immediately apparent.
Betrayal is when a person breaks the trust and faith that others have placed in them.
The act of stealing precious artifacts from a tomb.
Pegasi are winged horses found in Greek Mythology.
Small payments made with actual money which result in an in-game bonus, such as an extra item, character, etc...
When a character that the player fights as a boss is playable elsewhere.
Grindhouse films are low-budget exploitation films that revel in hardcore violence and overt sexual themes while unapologetic about their low production values. These games emulate the grindhouse aesthetic.
Moose are members of the deer family and are known for their large antlers. They cannot walk on two feet or pull rabbits out of hats.
Charityware (also called careware, helpware, or goodware) is software distributed in a way that benefits a charity.
Fish that are just as dangerous out of water as they are in it.
The ability to walk on water. Sometimes depending on a character's speed (IE slowing down will result in them sinking).
Somehow, one of the characters has changed their race.
tUME (the Universal Map Editor), is a development/map-making tool used in over 11 games. It was used to make SNES, Amiga, and Genesis. It runs of of MS-DOS and AmigaOS.
Games which feature laying tracks, driving trains, and growing railway companies have a long history in the strategy genre.
A ship or object travels faster than the speed of light to reach distant locations. An example is the Mass Relay system in Mass Effect.
Deathtraps that alternate between being active and inactive. Usually unavoidable in active state.
The ability for an athlete or character, especially in extreme sports or platforming games, to rotate their bodies in a frontal or backward motion, creating inertia that propels them into a flipping motion.
The act of using somebody's assets without giving the original creator credit.
When a developer creates a game that could be perceived as a new instalment in an existing franchise that they've worked on before, but doesn't share the same name due to licensing issues or other reasons, it's called a spiritual successor.
Everyone that is born has parents. These games feature adults with children of their own.
The Daleks are a race of mutant aliens from the planet Skaro, who travel in armoured metallic shell. They are the most iconic creatures in the popular British Sci-Fi show, Doctor Who, and have featured as the main antagonist in several Doctor Who games.
Weapons that use a freezing effect to damage opponents, slow them up, or freeze them solid.
Coyotes are canid species indigenous to Northern and Central America. They generally hunt in pairs and can reach speeds of 40 mph.
For games that have neon particles aplenty, particularly when things explode.
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