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As there name implies, they eat Twinklies.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
Unlockable gamerpics are a form of reward for completing certain tasks in Xbox 360 games.
Tutorial sequences that must be played through in order to progress to the main game.
The ability, through purchasing, winning, unlocking, or other means, to change your vehicle (usually for the better). Changes can be alterations to original vehicle or a completely new vehicle.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
The building/editing of vehicles, mechs, and the like.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
An achievement/trophy that a player can only get by interacting with another player online who has already earned the same achievement/trophy.
A visual obstruction is an extra layer added to the player's viewpoint. Most common in first person games to add to the notion that you are looking through a character's eyes. Obstructions include blood, water and ice crystals.
"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.
Things are not always as they appear. Just walk straight through that wall.
A walrus is a marine mammal that lives mostly in the arctic regions of the world. They have large brown bodies, flippers, tusks, and a "moustache".
Friendly magic pots that are a means of traversing Grunty's Lair quickly in Banjo-Kazooie.
Realistically rendered water can really immerse you in a game. Just don't try to dive into your TV!
Many popular multiplayer games (particularly for PC) may integrate player or clan/guild information into a web interface to be accessed from anywhere. The player may also be able to see your current achievements on his or her game.
Air moving with a considerable force. It's important to take wind into consideration when playing golf.
Witches are women who can perform magic. There can be good witches and bad witches.
Items, experience, outfits, and/or gold earned in an Xbox Live Arcade game are transferred to the larger disc game.
Achievements that are given to the player to show just how much they suck... usually.
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