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A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
A list and grouping of military jargon in games
All militaries have some kind of uniform.
A continuously updated tally of each player's score, kills, deaths, and other info in a multiplayer match. It can usually be pulled up while playing by pressing a button or key.
Sometimes, for one reason or another, a game will never actually tell you exactly where you are. Usually, this does not negatively impact the gameplay. Usually.
Various games purposefully don't include blood when realistically there should be fountains of gore to avoid getting an adult rating and sell to a wider audience.
Occurs when a player kills an enemy using a sniper rifle without the aid of the scope. Generally in FPS games, sniper rifles are not equipped with crosshairs, thus making this feat impressive.
A USB haptic mouse replacement peripheral. The name comes from the fact that the falcon is the predator of the mouse.
Objective-based team gameplay occurs when one group attempts to accomplish some goal -- enter a base, capture or destroy some MacGuffin, rescue the hostages -- while the other tries to prevent it.
A feature in multiplayer games in which one player drives a vehicle, typically a car or a tank, and another player rides along and mans some kind of weapon, usually a turret, cannon, or a gun their character is holding.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
A digital distribution platform owned and operated by EA.
Overheating in video games involves guns and vehicles experiencing an increase in temperature leading to reduced efficiency or accuracy, damage or even destruction.
That awesome feeling of a plane flying directly over your head. Making you feel like you're part of something big!
Games related to this concept can be run and played from within a Linux-environment with little to no problems, using the Wine compatibility layer.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Professional gaming is the world where players make a salary by playing games for a professional eSport organization. The professional gaming scene is built upon tournament managing organizations like TheCGS, ESWC, WCG and their sponsors.
The ability to lie down on the ground.
In order to chat with others the user must press a button before or while talking.
Radial Menus are menus that appear in a circular pattern to display the options the player has.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Realism is where a game attempts to accurately mimic real life through gameplay mechanics and visuals. For example, realistic shooters, such as Operation Flashpoint, Full Spectrum Warrior, or Brothers in Arms, typically focus upon squad tactics, i.e. suppressive fire and flanking.
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