Beyond Good & Evil

Finishing moves are typically moves that end a fight in a traditional fighting game.

A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.

Bullet time is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to slow down time. Depending on the game itself, the player often slows down along with the world around them, however occasionally the player can simply move at normal speed while the game world continues to slow.

An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures, or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.

An imaginary boundary in the game world that limits player movement to a specific area. They are often criticized as a poor component of level design, when an actual wall or other visible boundary could have been used to delineate a game's playing field.

Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.

The building/editing of vehicles, mechs, and the like.

A reporter for a news-outlet, whether it be as a writer or photographer.

An industry game design standard that's appeared in many games over the years, the fetch quest involves sending the player out to collect a certain number of items, and return them to complete the quest.

Whether it's taking pictures of things for points or as part of a journal, photography is playing an ever increasing role in many of today's video games.

Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.

Anthropomorphism is the concept of giving human-like attributes and/or motivation to non-human entities. Examples would be the sword Frostmourne of Warcraft lore, the character Frog from Chrono Trigger and characters from the Star Fox series.

Steam is a digital distribution service originally created by Valve for its computer games. It was later expanded to distribute software created by other companies and includes social networking features and achievement support.

The character's dog is increasingly becoming prevalent as a game mechanic ie...fallout 3, fable 2.

The Alpha Section are the supposed "good guys" of Beyond Good & Evil. However, something is not quite right with what they are doing, so Jade is sent on a mission to find out just what they're up to.

Games that set a dominant mood, emotional tone, or environment that really sinks you in to the gaming experience.

Sometimes a game is just too large for one disc.

A cutscene or conversation that appears after, or during, the credits and just so happens to reveal crucial information pertaining to the game's plot or characters, as seen in the Metal Gear Solid games.

A government that restricts the flow of information, or willingly subjugates it's people.

Digital Distribution is the concept of purchasing digital media via the internet and having it sent to the user directly via the internet. No physical representation of this content is given but the content resides on the users hard drive and is legally owned by them.

Law makers and fat cats who will sell the population down the river just to gain more power and money.

When someone is androgynous, they have a mix of masculine and feminine aspects, or they have the appearance of being in between male and female. A common aspect of many J-RPG's.

It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto building, onto platforms, or onto skulls, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.

Pigs are pink, oinking mammals with a button nose and curly tail. They are rumored to eat a lot and be dirty. They don't fly, but they do bring home the bacon.

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One man's terrorist, another's freedom fighter.