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A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
A type of video game where the player plans out what their character does on a daily basis; filling in their agenda and developing them the way they want.
Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
General MIDI (also known as GM or GM 1) is a standardized specification for electronic musical instruments that respond to MIDI messages. It is used in the large majority of older DOS and Windows games.
An unofficial translation of a video game, created by people not associated with the original development team.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
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