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A narrow street with walls on both sides.
The infamous psychiatric asylum where all of Batman's most nefarious enemies are held. The 2009 game, Batman: Arkham Asylum plays out entirely on these grounds.
A general location used to store and invest money. Whether players rob it, or store money in it and gain some interest, banks are a long-standing institution in video games.
A floor below ground level in buildings found in some parts of the world. A chief dwelling of zombies, ghosts and portals from hell.
A room which is devoted entirely to hygiene, containing a toilet and sometimes a sink. Residential bathrooms typically have a shower or bathtub.
The room in the house where sleeping and other activities take place. It is also the place where clothes are stored and are likely to be taken off. For some people it is the place where they do the least and most strenuous activities.
A large building constructed of stone, used as a defensive structure. They usually date from the Middle Ages.
Castle Brennenburg is the setting for the game Amnesia the Dark Descent. It's a shadowy and horrifying environment where Daniel must brave the darkness to remember his past.
A dark opening in a solid mass, like rock.
A place of worship.
Many hapless heroes have ended their days in a gloomy dungeon looking for rat's bones to pick the lock with. Dungeons appear in many games often as a location from which the main protagonist must escape.
An area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food.
A large densely wooded area.
Halls, also called hallways or corridors, are areas that connect rooms. Not much happens here except people going from one room to another, but in some games the player sees little else.
A place where the player can rent a bed/room for the night, or cause trouble. Hotels are distinct locations in games where the player goes to restore their health, save the game, cure status effects, or even to advance the plot and/or level. Also called Inns in some games.
This small fishing village on the coast of New England is where most of the events from Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet take place. Its name hints at the town of Innsmouth, from Lovecraft's work "The Shadow over Innsmouth".
Things far worse than murder and corruption plague Innsmouth; a derelict and impoverished coastal town home to secretive and aggressive residents.
A generic run-of-the-mill landmass surrounded by water
A kitchen is found in many game for purposes of food preparation and storage. People may eat there too.
Where evil is created, or at least where scientific experiments are conducted. Test tubes filled with pretty liquids are almost a must.
Where people come to browse and borrow books and other media, or do research. May contain a shushing librarian. Also some mansions may contain a room called the library.
A tower designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses.
London is the capital city in United Kingdom, and home to many great landmarks including Big Ben, the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge to name a few. It was also the host city of the Olympic Summer Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. For the 2012 comeptitions, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games was developed.
Excessively large and luxurious houses, usually built on several thousand square feet.
The most populous state in the New England region of the United States.
A building or room where dead bodies are stored.
New England is the collective name of the northeastern-most states in the United States of America; Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, which originated as colonies of the British Empire.
A prison is a secure location built for the confinement of a person or persons for a set length of time. It is often built by the state to punish criminals, and sequester them from productive members of society.
Prussia was a state in Central Europe, from January 1871 part of the German Empire. It was dissolved in February 1947. The last capital of the state of Prussia was Berlin.
A hospital for people with mental illnesses. The prison-like insane asylums of old are the kind usually seen in video games, being an extremely popular horror game setting.
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