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Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
A region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity. In video games this is usually an attack that either stun or pushes enemies away.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
Squirrels are small rodents that have big bushy tails and a fondness for nuts. Characters can range from Nutty of Happy Tree Friends to Conker
This bar keeps track of your Stamina. If it's depleted, you need to take a rest.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
A person more than adept in the art of sword fighting.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
A distinctive song associated with the game (often played during the introduction/end credits). Note: This concept deals just with songs with lyrics, as opposed to instrumental pieces.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
For some reason, some games are named after the opposing person. Sometimes it's because the bad guy is cooler than the good guy.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
Unity is a multiplatform game development suite, designed from the start for the ease of creation. It's completely free to use with a pro version available for more advanced features and export options.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Unrequited love is when one person loves another, but that love is unreturned. It could be unreturned because that person hates the other person, just doesn't love the other person, or doesn't even know he or she is loved by that person.
Vampires are undead, nocturnal creatures that subsist on blood. They have superhuman powers and are sometimes able to shape-shift. They are weak against sunlight, foreign objects stuck in and left in their hearts, decapitation and sometimes holy water and crosses.
Items found in video games that serve little or no use to the player, other than to be sold to NPC vendors for money.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
A weasel is a smallish and long carnivorous mammal that can be anywhere in the world except Australia and Antarctica. They are thought to be devious and not good characters.
Wii and Wii U games that can be played using the Classic Controller (Pro).
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Games often use letters like X and Z in the title to make their game seem more edgy, blatantly misspelling the title of their game in the process.
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