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An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
A popular piece of classical music known for its Hallelujah Chorus. The chorus is often used to highlight a moment of celebratory or miraculous triumph.
Frozen water. Ice can be slippery and it can be fun for ice skating.
Sending or receiving fake email inside a game.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
Insanity is a condition whereby the sufferer is of unsound mind. Depending on the condition of the individual, he or she may be prone to fits of uncontrollable violent behavior, hallucinations, or other symptoms.
Japanese pop music, also known as J-Pop, refers to the most popular and mainstream music produced in Japan. It is commonly featured in many rhythm games as well as other genres.
The act of pressing your lips against someone or something else as a sign of affection.
Features a transgender character.
The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
A love triangle is when three (or more) people are in some kind of romantic relationship with each other. They can become messy and complicated. It may or may not be competitive.
Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
Game within a game. Can either have no effect on other portions of the primary game or have drastic impacts. In order to qualify as a meta game it must be outside the normal experience and have seperate rules that govern it.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Make sure you respect nature, or else! Note: This only concerns *protagonists*.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Several different game types like driving, shooting, and platforming in one cohesive game. Compilation releases don't count.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
When a crowd is present in a game (often invisible) that does nothing more than cheer or boo, depending on the player's performance.
Distinct from a battle between good and evil, the struggle between the natures of order and chaos carries greater complexity in which neither side is purely right or wrong.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
A set of questions posed to the player, commonly at the beginning of a game, that may affect certain aspects of the game.
Sony's game streaming service for PS4 and PC.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
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!
When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
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