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Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In games, they can be among the most fearsome of adversaries, but there are some exceptions.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
This applies to games where characters physically change from one sex to another. This ranges from a character being able to change sex as part of the gameplay (perhaps specifically of the opponents) to being limited to the story or character customisation between the sexes being permitted after starting a campaign.
Bosses that are designed to not be beaten; however, sometimes these bosses can finally be beaten at a later point in the game.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
Music speeds up as the time runs out or a particular part of the game gets harder. Found in Street Fighter, Mario games, Sonic games, etc.
Any game that does not have any written or spoken dialogue in it, regardless if it has characters or not. This includes any text or recorded dialogue that is spoken by a character or narrator, but not text such as "Press Start".
Cutscenes that cannot be interrupted or bypassed through player interaction.
Foreshadowing is a plot device that allows the creators to leave subtle (or not-so-subtle) hints about future events in the game.
Games that were made entirely by one person.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
Bite size games for the PSP and the PSPgo.
The inaugural Penny Arcade Expo East took place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26-28, 2010.
Falling blocks appear in many games.
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
A cloud of fine particles.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
Dancing is the movement of a body, usually rhythmic and to some kind of music. A lot of times, it happens between two people and may be romantic.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
The use of Cyrillic letters to represent visually similar Latin characters, even in cases where the two have completely different pronunciations. Typically done by mixing Cyrillic into an otherwise Latin context.
Some DOS games include a "boss key" or "boss button" that players can hit that displays a fake image of a graph or spreadsheet to make it look like players were working instead of playing a video game.
An intermission is a little scene shown between rounds to give the player a break. It may advance the storyline or just be humorous. The intermission can be seen as a grandfather to the cutscene, as they often featured humerous animations that weren't necessarily related to the gameplay at all.
Games that were removed from one or more Nintendo consoles' eShops.
A handful of games deemed of historical significance have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame every year since 2015.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
Depending on the country, a song enters public domain after a certain number of years after release or after the death of the writer. In the United States, it is 95 years after release.
Games that have been removed from sale from various digital store fronts.
Game Boy classics made available to subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online.
Some puzzle games, specifically ones of the block/piece-dropping or matching subgenre, will show the player which "piece" is upcoming after they play the current one.
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