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Inappropriate Loot
When an enemy drops an item that it had no business carrying, whether it's a robot with a sandwich or a dog with ammunition.
Appears in 28 games
First appeared in Metroid II: Return of Samus
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Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to the sport of combining technique and style of boxing with kicking.
Appears in 28 games
First appeared in Best of the Best: Championship Karate
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The Disciples
The Disciples are an advanced form of darkspawn, capable of speech and tactical warfare. They are a new enemy featured in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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Sylvan
Sylvans are vengeful spirits who have possessed trees.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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Sloth Demon
Having intelligence but lacking will, Sloth Demons are typically unwilling to fight unless pressured or threatened. They prefer trickery to a straightforward attack.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Shriek
The assassins of the darkspawn, Shrieks are known for their long, jagged blades attached to their forearms and for the ear-splitting cries they emit in battle.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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Rage Demon
Lacking the intelligence of the other variety of demons found in the Fade, Rage Demons exist simply to destroy.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Pride Demon
Pride Demons are the most powerful demons that are encountered within Thedas in Dragon Age.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Mabari
Mabari are magically bred dogs, often used in Ferelden as war hounds. A Mabari War Hound can join the Warden's Party in Dragon Age: Origins, and can be summoned as a temporary party member in Dragon Age 2.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Hurlock
Hurlocks are a breed of darkspawn both taller and more muscular than genlocks and often form the strongest part of darkspawn armies.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Halla
The halla are a type of horned stag that pull the Dalish landships through the Brecillian Forest.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Shade
Shades are demons in their true form that have adapted to affect the world around it without possessing a host.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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Genlock
Genlocks are the most numerous breed of darkspawn.
First appeared in Dragon Age II
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Emissary
Slightly above Alphas in rank, Emissaries use Blood Magic to support the darkspawn horde in battle.
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Desire Demon
Preferring to bargain rather than battle, Desire Demons play on the hearts of men to possess them.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Deep Stalker
"A fool trusts his eyes. A wise man fears every rock is a deepstalker." --Dwarven saying
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Corrupted Spider
Corrupted Spiders are giant arachnids which grow in the depths of the Deep Roads.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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Broodmother
Broodmothers are grotesque mutations of women infected with the darkspawn taint in the Dragon Age universe. Broodmothers can produce thousands of darkspawn over a course of a lifetime.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins
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Bronto
"There's only two things a noble will step aside for: Paragons and angry brontos." --Dwarven saying.
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Blight Wolf
Blight Wolves are wolves that have been infected by the Blight.
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Bereskarn
Bereskarns are bears that have been infected by the blight.
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Ash Wraith
Ash Wraiths are powerful versions of Shades in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
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Arcane Horror
Arcane Horrors serve as proof that the dangers of possession extend even beyond a mage’s lifetime.
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Alpha
The toughest and most intelligent among the darkspawn, Alphas act as leaders among their kind.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Project Zomboid
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Abomination
An abomination is either the result of a demon possessing a living human or elf, or a undead flesh construct made from corpses sewn together.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
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Twinking
Twinking is a tactic used primarily in MMOs where low level characters are given high level equipment in order to earn experience faster. The items are typically obtained by a person with a high level character with the intention of giving them to one of their own other characters.
Appears in 25 games
First appeared in Ultima Online
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Procs
Procs (Processes of Action) are magical effects triggered on contact by particular weapons in combat. The effects can be any type of spell including direct damage, stuns, buffs, or even teleportation.
Appears in 36 games
First appeared in Ultima Online
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Power Leveling
Power Leveling is a tactic, primarily in MMOs, where a higher level player will assist a lower level player in order to earn the lower level player experience faster than otherwise possible.
Appears in 41 games
First appeared in Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II
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Temporary Items
In many MMOs, some items, typically keys, will disappear from your inventory once you log out.
Appears in 31 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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No Drop Items
Once looted or equipped, some items cannot be sold, traded, or dropped. This concept is common in most MMOs.
Appears in 37 games
First appeared in Ultima Online
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Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays of the American League are currently the only Major League Baseball team located north of the border.
Appears in 52 games
First appeared in Major League Baseball
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Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a founding member of the American League of Major League Baseball. They have been around since 1901 and their name has become synonymous with baseball.
Appears in 50 games
First appeared in Major League Manager
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Argent Crusade
An organization created from the union of the Argent Dawn and Knights of the Silver Hand led by Tirion Fordring.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
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Ashen Verdict
The combination of the Argent Crusade and the Knights of the Ebon Blade for the purpose of making the final assault against the Scourge in Icecrown Citadel led by Tirion Fordring and Darion Mograine.
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Side Ponytail
A ponytail on the side of their head as oppose to the more common back-of-the-head ponytail. Not to be confused with pigtails.
Appears in 10 games
First appeared in Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition
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On Disc DLC
DLC that is technically available on the disc, but requires the player to buy a key separate from the game to activate it.
Appears in 49 games
First appeared in Samba De Amigo
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Mortal Monday
Mortal Monday was the marketing campaign surrounding the release of the home version of Mortal Kombat on September 13, 1993.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Mortal Kombat
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Color-Coded Loot
A common concept in RPGs and MMOs, color-coded loot is a concept where the quality/rarity of loot items are defined by a series of colors.
Appears in 62 games
First appeared in Angband
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Scourge
A huge army of undead created by the Lich King which has grown to become one of the major factions of Undead.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
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Cinematic Games
Games that are little more than extensive cinematic sequences in which the player has little interaction with what is happening onscreen. This notion of a cinematic game is epitomized by laserdisc arcade classics such as Astron Belt, Dragon's Lair and Bega's Battle.
Appears in 77 games
First appeared in Wild Gunman
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Waking Up at Beginning
These are games that begin with the player waking up. More often than not this occurs in RPGS, but is certainly not exclusive to the genre.
Appears in 50 games
First appeared in Dragon Warrior III
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Blitties
Blitties are rare, cat-like block creatures. Broque Monsieur asks Bowser to obtain them for him.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
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Final Blow
Sometimes, when the challenge of defeating a boss is finished, there's one more blow to strike. The game sits still and waits for you to finish the job.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in Curse of Enchantia
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Pre-Order Exclusive
Where a video game comes with something "exclusive" only when you Pre-Order it, sometimes from a specific location. This can be a piece of DLC or it can be something not in-game or even "exclusive" or early access to demo or beta.
Appears in 112 games
First appeared in Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
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