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Whether a timed button press or a more complex action, these are inputs performed during attack animations to increase damage. Most often seen in the Mario RPG series.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
Most commonly found in older RPGs, fellow party members will follow exactly one square behind you/another party member.
The act of dressing in clothing generally associated with the opposite sex, often employed in video games for comic effect or for sexual excitement.
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.
Darkness is used in games to restrict access, increase tension, or just to set a mood. Often the player has access to a light source that can mitigate its effect.
Dentists are professionals who specialize in teeth, the mouth and oral cavity. They practice surgical and non-surgical procedures and counsel the patient on good oral health.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
Any video game (especially RPGs) that allows the player the opportunity to talk to everyone, from companion characters to minor NPCs to surviving or reformed villains, during its playable epilogue to see what became of them.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
Footprints are visible marks left behind by a character walking.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
At E3 2013, Microsoft announced their Games with Gold campaign. The campaign offered two downloadable games a month for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers for a limited number of months. On October 18, 2013, Microsoft stated they were extending the promotion indefinitely.
A night of ghost, ghouls, costumes, and candy. Some video games are based around this holiday, while others simply pay it respect with special levels or characters that embody the spirit of All Hallows' Eve.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
The eleventh PAX Prime took place August 29-September 1, 2014 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
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!
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
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