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Some television shows are ripe for interactive adaptations. Like Grey's Anatomy, or The Young Ones.
A person leading a double life. This character has more than one way in which they present themselves to the world.
Cartoon characters are personas from cartoons, which are animated moving sequences that are usually drawn but can be computer animated and can come from television, movies, anime or even the web. They can be humans, animals, or even things usually not thought of as living.
Cartoon physics refers to games which do not conform to regular physics, but the "laws" are for a humorous bent rather than conforming to reality. Sometimes it ignores physical laws, like gravity, or tweaks them, like not being totally blown away by dynamite.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
A living being who is the product of the reproductive mating of two different species.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
The ability of something to go through a solid object without affecting it or if a solid object is thrown at it, it will pass through. Many ghosts can phase. Phasing can also refer to going through phases in an MMO giving the effect that you're actually doing something.
The ability to take direct control of another person's body, or an inanimate object, in order to further your own goals. Usually an ability found only in spectral characters.
Used in fighting games, projectiles are objects that a fighter can launch at another fighter to attack from a distance. While they can be used to simply inflict damage, projectiles are often used to maneuver opponents into disadvantageous positions.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
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