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An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
A fourth-wall breaking situation in which a character tells the player to press a specific button or a reference to a button is shown within the environment. This mostly happens during tutorials.
As games become bigger and more technically advanced, games increasingly require users to go through a small initial install before playing.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
This form of leveling up does not need XP to level up stats. The character levels up a skill simply by doing the action.
Games that obtained permission to feature real-life licensed car brands.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
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.
Small payments made with actual money which result in an in-game bonus, such as an extra item, character, etc...
Start doesn't mean "A". Start means "start", son. Kids these days...
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Games with achievements or trophies that can only be obtained while playing online multiplayer.
The ninth annual PAX Prime took place between August 31-September 2, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
The fourteenth PAX West took place September 1-4, 2017 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
These are awards given to players at the end of a multiplayer match, and may or may not have any gameplay consequence. Most common to first-person shooters, examples of these awards include "most accurate", "most teammates healed", "most damage taken", etc.
A public testing period is, or has been, offered for the general public prior to sale or general availability. Access is generally granted through giveaways, preorders, or crowd-funding rewards.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Public quests are area-specific, ongoing quests that are automatically assigned to each player that enters the area. All players are automatically working on completing that same quest (if they choose to do so).
In games, punctuation marks, especially question marks and exclamation marks are used for a number of reasons, including locating quest givers and indicating surprise.
The act of taking on an in-game task; most often, these are provided to the player by an NPC. MMOs and RPGs are the primary users of this concept.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
RMT's are the concept of spending real money, for items within a game, common to the free to play market
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Player assignable points that unlock or enhance skills allowing for character customization.
SpeedTree is a software toolkit that generates realistic forests on the fly.
A gameplay mechanic which allows the player to move faster than the normal speed. Usually for a set amount of time.
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