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The ability to stop or reduce the damage from an oncoming attack.
Bloodsucker is a cog enemy type in Toontown Online.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
A board game is a game played on a mostly-static surface using markers or chits to indicate player progress. Many video game board games are based on tabletop games (Catan, Monopoly), but some, like Mario Party and Culdcept, are original designs that use board game design as a starting point.
A bonus game occurs when playing a game (usually in arcade games). Players do something to get a "free game". Pinball machines almost always call these "specials". It could be getting a certain score, getting a rare item, or doing some specific task.
Bonus levels, rounds, or stages give players a chance to gain extra points, powerups, or lives. Occasionally bonus stages will play completely different than the rest of the game, like as a slot machine or pinball minigame.
DS games that have you hold the system vertically so it looks like a book.
Boost takes a game to a new level giving players a greater level of speed. This speed opens up new doors to sports games, driving games, and any game that can benefit from the reward of speed.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
Not all bosses can handle the player by themselves. Many use waves of lesser enemies to fight for them while they rest, and some even let these minions do all the work.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
A distinct and predictable pattern of attacks or movement a boss takes. This can be based in reaction to a player's actions or simply a stringent script the boss adheres to.
AI Bots are computer-controlled game characters that substitute for characters that are otherwise typically played by a human, and are most commonly found in multiplayer games.
Bottom Feeder is a cog enemy type in Toontown Online.
Boulders that one has to escape are often implemented in games as a homage to Indiana Jones.
A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
Some creatures don't need guns or swords to hurt you. Instead they pack a punch with some kind of deadly breath attack, be it flaming, poisonous, radioactive, or just plain bad!
A bribe is the act of offering money or gifts to a person to gain influence or alter a decision.
Some cooperative games let the players pick up and toss each other around. Sometimes this serves a purpose, like killing an enemy or leap over a gap but most of the time it just serves as an aspiration to great assholery.
A style of gameplay where players must navigate a vast stream of projectiles.
Enemies that arrive at the surface from underground. Often this is used as a method of taking the player by surprise.
Busking is the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities.
A butler is a domestic servant who is in charge of meal service and wines, and oversees all other servants in the household. However, in modern times the word is often used to describe any male servant wearing a suit.
An insect with broad colorful wings.
Button Mashing is a term used to describe gameplay where certain skills can be only realized explicitly through mashing buttons, a reckless player trying to get results or when the game rewards the player(s) who bash buttons the fastest. The latter example is common in Party Games.
Camels are often used as transport in order to easily traverse sandy environments.
Some games just weren't meant to be.
A game where cards are used to fight your enemies, or one where you make a "deck" with different abilites. Some examples are Culdcept Saga, Yggdra Union, and Phantom Dust.
Many games have had collectible cards as a part of the gameplay.
Many games sport magic cars that drive all by themselves. This is most likely done in order to keep a low rating or for other reasons.
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