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This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
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.
Floating Islands are land masses (anywhere from island size to continental size) that float either by the use of magic or some other force.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
DIVEKICK!
GGPO (Good Game Peace Out) is an open source middleware designed to minimize lag when playing online fighting games.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
Delivering a headshot with your kick will make the opponent dizzy the next round
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
In game compliments are whenever a game compliments you, be it the announcer or when something on screen tells you.
“Indie” or “independently developed” games are video games which are developed by a studio without the support of an external publisher.
Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
With the internet in full swing, some games reflect its leak into popular culture by making references to the World Wide Web.
Joke characters are characters in video games that provide humor, and are often parodies of characters from other games, or parodies of famous celebrities.
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.
a jumping or leaping kick often portrayed in action movies.
A Knock out or KO is when, example being a fighting game, one of the players is sent into a state of unconsciousness.
The Baz loves his Lightning
Uncle Sensei will teach you the ways of the foot.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Uncle Sensei is a great mentor, be sure to listen to his very informative tips.
A variation on the comic cutscene, motion comic is used as a more streamlined narrative medium reaching an effective balance between static comic panels and full blown CG.
When a game has several playable characters of different species, real or fictional.
A single game may use multiple art styles. For example, Comic Jumper switches its levels between art styles inspired by comics, and Rock of Ages has its stages take on the style of various art periods.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Various games purposefully don't include blood when realistically there should be fountains of gore to avoid getting an adult rating and sell to a wider audience.
Games released on handheld consoles where the multiplayer happens on the same console.
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