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The player's own gang in Saints Row. They are lead by Julius, who claims that all he wants is for the other gangs to leave his neighborhood alone.
A compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
For all these games, it is illegal to sell or make them available to minors in Germany and it is illegal to advertise for it in any form. This includes the mere presence of a game in the shelves of a store.
People take insulin for it.
Blurred vision, switching of assets, suddenly slowed or accelerated time or other ways a game can purposefully disorient the player or character.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
US federal law enforcement agency dealing with enforcement of drug policy and law.
One of the four main branches of the Officio Assassinorum, and easily the most openly bloodthirsty and deranged of them all. Each Eversor is a psychotic given drugs that worsen their aberrant personalities and make them even more relentless killing machines. Kept sedated when not in use.
When a character in a video game must explore their own psyche to progress through the game. Although this can be metaphorical, more often than not, the character does so literally.
Although killing or being killed has been one of the most universal mechanics in games through the years, in some games players or their foes merely faint instead.
Fisheye lens is a popular term used to describe a wide-angle camera view that takes in an extremely wide, hemispherical image.
A gang isn't just two crude dudes, it's a whole mess of them. There's all kinds of different gangs represented in games: street gangs, organized criminals, and even high school cliques.
Gnomes are a race of mythological creatures, which are usually much smaller versions of humans.
A Los Santos street gang led by CJ's brother Sean "Sweet" Johnson.
When a conscious character perceives something that either does not exist or is a contorted reality manifested by the character's unstable psyche.
Hip-Hop is a type of urban culture that has been featured in many videogames to varying extents, in movies, and in all around pop culture. Hip-Hop includes Rap music/Emceeing, graffiti art, DJ'ing, and breakdancing.
The Khajiit are a cat-like race from the Elder Scrolls series who come from the province of Elsweyr and one of the ten playable races throughout the series.
A gang in the game Saint's Row for the XBox 360. Headed up by brothers Hector and Angelo Lopez, the gang have Columbian connections links Manuel Orejuela.
A motorcycle gang in Liberty City. They are the rivals of the Angels of Death.
Criminals banded together with a common goal in mind. Can range from a band of thugs to the Mafia.
A pimp is a fellow who is known to convince women into selling their bodies as a commodity to their clientele. Pimps are also known to wear outrageous suits, and robes, usually in fluorescent color like purple, green, and light blue, with matching hats, shoes, etc.
Simulating the effects of a great variety of poisons, toxins, venoms and nerve agents can lead to many unique and interesting mechanics. A classic trope in games, Poison usually deals small amounts of damage to health over time.
Prostitution is the exchange of money, drugs, favours, or other incentives for the performance of sexual acts.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
Shakey Cam is the use of shaking the camera in a game in order to give the feeling of chaos, disorientation or realism. It is usually used in action games when moving at fast speeds or when a large impact or explosion occurs.
The phenomenon of time, or at least a character's perception of it, moving more slowly. Bullet time is an enhanced version of slow-mo.
Games where abusing alcohol and/or drugs gives the players an in game benefit - such as additional health, bullet-time, or other abilities.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1960 and 1969.
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