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The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Demogorgons are the mysterious creatures of the Upside Down that Eleven named after the monster from Dungeons & Dragons.
A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
When developers and publishers can't resist putting themselves in their games, either in the title or actually within the game itself.
Dik-diks are small Antelope that are native to East Africa.
These prehistoric behemoths cause chaos amongst many. Unfortunately, they are extinct.
One of the smartest mammals on the planet and star of the Ecco the Dolphin games, dolphins live in the ocean and can perform a variety of tricks. Dolphins also have a particular fondness for fish.
The Drone is an enemy unit found in the XCOM series. They are fragile support units whose main function is to repair Cyberdisks and Sectopods, though they do posses mild offensive capability.
Some characters get drunk off of alcohol - often this is portrayed with blurred vision, impaired movement, or slurred speech.
A disorder that makes reading and writing tough, regardless of the sufferer's intelligence level. It can be the source of a wide variety of symptoms related to letter recognition, the sounds and spelling of words, and other factors.
Certain abilities are often associated by Elements, like magic. Any kind of magician or creature(ie. Dragon) that uses Earth-related spells or abilties falls under this cathegory.
An earthworm is a legless, sightless, hermaphrodite worm that mostly lives underground. Many video games give them eyes and/or arms and legs.
A Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Christ.
Eco-terrorism is terrorism conducted with the aim of saving the environment.
Exominds (or simply Exos as they are more commonly known) are self-aware humanoid machines built by humanity in the Golden Age. Unlike mass-produced robotic frames, Exos are human minds uploaded in artificial bodies; Each and every Exo used to be a human being.
The Fallen, also known as the Eliksni, are an insectoid alien race in the Destiny universe. They fled their homeworld after the Traveler abandoned them, and have taken up a war against humanity after rediscovering the Traveler in the Solar System.
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
The Federal Investigation Bureau is a federal agency of law enforcement in the GTA universe parodying the real-life FBI.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
Fire element means using magic or an ability associated with fire the most of the time. If any kind of magician uses fire-related spells this concept applies to it.
First person hugs are a design challenge. How do you communicate a hug in a first-person game without it being super awkward?
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
A fleet is a group of ships, typically military warships, that sail together for mutual protection and to consolidate their power.
A hand gesture with a long and controversial history.
French Bulldogs are a breed of dogs that originate from France. They are one of the most popular dog breeds of today.
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.
Genocide refers to killing on massive scale, often systematic and for political or religous reasons.
A trend becoming more common in mobile/handheld games, geolocation functionality influences the game environment or data, based on the ability of the software to detect the device's geographic locale.
Geomancers use their magic to interact with and alter nature and the world around them, destroying their enemies with the power of Mother Earth.
The view mode used for base management and aerial/naval combat in the classic X-Com games.
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