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These games allow the character to see what is going to happen before the character actually gets there. This is normally done to give a unique perspective on the story
When a game has you picking flowers or plants as part of the game mechanic, such as for alchemy components or quest items.
Fog plays an important role in many games. In games like Silent Hill, it's an atmospheric element. In other games, it's artificially added to reduce draw distances to save memory and increase framerate.
A frameup, or framing, is when someone tries to convince people someone else committed a crime. It could be in the form of leaving false clues or giving out false information.
Characters that have a French accent.
Since 1998, an independent group of about forty worldwide media outlets who determine the best games of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
The Grim Engine is the successor to the SCUMM engine for adventure games developed by LucasArts.
Commonly reffered to as seagull, the gull is a (mostly) white aquatic bird known for its cheeky behaviour.
Non-player characters in video games will often submit to hero worship of the player's character in order for the game to make the player feel truly important. It is commonly-used in the Fable and Mass Effect franchises.
The best way to make sure even the stupidest players know that certain people, places, terms, or concepts in a game are important is to highlight those words in the text with different coloured letters, or through the use of bold, italicized, or all-caps text.
A bridge made using whatever is available at the moment; used as a method to cross obstacles, such as gaps or bodies of water.
Audio technology that allowed dynamic music in LucasArts Games.
Infinite Pockets are a system of inventory often found in adventure games. The player character's pockets seem to be of an infinite size, capable of holding anything from peanuts, to garden rakes, to spare tires, yet none of this is reflected on the character.
Insult Swordfighting is a concept from the Monkey Island series of games. It is a swordfight where the goal is to outwit your opponent with various insults. If your enemy does not know the comeback to your insults, you will win the match. Every insult has a corresponding comeback.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
Take an item and throw it at the enemy.
A lawyer is someone who can practice law and can be a representative in a court case, usually representing the plaintiff or the defense.
Inventory items that are living creatures.
The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
A time honored tradition among the Monkeys of Monkey Island. At, first it was a way monkey's would wage war, now it is more of a game.
A type of primate with tails; often monkeys are depicted as causing havoc the moment they are encountered.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
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