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Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
A graphical effect used in video games where an object blocks light and around the edges of the object the light is significantly brighter than normal.
One of the smaller innovations in the gaming industry was making the player's targeting reticle change colours depending on the situation.
Limb Targeting is the ability to target specific limbs on the body with the object being either to disable the limb or kill the target faster. It may also be referred to as the "Limb System" or "Localized Damage".
Inventory items that are living creatures.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
Sometimes, a key just won't cut it. When you really need to get through a locked door or open a sealed chest, you need a certified master of unlocking, complete with a lock-pick.
Collecting objects in a game such as weapons, armor, items, and currency. Loot is often associated with RPG games and MMOs with RPG elements.
Losing consciousness is often a result of being knocked out or fainting. In games, this mental state is often used to allow a checkpoint to be reached, for the plot to be moved forward, or even for location changes. Sometimes it can be a state of limbo between health being depleted and actual death.
A love triangle is when three (or more) people are in some kind of romantic relationship with each other. They can become messy and complicated. It may or may not be competitive.
Luck plays an integral part in some role-playing games. Good fortune can greatly increase your chance of finding better loot, scoring critical hits, etc.
Elite force of the Brotherhood of Steel. The Vault 101 Dweller is invited to join before the assault on Project Purity.
Machinima is the concept of making a movie out of a video game. Popularized by the series, Red vs Blue.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a man.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
The head of a city government. The perfect candidate if your game needs a rear end in a top hat.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
Somebody wrote or drew a message on the wall, maybe it was in blood, maybe they had a marker handy; but now here you are, reading it.
Small payments made with actual money which result in an in-game bonus, such as an extra item, character, etc...
In fiction, characters sometimes cut their hair to signify a great change or growth in themselves.
A chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel located in the Midwest region of the former United States.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
The ability to influence and control the thoughts of others.
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