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There are good agents, like Elite Beat Agents and bad agents, like Agent Smith.
Used by protagonists when opening a door that is locked, or just for looking really cool.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Games that feature car accidents as important story points or dramatic events. This concept does not refer to car accidents that can occur as an incidental result of gameplay, such as in racing games.
There's nothing cooler than planting a bomb, turning the camera around, and walking away nonchalantly as it blows up behind you. As everyone knows, true heroes don't look at explosions.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Someone who investigates unsolved crimes and other mysterious happenings, either for a living, as a hobby, or simply by chance.
Long elevator rides meant to hide the game loading.
Scarring over the eye. Used by game developers to make a character appear more rugged and 'badass'.
It's common in games, especially third-person shooters, for the player character's reloading animation to merely mime the motion of reloading, instead of actually doing so.
The national investigative arm of the American government, the FBI (as commonly abbreviated) is tasked with upholding and enforcing the criminal laws of the United States, and to providing leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Flashbacks take a player into a flashback sequence. Often playable, but not always.
When a game has you picking flowers or plants as part of the game mechanic, such as for alchemy components or quest items.
Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment (named to fit the acronym 'FREE') is a quasi-genre invented by designer Yu Suzuki, describing a blend of adventure and open-world sandbox gameplay found in the Shenmue franchise.
A common glitch in games where the character gets stuck in the geometry, often a rock or the floor/ground.
A game in which the "seeker" covers his/her eyes while the other players try to find a good hiding spot. It is then up to the seeker to find the hiding players.
A concept where players actively hold their breath to steady their aim, sneak past zombies, or to avoid drowning.
Insanity is a condition whereby the sufferer is of unsound mind. Depending on the condition of the individual, he or she may be prone to fits of uncontrollable violent behavior, hallucinations, or other symptoms.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
This page is about the concept of Multiple Personalities, also known as Split Personalities. This is the concept of a single physical body being host to many separate identities. Isn't that right, Zach?
Ever drive somewhere and park like a maniac? While you are inside your destination, the Mystery Valet will park your car in a nearby spot free of charge. So when you come back to the street, your vehicle is ready to go with no tickets.
When light in a game is being emitted from nowhere.
The odd way characters move in games developed (though not exclusively) in Japan.
A character who describes the characteristics of a criminal.
A pseudonym is a fictional name that is different from the owner's real or legal name. They can be pen names, secret identities, or even alternative names because their real name is unpronouncable or shouldn't be said.
Dialogue from NPCs that constantly repeats.
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.
Although not technically zombies, these weird variations on the zombie cause massive trouble for Agent Francis York Morgan in his investigation during Deadly Premonition.
Shaving is the act of using a shaver or razor and cream to remove unwanted hair from the body.
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