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Enemies who don't fight fair or flee when they're running low on health. Examples include Boos from Super Mario and those pesky goblins from Dark Messiah.
Ants are small insects that live in nests and work together for a queen. Can be gene-modified to grow huge.
Platforms that revolve.
The ability to move over smaller gaps, given sufficient speed. Seen in may old-school platformers.
An aggresive bear-creature, often seen riding a circus ball. Their circus balls can be used by Mario to cross obstacles in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
My Nintendo is a rewards program that Nintendo launched in March 2016. It is the successor to Club Nintendo, which ran from 2003 to 2015.
Sligs are a race from the Oddworld series. They are one of the main enemies you encounter.
A peaceful race of friendly and somewhat clumsy bipeds native to Oddworld, the Mudokons were forced to abandon their ancient shamanistic traditions after being enslaved by the profit-hungry Glukkons.
Sligs best friend. Trained as security animals. They are an enemy in the Oddworld series.
A gameplay mechanic that allows a player to throw a grenade that has landed near them back toward the enemy.
A viciously territorial predator species native to Oddworld and worshiped by the Mundanchee tribe of Mudokons.
An arachnid-like carnivore species native to Oddworld and worshiped by the Mudomo tribe of Mudokons.
Sometimes, pinballs are actual characters, not just lifeless spheres of metal. They could be established characters like Mario or Sonic, or they could be characters just for that pinball game.
When a non-pinball franchise gets a pinball game.
Seattle's NBA team, with over 40 years of history in the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle Sonics are owners of one NBA Championship. Now relocated to Oklahoma as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
A position in basketball. The shooting guard is usually a perimeter offensive weapon and secondary ball-handler.
Cyberpunk is an aesthetic choice that is employed in many different media, it focuses on technology and how that technology encroaches on our natural, daily lives.
The ability of something to go through a solid object without affecting it or if a solid object is thrown at it, it will pass through. Many ghosts can phase. Phasing can also refer to going through phases in an MMO giving the effect that you're actually doing something.
Law is a rule or a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions, applied to govern a group.
Violence doesn't solve everything - in these games you have the option to arrest perpetrators instead of killing them outright. Often a bonus is attached to taking suspects in alive.
Zoom Platform, or the Zoom Web Store, is a digital distribution service selling DRM free classic games, updated to work on modern computers. The store was launched on September 9, 2014.
The period between 2100 and 2199.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
The ability to take direct control of another person's body, or an inanimate object, in order to further your own goals. Usually an ability found only in spectral characters.
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.
When the character the player is controlling dies as part of the game's plotline.
The act of dressing in clothing generally associated with the opposite sex, often employed in video games for comic effect or for sexual excitement.
Characters that do not speak the localized language within the context of the game. An example being everyone in Persona speaking English while the story states that they are speaking Japanese.
Operating in the United States and Canada, the National Hockey League is considered the highest level of professional hockey.
As one of the Original Six Teams, Boston remains one of the longest hockey dynasties in the history of hockey.
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