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Formerly the New York Giants, the San Francisco Giants have played in San Francisco since 1958. The Giants play in the National League Western Division and are the 2010, 2012 and current World Champions of Major League Baseball.
Formerly the St. Louis Browns, the Baltimore Orioles have played in Maryland since 1954.
The Chicago White Sox are a founding member of the American League of Major League Baseball. They play on the south side of Chicago, Illinois.
When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
Professional Major League Baseball team. They play at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
A Major League Baseball team. They play in Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A Major League Baseball team. They play at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. They won their first World Series in 2017.
A tough beetle-like creature with a hard outer shell that is immune to fireballs.
Through trial and error gameplay, complex game mechanics and intense difficulty, masocore games are specifically designed to frustrate players over and over again.
Games in which players don't control the character directly, but instead move the level itself to make the character move.
Games that feature characters that are known for a highly distinctive and unusual manner of speech.
When two or more elements become one and form something new.
The ability to float through the air without the aid of a mechanical device such as a jetpack, or the usual biological aids, such as wings.
The Kamehameha or "Turtle Wave of Destruction" is the signature attack of the Dragon Ball franchise seen most often performed by Goku.
A storyline in a different view or from a different perspective.
Tournament where the mightiest martial artist gather to decide who is the strongest in the world. Also known as the Tenkaichi Tournament.
A red herring is a plot device used to mislead or distract someone from what's really going on in the story. It could be a false clue or over-emphasis of another character. Red herrings can add a surprise or make a challenge tougher.
A Latin phrase meaning "god from the machine", a deus ex machina is a contrived plot twist in the climax of a storyline designed to resolve difficult issues. The technique is often criticized because the resolution usually does not follow the logic of the story thus far.
Games using this concept allow players to reset the situation back to what it was without dying and having to restart. It may be resetting a room, a puzzle, or an encounter, and it can be explained in game terms (a "reset spell" for instance), but it does not involve dying and/or "reloading a save".
Damage modeling added to a character throughout a game that lasts through the duration of the game.
The fourth annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2003.
A dragon that has been resurrected after death. Undead Dragons are often weaker but more terrifying than their living counterparts.
Bohrok are insectoid machines whose main purpose was to clean all matter from the island of Mata-Nui. They were prematurely awoken by Teridax and wreaked havoc for the Matoran, Serving as the antagonists of Bionicle's second year.
A Rahkshi is a suit of armor that a Kraata inhabits and controls. The Kraata are slug like creatures created from Antidermis, also known as the essence of Makuta. Each Rahkshi much like the Toa have unique elemental powers and abilities. They serve as the antagonists of Bionicle's 3rd year.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
Shooting ranges are often used in video games as a means of improving the player's reflexes and aim in armed combat situations.
Sometimes the best way to get past security is to find your nearest barrel or cardboard box and hide in it
A boxer is someone who participates in the sport of boxing.
A term to describe a weapon's ability to hinder the movement of it's target.
Some substance, organic or other wise that alters perfectly normal creatures into something else. Often times the agent in question is some form of virus or parasite.
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