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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
The Brotherhood of Mutants are a group of mutants who believe that mutants are superior.
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.
A feature in multiplayer games in which one player drives a vehicle, typically a car or a tank, and another player rides along and mans some kind of weapon, usually a turret, cannon, or a gun their character is holding.
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.
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.
Loud ambient noises are often included in many thriller/horror games. These sounds are associated with panic and terror, and can heighten these feelings. Examples of these sounds would be metal chains clanging, footsteps, knocking, creaking doors, etc.
A staple in modern shooters. They hide, crawl, creep, climb and jump, and are usually pretty weak but hard to hit.
The 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California on May 13-15.
A situation where the player must quickly escape from a building currently in the process of blowing up. Could either be a cinematic or actually gameplay.
Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is also the largest religion in the world.
When a protagonist chooses to walk as a default instead of jogging or running. The character will opt to walk even with a full tilt of the control stick.
Games show you a new enemy throughout the game and they usually require a new tactic to defeat it. The first one you fight comes solo and you are required to kill it, then they are given to you in groups or possibly mixed with older enemies.
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