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Otherwise ordinary trees that possess the ability of speech.
First, there was the game. Then, the TV show. And now, the game based on both.
A huge boss that often must be climbed upon to kill.
A dead end is when a path or road is blocked off, whether intentionally or accidently, and players are forced to turn around.
Where one character strikes another character in the groin, either unarmed or with a weapon.
Event to describe the "Test Your Might" event from Mortal Kombat.
One of the most controversial aspects of video games are the amounts of virtual murders that can vary from over-the-top to uneasily realistic. These games become notorious when they are linked to a murder, usually a spree murder, by the person who plays them.
Mortal Monday was the marketing campaign surrounding the release of the home version of Mortal Kombat on September 13, 1993.
A character with the ability to copy or steal powers or weapons from their enemies.
The ability to manipulate objects with one's mind. Telekinesis is often displayed as an incredibly powerful ability.
The true final playable part of a game that presents itself after the game's supposed ending.
Water that defies gravity by being suspended in the air.
The existence of a parallel world which can be traveled to and from, and may contain differences of varying degrees from its counterpart. Often, this concept consists of a Dark and Light World through which the player alternates.
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
A shared bank in an MMO where resources may be pooled. Some games include sophisticated permissions systems.
Distinct from a battle between good and evil, the struggle between the natures of order and chaos carries greater complexity in which neither side is purely right or wrong.
Mammals that have pouches and like to hop.
A poltergeist is a soulless spirit that is invisible to the human eye. It manifests itself by moving and manipulating objects.
Moniker for Auburn University's athletics programs, best known for being the 2010 BCS National Champions.
Ninjutsu are the techniques a Ninja/Shinobi will use in battle with ones adversary. They are also considered survival techniques by the Japanese.
Game titles that include written representations of sound.
When a populated area is overrun by legions of the undead. They are often accompanied by demons or parasitic lifeforms.
A virus that turns its victims into zombies or puts them in a zombie-like state, whether alive or dead. Commonly used to lend an air of plausibility to zombie outbreak scenarios.
When the developers of a video game include a replica of their own office in the game, usually as an Easter Egg.
After the cancellation of E3 2020 due to COVID-19, E3 returned as a digital-only event taking place from June 12-15.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
An effect that deals damage to anything that attacks or touches the character.
Men too tough to cover up their chest.
Games that depict information in formats such as graphs, charts, diagrams, data maps, cross-sections, exploded views, and relational maps. Can be used to inform the player's choices or merely for aesthetics.
Games that received the C+VG Hit!-Award. C+VG(Computer+Video Games) was a multi-platform magazine published from 1981 to 2004.
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