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An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Some ghosts exist solely as storytelling devices; such as providing the protagonist with in-game flashbacks or giving clues about what to do.
A glitch is an action performed within the bounds of a game engine that was not intended by the game's developers. Glitches are often performed by the player, though they can also occur independently.
A lot of games have grappling hooks, but only a few take it to the next level and allow you to grapple two things at once and tie them together. This maneuver makes no sense in reality, but makes for some devastatingly silly gameplay moments.
Games in which players are guided through the game by characters via radio communication. Extremely popular narrative device and game mechanic in the current generation of video games.
Henchmen are the loyal grunts caught in between the player and the main antagonist. Without them every game would be nothing more than a boss battle.
A hub is the central location from which a player can venture out into different areas of a game. It is often used as a clever way of masking loading between levels or worlds.
HUD elements, such as health or ammunition, which appear physically on the player characters outfit, objects, equipment and weapons.
Usually due to bugs and glitches, some games cannot be "finished" without the use of unintended modifications.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
The Infernal Engine is an ever evolving cross-platform engine developed by Terminal Reality. It is currently being used by a number of external studios to power their games.
An invisible enemy is an antagonist that cannot be seen under normal circumstances. Sometimes these enemies are only temporarily invisible or can be made visible somehow.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
Kaiju is the Japanese term for monster or strange beasts, commonly associated with giant monsters such as Godzilla. Kaiju appear as enemies in games, but just as often they are controlled by the player.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
A Light Gun controller is used on some arcade games and very few console games. You point it at the screen, pull the trigger, and people die.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
Several different game types like driving, shooting, and platforming in one cohesive game. Compilation releases don't count.
Despite his inexperience, the New Guy has saved the world more times than any veteran.
When a game lacks the ability to "Pause" Game Play by pressing Start on a game console controller (or some other button on a keyboard/mouse).
No HUD games are ones that either lack a Heads Up Display, or find a way to integrate it into the game environment. Many games do this to add a sense of immersion or artistic quality to their games, or to reduce screen clutter.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
Ogres are large, grotesque, barbaric humanoid creatures. They are generally not very intelligent, but make up for that with their unmatched strength used to crush and maim their foes.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Over-the-shoulder is a camera view point popularized by Resident Evil 4 that is featured in most modern third-person shooters and third-person action games.
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.
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