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By and large, a hick is an uncultivated person living rurally. Hicks are known to shoot at livestock-abducting aliens, produce moonshine, and marry their cousins.
A concept where players have the ability to conceal themselves from enemies. Common hiding places in games include closets, lockers, or even just crouching in the shadows.
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
Hip-Hop is a type of urban culture that has been featured in many videogames to varying extents, in movies, and in all around pop culture. Hip-Hop includes Rap music/Emceeing, graffiti art, DJ'ing, and breakdancing.
Vagabonds, tramps, and transients. Unfortunate individuals who live on the streets because they can't afford a proper home.
Hostile Territory is defined as being within enemy control. Hard to find a friendly face here.
The best way to make sure even the stupidest players know that certain people, places, terms, or concepts in a game are important is to highlight those words in the text with different coloured letters, or through the use of bold, italicized, or all-caps text.
An in-engine cinematic is a type of cutscene that is rendered in real time using the game's graphics engine.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
Characters who speak with an Italian flavoured accent, usually second generation immigrants.
A Jab is one of the common fist fighting moves and is seen in many fighting games.
Law is a rule or a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions, applied to govern a group.
The act of breaking the law.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
Mexican gang from Los Santos.
A stylistic choice of employing small polygon counts for meshes.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
All militaries have some kind of uniform.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
The minimap is a small, simplified version of a larger map. This plays a vital role in many games, especially Real Time Strategy, where it is important to have an overview of the entire map.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
Never Ending Games is a self-explanatory concept in which a game is unbeatable and never ends, due either to the game having no true ending or because the game is not saved (or truly continued) after the last section of the game.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
Criminals banded together with a common goal in mind. Can range from a band of thugs to the Mafia.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
A health care professional who responds to calls for emergency medical assistance outside of a hospital.
A brightly colored bird, popular among Pirates.
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