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Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
A character who gets washed ashore on some island or other remote place.
The act of preparing food by applying heat, often cooking in games produces items which yield some kind of benefit towards your character.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Ahh, eating... We can't live without it, and, apparently, neither can some characters. From snakes to dots, games have odd ways of dishing out their dishes.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
Sometimes, enemies will explode (usually when shot at) and will cause damage to the player.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
At E3 2013, Microsoft announced their Games with Gold campaign. The campaign offered two downloadable games a month for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers for a limited number of months. On October 18, 2013, Microsoft stated they were extending the promotion indefinitely.
Regular difficulty not difficult enough? Enable hardcore mode for a more brutal gaming experience.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
Some video games utilize a system that has the player occasionally consuming food items to keep their hunger under control. Ignoring it can result in decreased stamina, or in some cases, death of the player's character and a "Game Over" screen.
Pursuing and killing or capturing wild animals for sport or food.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A type of primate with tails; often monkeys are depicted as causing havoc the moment they are encountered.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
Games that are in genres where the ability to jump is expected, but do not allow the player character to jump on command.
A brightly colored bird, popular among Pirates.
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