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Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
Biotics is a technology in the Mass Effect universe that describes an individual's ability to manipulate dark energy fields. It is highly valuable in combat due to its various applications such as protective shields, telekinesis, and gravity manipulation.
A corporate conglomeration acts as a legitimate front and source of funds for the shadowy organization known as Cerberus in the Mass Effect universe. In its quest to ensure human supremacy in the universe, Cerberus has conducted kidnappings, genetic tampering and scientific experimentation bordering on torture.
A person serving time in prison or an escaped criminal on the run from the law.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
These are the characters who may or may not wind up in a relationship with the protagonist of the game. Sometimes the player gets to choose if this relationship will develop, while in other instances it is just left up to your imagination at the end of the game.
People who have Psychic Abilities. They appear in games, often using their abilities as weapons (Example: Telekinesis in Psychonauts)
Psychopaths are noted for generally lacking a conscience, getting enjoyment from various forms of destruction, and an inability to learn from their mistakes.
Many games allow you to add characters to your playable group upon fulfilling certain conditions. This is a central mechanic of many RPG franchises, including Fire Emblem and Suikoden. These can be NPCs or even enemy characters that the player persuades to join their cause, through sidequests or dialogue options.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
Revenge is an act of violence, financial ruin, or emotional torment that one person or group carries out against another, in response to some perceived wrongdoing.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
The idea of deriving a feeling of pleasure through inflicting pain or suffering on another living being.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
A tomboy is a girl who behaves in a boyish manner. It manifests itself through the practice of games and activities that are typically considered to be the domain of boys.
An antagonist who isn't a villain by choice and is not in control of their emotions or a victim of tragic circumstance.
A personality archetype with a name that arose from Japanese fandom. It describes a person with cold, aggressive, or confrontational exteriors that are rather soft or kind deep down inside.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
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