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Lionhead Studios Ltd.

Lionhead Studios is a British developer studio founded by industry legend Peter Molyneux. They focus on innovation in God, management and RPG games. Their first title was released in 2001, called Black & White. The company was formed with people from Bullfrog Productions.

Concepts

Sandbox
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Games that have an open gameplay structure that allows you to "play" in the world and choose to participate in the story at your own pace.
Fish
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Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Cross-dressing
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The act of dressing in clothing to appear as a member of the opposite sex, generally used either for comic effect or for sexual excitement.
Ye Olde English
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Archaic words borrowed from middle to early modern English. Many Role-Playing Games of the 90's implemented this. Examples: Hither, tither, yonder and lo.
Drunk Character
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Some characters get drunk off of alcohol, others get drunk off of the atmosphere and can't feel their own face.
E3 2004
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The 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 11-13. This was the 10th annual E3.
E3 2003
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The 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 14-16.
E3 2002
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The 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 22-24.
Emotes
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Usually found in MMO games, but sometimes found elsewhere, emotes are a way of displaying your emotions on-screen either through a character animation or by the use of an icon.
Notoriety System
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System in games that are used to alert the player of a certain popularity status all the way to a wanted level, a la' Grand Theft Auto
British Accent
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Characters who speak with a British accent.
Digital Distribution
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Digital Distribution is the concept of purchasing digital media via the internet and having it sent to the user directly via the internet. No physical representation of this content is given but the content resides on the users hard drive and is legally owned by them.
Duality
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Duality discusses the conflict between two opposite forces and their struggle. Those two forces may also complement each other or are the two sides of a scale and must be balanced.
LGBT
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LGBT is the umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Open World
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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.
Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment
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The Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment genre, which was named awkwardly to fit the acronym 'FREE', has four core concepts that, Yu Suzuki believes, set games using these principles apart from other games under the Role Playing Game category. Shenmue was the first to be made under the ambitious FREE model.
Customizable Characters
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Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
Never-Ending
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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.
Love
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The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters are have fallen in love with someone or something.
Polygonal 3D
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Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Good vs. Evil
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Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
Undead
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The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
Player Character
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Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Non-Player Character
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Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Saving the World
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Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Dog
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A dog is an animal, of which there are estimated to be 400 million of in the world. Said to be man's best friend, there's no wonder why they feature in video games.
Trophy Room
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A designated place or container in the game used to hold trophies, typically those earned from completing specific tasks.
Ghosts
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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.
Dolby Digital
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Dolby Digital is an audio compression technology codec first used in movie theaters. It's now commonly used in many modern day audio/video media formats, including video games.
No HUD
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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.

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