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Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
Feature found in some later first-generation Xbox titles that allowed players to stay signed into Xbox live while playing an offline game.
Remote Play allows users access to a PS3 wirelessly via a PSP or PS Vita
Supernatural armor that moves on its own. This could be due to possession, magic or animatronics.
A subscription service from EA for the Xbox One. Users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles published by EA along with additional incentives.
Characters that harbor their past even though it may be revealed later. They are commonly uncovered in a number of video games.
Spectrasonics Distorted Reality 2 is a sample library used in many video games, movies, and television shows.
Wasps are parasitic insects similar to bees in appearance. They have two pairs of wings and the females have stingers capable of injecting venom. There are over 100,000 species of wasps.
Connectivity is a feature in some game systems that enables them to connect to other systems to unlock extra content or other unique functionality.
A device by which a character's motivations or expectations are influenced by a suspiciously absent family member.
A compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.
Verticality relates to the scale of spaces in a game and the player's ability and freedom to traverse them. It implies that a player has freedom of movement that extends to vertical planes through abilities, vehicles, or level design.
The process of fighting, but with dance.
A form of game item that is only useable a limited number of times (typically once) before being discarded or destroyed.
A small closed community, with people who generally dislike foreigners. Sometimes they're inbred, sometimes they want you dead, sometimes they worship Cthulhu, and sometimes it's "all of the above".
A leathery-skinned alien race from the Star Wars universe
When a developer begs and pleads and offers to do laundry for even a tiny guest appearance, sometimes those famous characters will still flake on them. At least they still have their laundry.
The Sanity Meter gives the player insight on exactly how close their character is to losing their mind. Doubled with strange effects when the meter is low, the Sanity Meter can really start messing with you.
Zoning Characters (also called Keepaway Characters) is an archetype that use long range attacks to the control space in fighting games.
Typically naval (ocean or space) in nature, a vessel is considered derelict if it is abandoned, damaged, drifting, or otherwise inoperable. While often scavenged through, very rarely are they completely empty.
When a game's villain seems to be constantly watching and commenting on the player's actions.
Someone who fights fire.
They beep when you walk through them!
A region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity. In video games this is usually an attack that either stun or pushes enemies away.
The world's largest land-bound carnivore, a bear species native to the lands around the Arctic Ocean. Known to occasionally wear speedos and sunglasses.
Games that feature you starting out in, or somehow getting to and exploring the "new world".
The Umber Hulk is a massive insectoid creature in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that can cause confusion with its gaze.
A beggar is a pauper who resorts to begging. Some nobles are known to grow weary of their antics.
A philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
Aspect of team multiplayer in which each team is given a limited number of respawns. A team is defeated when all respawns have been consumed and all members of the team are defeated.
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