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The Game Developers Choice Awards is an annual awards ceremony recognizing the work of video game developers of the previous year. Since 2001, it has been held during the Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.
The 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place on March 2, 2011.
A Game of the Year Edition is any video game that has been repackaged and advertised as having earned either one or many Game of the Year awards from any number of recognized publications or websites, often times with a discounted price and additional content.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
GamersGate is a client-free digital distribution service.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
Gamescom 2009 was a video game convention that took place in Cologne, Germany from August 19 - August 23, 2009.
The 2011 Gamescom takes place at the Cologne Trade Fair Center, Germany from 17-21 of August.
Gas Bags are a species of benign creatures found on Eden Prime. They appear to release a toxic cloud of gas upon death.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
Genocide refers to killing on massive scale, often systematic and for political or religous reasons.
In the Mass Effect universe, the genophage was a biological weapon used against the Krogan race to severely halt their reproduction and cause their numbers to dwindle following the Krogan Rebellions.
The Geth are networked AIs that reside in the Terminus Systems. They were created by the Quarians.
A common glitch in games where the character gets stuck in the geometry, often a rock or the floor/ground.
It is believed that Frank Herbert's Dune books were the first to popularize the concept of a giant worm that is capable of devouring a person whole without even noticing it.
A glitch is an action performed within the bounds of a game engine that was not intended by the game's developers. Glitches are often performed by the player, though they can also occur independently.
A characteristic many game characters share when their eyes emit a colored light instead of what a regular eye should look like. This is often evident in robots and characters possessed by some evil force.
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.
A government is a group of people who are responsible for the running of a country
Games show you a new enemy throughout the game and they usually require a new tactic to defeat it. The first one you fight comes solo and you are required to kill it, then they are given to you in groups or possibly mixed with older enemies.
Graphic Filters are removable filters that change the look of the graphics in a game. They can range from making a game look like an old film, to smoothing the pixellated graphics of an old game.
Greatest hits is a general term for re-releases of games which have sold a certain number of copies, as part of a program managed by the console manufacturer.
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.
Games in which players are guided through the game by characters via radio communication. Extremely popular narrative device and game mechanic in the current generation of video games.
Taking advantage of computers and machinery as weapons, in solving puzzles, etc. or otherwise changing up gameplay.
Games that feature characters whose hair movement is governed by a physics engine.
A fluffy rodent often kept as a pet.
An alien species that resemble jellyfish. They tend to be very religious and talk in a polite and almost poetic way.
A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent.
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