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By definition, a pirate is a (mostly naval) robber without commission from a sovereign nation. While maritime robbery has been around since ancient times, Piracy had its highpoint during the 17th century. They are easily identified by the "Jolly Roger", which is the traditional name of the famous skull flag.
When you try to quit a game, the game will pop up with a message or picture to try and make you play some more.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Small horses, famously beloved by young girls.
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
A multicolored spectrum of light shaped in an arc.
Games that involve the player saving a president from being killed, kidnapped, or otherwise harmed.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
Characters or objects that appear to smash into the player's screen.
A cloud of fine particles.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Games that have been accepted by Valve through Steam's Greenlight service.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
A Japanese wrestler. Often appears overweight.
Many online games allow text chat with other players.
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Urination is found in games for a number of reasons, including comic relief and a quick pathway to sobriety.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
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