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A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
The action of inverting the controls for looking and aiming (i.e., instead of pushing up on the analog stick to look up, you push down.)
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
Joke characters are characters in video games that provide humor, and are often parodies of characters from other games, or parodies of famous celebrities.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
A standard in nearly all competitive online shooters, the Kill Feed is the live on-screen update of the kills in an multiplayer game, providing updates as to whom is killing whom, as well as other important events.
Kill Stealing involves a player killing another player's target in order to gain his or her "prize". These include loot, experience points, a point score, etc.
Information on the time honored tradition of killing rats. Killing rats is a much cliched first quest for many western RPGs.
A Knock out or KO is when, example being a fighting game, one of the players is sent into a state of unconsciousness.
A moment in a game in which the player is faced with overwhelming odds, designed to be unbeatable by conventional means, but in which the player is encouraged to continue to fight anyway.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
The act of a character using a catapult, be it conventional or improvised, to launch his or herself great distances.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Less-lethal weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill than a conventional weapon. Less-lethal weapons are used in riot control and self-defense.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
The ability to float through the air without the aid of a mechanical device such as a jetpack, or the usual biological aids, such as wings.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
The act of granting freedom to prisoners or subjugated NPCs.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
A graphical effect used in video games where an object blocks light and around the edges of the object the light is significantly brighter than normal.
One of the smaller innovations in the gaming industry was making the player's targeting reticle change colours depending on the situation.
The ability to control the direction and/or behavior of lightning; this may also be connected with the ability to generate lightning. Many games involve characters with lightning element attacks. These are unique because of their potency with water.
Limb Targeting is the ability to target specific limbs on the body with the object being either to disable the limb or kill the target faster. It may also be referred to as the "Limb System" or "Localized Damage".
This stealth mechanic is based entirely on the enemies' range of vision. Light and shadows play no part in whether or not the enemy can see the player.
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Locomotion is when the characters feet collide with what it is standing on, making the animations look a lot more realistic. Many games use this concept, such as Skate 3 and Grand Theft Auto IV.
These are the characters who prefer to walk through life without anyone by their side, even though many times they will still wind up as part of a team. They tend to be rough around the edges in order to try and push others away.
Games featuring characters that appear much older than their actual age would dictate.
A love triangle is when three (or more) people are in some kind of romantic relationship with each other. They can become messy and complicated. It may or may not be competitive.
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