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Foxes are wolf-like mammals, many having red fur. They are thought of as tricksters, underdogs, or for women, if you're foxy, then you're sexy.
Sporting events that are set in the future. These sports are often extremely violent and may feature robots, mechs, or cybernetic implants.
A futuristic way of racing where the race crafts hover over the ground and race at extreme high speeds.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
The ability to perform a dedicated dodge while mid-air, this makes the player untouchable for a brief period of time.
Don't believe anyone. There's more going on here than is immediately apparent.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Characters that are described and interact with the character primarily or only via audio (most often through dialogue, but usually also using some audio effects). As opposed to cutscenes which often emulate film, the way aural characters are presented in games often more closely parallels radio dramas and other audio-exclusive media.
The unreliable mentor is there to teach and guide you sometimes. Though other times, you just don't know what their intentions are, and whether you should trust them or not.
Somebody wrote or drew a message on the wall, maybe it was in blood, maybe they had a marker handy; but now here you are, reading it.
In second person point of view, the action is shot from the perspective of a character that is not the protagonist. It can also refer to second-person in the narrative sense, where the protagonist is the person playing the game.
Dialogue from NPCs that constantly repeats.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
Using physical force to damage an opponent, with or without an equipped weapon from a first person perspective.
In a game that presents multiple options of how to proceed, Pseudo Non-Linear is when all options must be completed in order to proceed further. In other words it gives you to illusion of choice but there will ultimately be a set path.
A banker is the owner, operator, and/or teller at a bank.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
Story-driven games where the protagonist is diegetically you, the real-world player, manipulating faraway real-world events through the not-actually-a-video game you're playing. Employed in Assassin's Creed: Unity, Dance Central 3, Save The Date!, and several CD-I games.
Generative Artificial Intelligence is a type of neural network that can be used to generate a piece of media based on large amounts of training data. These "new" assets are also known as Synthetic Media.
Traffic consists a bunch of cars, pedestrians and other vehicles using a common transport route.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
Games that are little more than extensive cinematic sequences in which the player has little interaction with what is happening onscreen. This notion of a cinematic game is epitomized by laserdisc arcade classics such as Astron Belt, Dragon's Lair and Bega's Battle.
The use of separating portions of a games story into separate chapters that have definitive beginings and ends, similiar to a serial dramas on television.
Mostly in games that involve strategy. It involves special attributes determining the strengths and weaknesses of each move, species, character or type. One attribute is strong against another attribute, and weak against another, often in a circular fashion.
A member of any number of tribes or ethnic groups, indigenous to regions of North America which are now part of the United States. Many of these groups continue to exist as intact legal and political entities.
Slimes are a common "starter enemy" in RPGs, and serve as a mascot for the Dragon Quest series.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
Games that are depicted with a predominantly black-and-white appearance, with sequences to this effect, or optional color filters.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
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