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In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
The study of and search for remains of human culture and history (or that of other civilizations).
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
Monarchs and their families.
Everyone that is born has parents. These games feature adults with children of their own.
Usually refers to the end of the world.
It's all in the family.
Also known as the Sengoku Era, the Warring States Era was an extended period of civil war between Japanese warlords.
The act of taking on an in-game task; most often, these are provided to the player by an NPC. MMOs and RPGs are the primary users of this concept.
A broad spectrum of games can be described as remakes, from straightforward graphical overhauls to extensive revision of gameplay and story elements. In the most basic sense, a remake keeps the original's core gameplay and plot but makes significant changes to peripheral aspects.
An online retro gaming streaming platform.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
Due to crafty camera angles and conveniently placed objects in the environment, the nudity in the scene is obscured from view.
The Cold War is the period of tension between the USA and the Soviet Union that dominated world politics from the mid 1940s all the way until the early 1990s.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Orcs/Orks/Orques are a fictional race of tough humanlike creatures, often with green or black skin, originally coming from the Saxon word for the Normans during the invasion, meaning demon or foreigner.
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
Any person that is in an Army.
A term used to describe the flow of action in a typical action game, where the pace is pre-defined to feature fast action and require quick reflexes. As the name suggests, these are games where the player character can run and shoot at the same time.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
Golf is a sport in which golf balls are hit with golf clubs in holes on a course. The fewest swings wins.
As time progresses, the character ages. A boy one moment, a man the next, soon the character is so old he's on the brink of death...
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
An Expansion brings new missions, modes & new story elements to a full product title. Expansions typically require a full version game to function, but there are also stand-alone packs as well.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
Halflings, also known as hobbits, average about three and a half feet tall. They have an innate affinity to nature and possess both the agility and dexterity to make great rogues. Halflings are generally good people, but also have a mischievous side that my infuriate others.
A popular class in many D&D based games, the Fighter can both dish it and take it!
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